What percentage discount is your center giving during the closure?

[Anonymous]

Zero for March, 30% discount for April.

[Anonymous]

30% for April. TBD for May.

100% for essential personnel, as it’s an EPCC.

[Anonymous]

100% starting when they closed on March 13th. And they are paying the teachers. But they are backed by my employer (and I’m really proud of the employer for doing this).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:100% starting when they closed on March 13th. And they are paying the teachers. But they are backed by my employer (and I’m really proud of the employer for doing this).

Us too. I bet we are at the same center!

[Anonymous]

before they closed, nothing. After the governor shut them all down they gave kids over the age of 2 a 50% reduction as they are doing distance learning. For kids younger than that it is free. You have to pay to keep your spot. A lot of kids took the gamble and un enrolled. I'm happy to pay for the distance learning since it is one less thing for me to figure out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:before they closed, nothing. After the governor shut them all down they gave kids over the age of 2 a 50% reduction as they are doing distance learning. For kids younger than that it is free. You have to pay to keep your spot. A lot of kids took the gamble and un enrolled. I'm happy to pay for the distance learning since it is one less thing for me to figure out.

So kids over 2 have to pay to keep their spot, but not the younger ones? Doesn't seem fair.

[Anonymous]

0%

And my unemployment has not yet been approved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No discount for our daycare, required to pay full tuition for April to keep your spot. Director did say she’d work with individual families who were experiencing financial hardship. Not thrilled about this approach but we are sucking it up for April. We will not continue with full payment for no daycare in May.

I’m the OP for this post and just learned from another family who negotiated with our daycare individually because of hardship is getting a 25% reduction but with the agreement that the 25% would be paid later in the summer. So this isn’t a discount at all, it’s a payment plan. Are other daycares also expecting parents to make up the difference at some later point? I was surprised by this.

[Anonymous]

0 in Bethesda

[Anonymous]

15% for April. May is TBA but it will be a higher discount. And, no, they aren't expecting us to pay the rest back - it's simply less money for April and much less for May. Hoping they'll get the Payroll Protection Plan loan. Otherwise they might need to furlough the teachers. And if they furlough the teachers, of course they won't charge tuition at all. But if we furlough the teachers, will they all come back the day we are told we can re=open? and if not, then our school won't open on time anyway! It's all so awful and hard.

[Anonymous]

80 percent Rockville preschools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:before they closed, nothing. After the governor shut them all down they gave kids over the age of 2 a 50% reduction as they are doing distance learning. For kids younger than that it is free. You have to pay to keep your spot. A lot of kids took the gamble and un enrolled. I'm happy to pay for the distance learning since it is one less thing for me to figure out.

So kids over 2 have to pay to keep their spot, but not the younger ones? Doesn't seem fair.

DP, but my school has the same policy, and they're doing an online program for children 2 and up (not sure how extensive it is, as my DC is under 2...)

[Anonymous]

My preschool isn’t charging tuition, but you can pledge a percentage to pay while closed to help pay teachers and rent and utilities, if you’re able.

[Anonymous]

We attend two preschools (for complicated reasons I will not get into here).

Preschool 1 is a coveted co-op with a parent board. They have asked families to contribute 20 percent of tuition, and they have applied for a small business loan. They are continuing to employ the teachers at full salary. The teachers have a regular circle time and enrichment activities.

Preschool 2 is a smaller and more disorganized operation. No discount. Families have simply un-enrolled. Aside from the teacher emailing a useless weekly lesson plan, there is no supplementary activity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My preschool isn’t charging tuition, but you can pledge a percentage to pay while closed to help pay teachers and rent and utilities, if you’re able.

Same for our center. We were paying full-freight the past few weeks, even after they closed, but just reduced it so we’ll pay 20%. They’re doing a few Zoom calls each week, and we want them to stay in business. They’re also expensive as hell, so it’s hard to justify the full cost right now.