St. Alban's waitlist

[Anonymous]

What was your experience with the waitlist at the St. Alban's Early Childhood Center?

[Anonymous]

On the waitlist for a 2YO since last April (child was 1 at the time). They wouldn't share how far we would be but promised new classrooms that we were optimistic about so we went on list. Child ended up in another program and we are still on list. Hopefully they have become more straightforward on your odds if you go on list.

[Anonymous]

Late to the party, but for future searchers -- we got on the infant waitlist in June 2018 (right around 6 weeks pregnant) and got offered a spot at the beginning of June 2019 for July. We were told they had called a bunch of other people who were on the list before us and they had all declined, but I don't know why they declined (kid too old for infant room? didn't want a July start date and hoped to take their chances for September? found care elsewhere? changed mind? moved?). Since they're always at capacity, it seems like most of the movement is in August and September with kids graduating to real school, and everyone moving up.

i did not find the ordering of the list or odds of making it off the list at all straightforward. i guess some of that is by design, in case they have a preferred family (sibling of current child in care, worker's child, etc) that gets on the list after you, but it's still frustrating. we called a lot to pester and inquire, but honestly i'm not sure that helped.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have more recent experience with the waitlist?