daycare.. how much do you pay?

[Anonymous]

Hi All, Can you include the following

Inhome/center based:
Monthly Amount:
Age of child

and why you chose that place?

[Anonymous]

Center
$1450 / kid
4 year old & 1 year old

I chose it because it was in my work building

Prior to that, we used an in-home in Arlington
$300 / week.

[Anonymous]

center
$1758
3 yo
Reston, VA

play-based center with low teacher turn-over, sense of community

[Anonymous]

Center
2.5 years old
$290/week or $15,080/year

Center
Infant
$350/week or $18,200/year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:center
$1758
3 yo
Reston, VA

play-based center with low teacher turn-over, sense of community

how did you know the teacher turn over was low? Aside from asking of course, but did they volunteer this information?

this is a great insight, never thought of it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:center
$1758
3 yo
Reston, VA

play-based center with low teacher turn-over, sense of community

how did you know the teacher turn over was low? Aside from asking of course, but did they volunteer this information?

this is a great insight, never thought of it

Asking about teacher turnover is a common question during the interview/visit phase. You can also ask current parents who have been there for a while about the turnover in their children's classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Center
2.5 years old
$290/week or $15,080/year

Center
Infant
$350/week or $18,200/year

290 seems really low for a center. Where is this?

[Anonymous]

Center
$470 bi-weekly
4 yo

Back when we started, it was the only one we got into when I needed to go back to work. We've been there for over 8 years now (2nd kid currently attending while 1st kid is in elementary). DS2 has the same main teachers as DS1 had (teachers aides have changed, but the main room teachers are mostly the same, although one passed away).

[Anonymous]

Center
3 yo
$1500/month (but I negotiated a discount, its supposed to be $1650)
DC - Petworth

[Anonymous]

$1400 a month
In home daycare (run like a center, she has two employees)
2.5 year old
Picked it because it was close to our house and friends had been there for 2 years and were happy.

$1500 a month
All day preschool center
4.5 year old
Picked it because it because of location and awesome playground

Both are in Arlington.

[Anonymous]

$1,200 a month
All day preschool center
4 year old
Affiliated with my work (I get discount)
Fairfax

[Anonymous]

Center based daycare/preschool
$265 per week with a 10% discount for kid number 2
Kids are 2 and 4

We chose it because it was close to home and most of our friends kids go there and seem to like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Center based daycare/preschool
$265 per week with a 10% discount for kid number 2
Kids are 2 and 4

We chose it because it was close to home and most of our friends kids go there and seem to like it.

That should say $265 per week per kid.

[Anonymous]

We only needed 10 days a week but paid $700 a month for that in a center in Silver Spring.
DD went there for 3 years from 17 mos- almost 4.

Also low teacher turnover ( I asked) My kid had the same 2 teachers for each year in each classroom.
Lots of outside time and closeish to our house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We only needed 10 days a week but paid $700 a month for that in a center in Silver Spring.
DD went there for 3 years from 17 mos- almost 4.

Also low teacher turnover ( I asked) My kid had the same 2 teachers for each year in each classroom.
Lots of outside time and closeish to our house.

This should say 10 days a month

Mon/Tues Fri of week 1 and Weds/Thurs of week 2