Tuition without services
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Anonymous
| Is anyone's daycare now requiring tuition payments in order to remain enrolled / eligible for future services once they reopen? Without it being a credit towards future tuition? |
Anonymous
| Ours is but at a 50% rate |
Anonymous
What do you expect? Spots are at a premium especially now with many preschools not opening up again. It’s time to return or stay home . Either way pay for your spot. |
Anonymous
Why so aggressive? |
Anonymous
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Paying to keep your spot but not sending kid even with daycare open, that is common.
Paying 100% for the last month or two for year long preschool Programs Even though they were closed was common. 50% rate while they are closed is common for daycare - it helps them know if you plan to come back and cover basic costs. I have not heard of a place that is still totally closed and asking for 100%. |
Anonymous
You triggered bro? |
Anonymous
| Yes, ours did for the two weeks in March and April, and will ask tuition from July 1. |
Anonymous
Ours is opening in July and requesting partial tuition if you're not sending your child but want to reserve the spot for the summer. My understanding is that they do this normally for the families that take the summer off, too (we have a lot of families where one spouse is a teacher). Also, I believe stimulus money/loan money runs out in July. |
Anonymous
| Ours charged 100% for April and 50% since then. No word on reopening. |
Anonymous
| Ours charged between 50-100 percent in March through May. Now it’s open |
Anonymous
| Ours has been open for essential workers but charging regular families tuition. A couple families balked and pulled their kids out, but most of us have continued to pay to keep our spots. It’s a bit ridiculous but I don’t feel like we have many options right now. |
Anonymous
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Our daycare is open to essential & phase 1 worker now, and they are asking for 100% tuition even if you are not sending kids to daycare in July. They will provide some virtual distance learning, but we don't have time to provide supervision during workweeks & my DC is not interested. We are not planning to send DC back to daycare till September/October or later, should we pay 100% tution to keep our spot? And, they say that paying 100% does not guarantee a spot, and we wouldn't know till we decide to send our child back.
And, everyone is talking about COVID19 second wave, what month will that be? October-December? |
Anonymous
PP here, it is $2k/month, not sure if we want to continue to pay it without sending DC in. DC is 4. |
Anonymous
If you are not guaranteed a spot and you have a child over 3, I wouldn't worry about it. You can find a spot for older kids, but the infant/toddler is what is hard. If they will guarantee a spot, yes, but otherwise no. |
Anonymous
| My child is enrolled at a private DC preschool that is not reopening until September. The way their payment plan works, everyone has paid the year in full by May. They just announced they will refund 40% max of the 3 summer months for those who request it; otherwise they are keeping our money. It sucks especially if you have more than one kid there. It's a lot of money and most parents are having to outsource childcare now since remote learning for preschoolers is a joke. |