Just Us Kids: Thanks for the money, sucker!
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Anonymous
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JUK was happy to collect our waitlist fee, but later told us there wasn't a chance we'd get a spot. In 2019, 9 months after collecting our $75, they said "At this time, there are about 100 families ahead of you on the Infant waitlist. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that we'll in the position to offer you a space this summer, but can certainly keep you on the list for any possible openings." Now, it seems they're moving to a new waitlist tool and are going to require people who already paid to get on the list to pay again.
Received today:
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Anonymous
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Got this too. Delusional. I’ve been on the list since 2017! Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.
Also $50 annual registration fee? Get bent. |
Anonymous
| Lots of places are like that. We applied to several and only got a call from one place when our kid was 4. |
Anonymous
| Crazy. What happened to just having...a list??? |
Anonymous
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Such a scam. I was on the waitlist for that place for 5 years before I was eventually asked if I wanted to remove my (kindergarten) child from the list. Same thing with other downtown centers, though.
The more honest thing would be to just maintain a free waitlist and charge a registration fee. |
Anonymous
| We paid $200 to get on the list at Le Petite Academy. Decided not to send our son there (it was kind of our back-up option, even before COVID). That hurt, but it was the only place that likely had a spot when we needed it. |
Anonymous
| Why is anyone paying to be on a waitlist? That is crazy! I would question where the money is going and if you get refunded if you never make it off the list |
Anonymous
Where don't you have to pay to be on one? |
Anonymous
PP. I’m on at least 10 waitlists and I haven’t seen anywhere that has requested to collect the fee twice and to receive additional money every year. I also am suspicious that they are even open as many daycares in federal buildings have not been able to open. |
Anonymous
Children in the Shoe. |
Anonymous
Kidsco Jr Bright Eyes Early Learning Montgomery Child Care Association (MCCA) |
Anonymous
| A lot of places make you pay to stay on the waitlist each year, and it's such a racket, especially for infant rooms because you know the only people who get off infant lists are siblings. |
Anonymous
| Having people pay a not-insignificant waitlist fee serves the legitimate purpose of disuading them from just signing up to every waitlist in town, instead of the ones they are really interested in, causing a huge administrative burden on the people managing those waitlists. Charging more than once, or yearly, is just wrong. |
Anonymous
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I made a mistake and paid $125 for the waitlist at St. Albans Early Childhood Center. Before applying, I called and asked about the waitlist and was told it could be a few weeks to a few months. Once we got the number which is 50+ feels more like years or never until we are offered a spot. And our waitlist number increased by a few spots (preferences to alumni, siblings, etc).
Why such secrecy about the number of people on the waitlist? |
Anonymous
Ah yes but are half of the mcca programs still closed? Also aren’t all these in MoCo? But that’s nuts OP! |