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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Full disclosure I am a Clara Barton parent too.  In the scheme of things - even having paid throughout the year when we didn’t have school, another $250 is not going to break the bank.  Would I prefer not pay? Sure.  But I would also not prefer a lot of things these days.  This school is an institution and like it or not there are countless administrative costs associated with cancelling.  Having been at other preschools I know what a privilege it is to be part of this community - other than that I have no role (ie I am not on the board). But I did feel compelled to weigh in and say keep this in perspective, OP.  My guess is that this is about principle and not the $250. [/quote]

OP here.  Nice to hear from another parent.  A couple of things in particular irk me about them keeping the money for camp.  1) I detest all the flowery rhetoric about community.  They are behaving like a for-profit entity.  We have lost/are losing out on half of March; all of April; half of May; and all of the June payment; in return we get Zoom school.  Not to mention I don't think that the "community" talk is anything more than lip service.  So many parents are so cliquish; so few people speak to us at drop-off and pickup.  We didn't know that many people when we started and we still don't. Plus their landlord is the county and they are participating in government programs to make payroll. They are not going to close or lose money. 2) Both you and they operate under the assumption everyone enrolled is rich.  You don't know a thing about our finances.  $250 is not nothing to us.  Except the credit  for half of May's tuition they have done parents no favors at all.  I have not reviewed the terms of the camp agreement but if they cancel the other sessions I may challenge them.  I think the real reason they are doing Zoom is to demonstrate that some services were being rendered.[/quote]

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