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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Took a spot at Creative minds. Number was under 5. Leaving our private preschool. [/quote]

Curious how the leaving bit works. What are you guys losing? Just a deposit or tuition or what? [/quote]

Curious about this too. DCJCC makes you pay out the whole year. It is a tight contract as private preschools try to hold on during this age of free preschool. [/quote]

Heh. So this is why I've seen so many posts to the neighborhood listserve from parents about how a "great spot has opened up at JCC!"

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Honestly, I don't think I could swallow foregoing an entire year of tuition.  that's a lot.

At my preschool, the contract clearly states you give 2 months notice, so essentially you're out 2 months.

[b]If you don't pre-pay for the year, do you really think the school will come after you for the money?[/b][/quote]

Schools absolutely have done this, because in a court of law, they will win.

Private schools don't have a "count day" in October like a public school.  They set their budget in the spring when they lock in their enrollment.  Losing a year's tuition at the last minute is no small thing.[/quote]

I'm not sure they would necessarily win. Depends on the circumstances as the school has a duty to mitigate. And if the school fills the slot, then the damages are only the gap in tuition and cost of recruiting a new student. Not a whole year of tuition.

I think it's more of a threat than anything. Has a DCJCC parent actually written a check for the full year (or continued to pay monthly) after their child has gone elsewhere?  Has the DCJCC actually gone to court to force a parent to pay up? [/quote]

There was a girl in our son's class this year who got into a DCPS after the year started. They couldn't fill her spot. I believe her parents paid out the year b/c she was in the class on DCPS days off and for the entire summer. I didn't ask her parents though so they might have come up with some other arrangement.[/quote]

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