Hello poster, my name is Amy and I'm the Admissions Director at Merritt Academy. We will be offering contracts for the 2012-2013 school year to new families(currently on the waiting list) beginning Feb 22nd. I am anticipating having about 20 spaces for new toddlers, so if you are hoping to enroll for the fall, please contact me next week to schedule a campus visit (if you wish to visit) and/or submit an application. At this point I am hopeful that we will be able to accommodate most of the currently wait-listed families for this coming Fall. Please feel free to give me a call on Monday. I look forward to chatting with you!

A child's place just down the street also has good reviews at least for that age. There is also Mansoureh.com who is a wonderful toddler daycare provider and another daycare provider named Miriam who is popular too.

Check with the nearby Carousel Child Development Center if you can't get in for awhile. We were with them until my daughter was 2.5 and were really happy. (would have stayed but we moved to arlington.)

Last year I heard they didn't fill up their 2's rooms till later in the year, so I don't know whether they have a long waiting list or not. We had just planned ahead, but I don't think all the parents were on the list that long.

We were on the waitlist for about a year. We like the 2's year so far very much. They are learning a lot and having fun both indoors and outside. We get feedback daily and pictures and weekly reports every week to two weeks of what the kids are doing.

How long were you on the waitlist for? I would like to send my toddler there for preschool but have heard that waitlists are long usually.

How do you like the school and how old are your kids that attend?

Plus, any other advice?