I think that i'm going to pay $150/1 day a week for for hours and $500 for 5 days a week for four hours a day this year.

I'm confused. Isn't preschool free in DC?

Anonymous wrote:$750/month for 5 days a week 9-1.

I'm this PP and we are in DC.

$750/month for 5 days a week 9-1.

I'm paying a little less than $600 for two. My three year old will go two mornings a week and my four year old will go five mornings a week. It's something like...$200 for the 3 year old and $400 for the 4 year old.

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Anonymous wrote:Places with Montessori or other teaching philosophies (rather than a church-based preschool or general play-based school) tend to be more expensive. The teachers usually have more training/education and might have been with the school for a longer time than at the other schools.

My old school was about $250/month for 2 mornings a week. My new school (not Montessori, but similar) is more -- about $800/month for 5 mornings a week.

That is really expensive.

PP here. I agree, but it is what it is. It's a great school, and although we kind of regret the move now based on finances, I think it'll be good for our kid in the long-run. I didn't realize how much more expensive it was than our old school at the time we decided on it (just didn't do the math as well as I should have). However, it's also in DC, whereas the other schools were suburban, which I think makes a difference as well in cost.

Anonymous wrote:In DC it's MUCH more expensive. But sounds like you're not looking in the city.

+1 in DC it is much more expensive

Anonymous wrote:Places with Montessori or other teaching philosophies (rather than a church-based preschool or general play-based school) tend to be more expensive. The teachers usually have more training/education and might have been with the school for a longer time than at the other schools.

My old school was about $250/month for 2 mornings a week. My new school (not Montessori, but similar) is more -- about $800/month for 5 mornings a week.

That is really expensive.

In DC it's MUCH more expensive. But sounds like you're not looking in the city.

Places with Montessori or other teaching philosophies (rather than a church-based preschool or general play-based school) tend to be more expensive. The teachers usually have more training/education and might have been with the school for a longer time than at the other schools.

My old school was about $250/month for 2 mornings a week. My new school (not Montessori, but similar) is more -- about $800/month for 5 mornings a week.

Wow. I am paying a lot. $600 a month for 10 months. 8:45 - 12 5 days a week Montessori in a northern Silver Spring area. church based schools by us much cheaper for PT coverage but do not have the option of transitioning into FT coverage which we wanted to have.

Our church-based preschool is around $400 for the 5-day 4 yr olds class, going down to $230 for 2-day 2 yr olds.

We paid $225/month for part time preschool through fairfax park and rec. it was two days/week for four hours/day.

Between $150-300 a month, generally. In Fairfax.

How much does preschool for part-time cost? ballpark figure. Much appreciated