Rules and Guidelines

PICK UP AND DROP OFF: Pick up and drop off must occur on time. If a drop off is late you still must pick up your child on time as scheduled by your session end time. There will be 10 min grace period. A late fee of $1 per minute will apply starting at scheduled pickup time.

VACATION / SICK LEAVE: It is important to understand that your tuition pays for a slot in school, any school. It pays for teachers to be there, it pays for rent and multitude of other costs. These costs remain constant regardless weather a student shows up to school or not. Students attending one, two and three days per week are allowed to have make up days each quarter in the amount of days equivalent to their weekly attendance up to two days regardless of their reason of absence. Written notification is required, make up days have to be pre-arranged depending on availability and they are not guaranteed. Makeup days have to be used within the quarter in which the student was absent from school. It is not possible to announce withdrawal from school and then request makeup days. Students attending four and five days per week have no makeup days since there is no time to do makeup days and tuition is already discounted compared to tuition for one or two days per week.

HOLIDAYS AND SNOW CLOSURES: We observe all national holidays observed by the Seattle public school system (this does not include school breaks). If Seattle public schools are closed or delayed for snow or any other reason our preschool will be closed. We will endeavor to notify all families of any unexpected closure as soon as humanly possible.

SCHEDULE CHANGES: Permanent schedule changes are allowed at any time providing that we can accommodate them. Changes at the beginning of each quarter are much preferred.

AGE & MAXIMUM STAY: Per laws of the State of Washington all children must be between two and a half and 6th birthday. Children are never allowed to stay in school longer than four hours per day.

TUITION DUE DATES: Tuition is paid monthly and is due by the 8th of each month. A late fee of $30 will be added after the 10th of the month and additional $30 will be assessed each additional month the tuition is late.

LEAVING US: You are required to give us 2 week notice prior to leaving Huckleberry Forest. We honestly hope that you will tell us as soon as you know to allow us more time to schedule a new student. You are responsible for tuition two weeks after we receive the notice or until the last day of attendance, whichever is longer.

TERMINATION: We reserve the right to terminate any student for any reason allowable under the regulations of the State of Washington.

SCHOOL CALENDAR:
ENROLMENTS AND START DATES ARE NOT LINKED TO SCHOOL CALENDAR IN ANY WAY. YOU CAN START/ENROLL ANY DAY YOU WANT DEPENDING ON AVAILABILITY

WINTER: JAN - MAR
SPRING: APR-JUN
SUMMER: JUL-AUG
FALL: SEP-DEC

Due to large absence of students between Dec 24 and Jan 2 (depending how the weekends fall each year) Huckleberry Forest regular school program will be closed. Some special classes will be organized for those families who work during the Holidays and depend on Huckleberry being open. However the space is limited and it has to be prearranged after the announcement at the begging of each December.

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