Enrollment Information

Families interested in applying to Little Beginnings meet with the Director or Assistant Director to learn about the parent cooperative and the program and may then fill out an application. Special arrangements may be made for families applying from out of the area.

If there are no immediate spaces available, an application will place the child on a waiting list for the appropriate age group. The date of application will correspond to the date of receipt of the completed application and the non-refundable, non-transferable application fee

As spaces become available at LBCDC, the Director or Assistant Director will contact families from the waiting list who have a child of the age that is appropriate for the anticipated vacant slot. Of these families, the Director or Assistant Director will contact them in order of the date that their name appeared on the waiting list. Active members of the Corporation, staff, parents of former student who have maintained their membership (associate members), and members of Clarendon United Methodist Church will have preference in that order over other families. Families will have a minimum of two full business days from the time they are offered enrollment to inform the Director or Assistant Director of their intent to enroll.

Children will be enrolled as soon as space is available. When an offer of enrollment is accepted, payment of several non-refundable enrollment fees will be required. These fees are listed and explained in Section 4.2 of the Parent Handbook.

Because member families are required to give the center two-weeks notice of their child’s departure, we can assure incoming families of no more than the same two-week notice of the date of their child’s enrollment. If a family is not able to schedule the visiting week or to enroll their child when the space becomes available, they may elect to hold the slot by paying tuition. In all cases, a visiting week must occur before a child can attend full-time. Tuition must be paid in accordance with the policy outlined in Section 4.1 of the Parent Handbook.

Enrollment ends automatically for all children the Friday before Labor Day; the new school year begins the following Tuesday. Parents intending to re-enroll children for the upcoming year will be asked to fill out a registration form in the summer of the current school year. Membership and enrollment fees will be due at the time of re-enrollment.