Sorry this is long....
DD was in a preschool from September to December. It cost us $100 a month for 3 days a week from 12 to 2:15. The preschool was sponsored by the church it was located in. Sadly, the church elders decided to no longer support the preschool and it closed its doors with very little warning.
DD was heartbroken, she loves school, loved her teachers, and loved the interaction with the other kids. 90% of the other kids were able to get in at another preschool at another church. For whatever reason, we were told there were no more open spots when I called.
I am not religious, and this has yet again reinforced my negative opinion of churches and their bureaucracy. I finally found a non-religion affiliated program for DD and have been taking her weekly. She loves it and I love it. They are opening a drop-off preschool in February and I have already registered DD to start in it. BUT, it is expensive. Since there is no financial backing from a church or any other sponsor, the tuition is totally on the parents, and will be about $300 a month. My thinking is, at least this way, they won't close their doors due to lack of funding or anything, there is no "higher up" that will pull their funding, etc.
I just got a call from a friend that another church has a preschool program, $85 a month, same hours as the new one we are going to. BUT, I am hesitant to place DD in another program that is dependent on a church's goodwill. I've had two fail us already, and I don't want her heartbroken again. DP of course is going to want to save money and put her in the less expensive option, despite my reservations.
What would you do? I am leaning towards to more expensive program, though it means cutting back on a few things to afford it. I need the break, we live in a very rural area and DD has no one to play with here. She is bored out of her mind, stuck in the house for days at a time due to the weather, and she needs to get out. I just don't know which one to choose.
DD was in a preschool from September to December. It cost us $100 a month for 3 days a week from 12 to 2:15. The preschool was sponsored by the church it was located in. Sadly, the church elders decided to no longer support the preschool and it closed its doors with very little warning.
DD was heartbroken, she loves school, loved her teachers, and loved the interaction with the other kids. 90% of the other kids were able to get in at another preschool at another church. For whatever reason, we were told there were no more open spots when I called.
I am not religious, and this has yet again reinforced my negative opinion of churches and their bureaucracy. I finally found a non-religion affiliated program for DD and have been taking her weekly. She loves it and I love it. They are opening a drop-off preschool in February and I have already registered DD to start in it. BUT, it is expensive. Since there is no financial backing from a church or any other sponsor, the tuition is totally on the parents, and will be about $300 a month. My thinking is, at least this way, they won't close their doors due to lack of funding or anything, there is no "higher up" that will pull their funding, etc.
I just got a call from a friend that another church has a preschool program, $85 a month, same hours as the new one we are going to. BUT, I am hesitant to place DD in another program that is dependent on a church's goodwill. I've had two fail us already, and I don't want her heartbroken again. DP of course is going to want to save money and put her in the less expensive option, despite my reservations.
What would you do? I am leaning towards to more expensive program, though it means cutting back on a few things to afford it. I need the break, we live in a very rural area and DD has no one to play with here. She is bored out of her mind, stuck in the house for days at a time due to the weather, and she needs to get out. I just don't know which one to choose.
