Admissions?

[tracymom1]

I would love to be able to send my DS to Waldorf next year for a couple of 1/2 days a week. We do not have the money for long-term Waldorf education in our area (it is around $16,000/year for grade school) but really wanted him to have an early childhood foundation in the Waldorf style. I plan on homeschooling him for the remainder of his grade school years if we indeed stay in Chicago.

My question is this - when applying for the Waldorf school, do I tell them about this plan? Will they be more likely to pass up up if they know we cannot afford the school in the long-term? What are some of the other things the administrators look for when deciding who gets admitted? DS is very, very shy and I wonder if this has an impact on the decision?

Thanks mamas

[copperfox]

I wouldn't mention it. Just because it's your plan now doesn't mean it will necessarily the same plan later. Things change. Life happens.

It would be like telling a propective employer that you're thinking of getting pregnant in the next few years. That's not anyone's business. IMHO.

[railyuh]

On our application they asked if we planned to continue with Waldorf education into the grades. I told them we weren't sure and that we'll be moving in three years (my husband is in the military) so we definitely won't be at the school past that. DS got accepted anyway, so it didn't make a difference in our case. It probably depends on the school, some need more students more than others.

I wouldn't offer the info but if they ask I would be honest. In your case I'd probably say we really want him to have an early childhood foundation in Waldorf and after that we're not sure. We plan to homeschool too, but my DS loves his school so much, sometimes I'm just not sure, kwim? Like the pp said, things change, life happens, you can't be sure what you'll think or want in a few years.