REGISTRATION, WAIT LIST POLICY AND SEPARATE BUILDINGS: It is my choice to register to be on, or to remain on, PPS’ Wait List. Being on PPS’ Wait List does not guarantee enrollment for my child at any specific time and I will not consider any estimate of an enrollment date given verbally by PPS to be valid and binding on PPS. The Wait List includes only parents who have paid a Registration Fee to PPS. Position on the Wait List is determined on a first-come, first-served basis tied to the actual time of receipt of a Registration Fee. I recognize that my child’s birthday in relation to the birthdays of other children already enrolled in an age-appropriate class at PPS may have an significant impact on PPS’ ability to offer enrollment for my child because the clustering of birthdays, especially those in an infant, toddler or two-year-old class, can have a negative impact on PPS’ legal ability to appropriately transition that child and/or other children in the respective class. All Registration Fees are not refundable and will not be credited toward my child’s Tuition. Being on the Wait List provides an enrollment priority over anyone not choosing to be on the Wait List. Parents with one or more children currently enrolled at PPS have an enrollment priority over parents who have no children enrolled at PPS (“Sibling Priority”). A parent with only one child on the Wait List will not be preempted by a parent who is prepared to enroll two or more children. Sibling Priority will impact the likelihood that my first child or subsequent children could be enrolled at PPS. For the purposes of this Agreement, an unborn child is considered enrolled if the Tuition is being paid by the Parents.
When parents/Parents on PPS’ Wait List are officially offered enrollment for their Wait Listed child and those parents/Parents elect to enroll that child, the enrollment becomes effective immediately regardless of any request by the parents/Parents for postponement of such enrollment, and Tuition will likewise be due immediately upon enrollment (and, in certain cases, upon the acceptance of an offer to enroll) regardless of whether or not the parents’/Parents’ child can begin physically attending PPS on that date. When parents/Parents on PPS’ Wait List are offered enrollment for their Wait Listed child and they elect to not enroll their child at that time, they will drop off the respective Wait List, unless they request in writing that their name go to the end of the respective Wait List; in such event the parents/Parents whose child is next on the Wait List will be offered the same slot. I understand that no communication about any aspect of enrollment is official unless it comes from the School Administrator (or in isolated circumstances, PPS’ owners) and that PPS’s other front office management have no responsibility for enrollment decisions which makes it imperative that I communicate only and directly with the School Administrator in writing on all enrollment matters. (NOTE: The adjective “respective” when modifying Wait List acknowledges that within the greater Wait List there is a Wait List for Parents who have Sibling Priority and that Wait List supersedes and preempts the Wait List for those parents who do not have Sibling Priority.)
Sibling Priority shall also apply to and include [a] any sibling who remains on PPS’ Wait List for up to one (1) year after his/her older sibling(s) graduate(s) from PPS’ Pre-Kindergarten program after being enrolled at PPS for three (3) successive years, or [b] is withdrawn in good standing from PPS after being enrolled at PPS for three (3) successive years. Relatives of an owner of PPS and certain staff positions designated by PPS have priority over any child on the Wait List. In selected cases, if a child’s parents are locally employed in the teaching profession and do not actively teach during the summer, their child may be withdrawn at the end of the public school year and re-enroll at the beginning of the following public school year without losing their enrollment position.
I understand that PPS has two (2) separate but adjacent buildings: the first/original building is known as the “Providence” building (abbreviated “PRV”) with the street address of 3031 Providence Road and the second building is known as the “Westbury” building (abbreviated “WBY”) with the street address of 3051 Providence Road. Being on the Wait List does not give me any option or preference priority over which building my child will be enrolled should my child’s name come to the top of the Wait List.
WHEN CLOSINGS OCCURS AND EARLY PICK-UPS: I understand that the conditions that define when weather-related and non-weather-related closings occur and reasons for early pick-ups are specified in the Handbook.
FEES, CHARGES AND DEPOSITS: In addition to Tuition, I agree to pay the non-refundable fees, charges and/or deposits to PPS when applicable and as mentioned in the Handbook, including, but not limited to, the Registration Fee, Payment Source Transfers, Insufficient Funds Charges, Tuition Deposits, Late Payment Charges, Late Pick-Up Charges, Late Sign-Out or Sign-In Fees, Handling Fees, Fob Fees and Convenience Fees.
ENROLLMENT PROCESS, WHEN ENROLLMENT BEGINS AND ENDS, IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS AND MEDICAL REPORTS: I understand that the conditions that define the enrollment process and when enrollment begins and ends are specified in the Handbook. I understand that PPS may delay or terminate the enrollment of my child without having to refund any Registration Fee or Tuition if I fail to provide PPS with a current medical report on PPS’ required form which will include current immunization records, and, if applicable, clear and succinct instructions, education and training to properly and legally accommodate my child’s allergy, seizure or other condition that requires an accommodation by PPS, and when appropriate signed and dated by my child’s doctors, in a form that is comprehensive and satisfactory in PPS’ sole opinion. I understand that if I cannot provide such documentation to PPS within forty-eight (48) hours after my child is offered enrollment at PPS (or whatever longer time period PPS may allow if permitted by law, or if PPS deems reasonable under certain circumstances), then PPS may fill my child’s enrollment position with another applicant and in such event my child’s name will go to the bottom of the respective Wait List. (NOTE: [1] Parents should refer to the Handbook for additional information on allergies, seizures or other accommodations provided by or required of PPS. [2] I understand that, while PPS will always do its best to make reasonable accommodates for its children, PPS is not an inclusion school and is not staffed by teachers who have been specifically educated and trained in inclusionary strategies and techniques.)
OPERATING HOURS AND DROP-OFF PROCEDURE: I understand that the operating hours are specified in the Handbook. I understand that [a] if I am enrolling a child who is not potty trained, I will do my best to avoid dropping my child off with a dirty diaper, [b] PPS may postpone my infant’s enrollment if my infant will not take a bottle, and [c] PPS may postpone the enrollment of my one-year-old or older child if my child is not fully weaned from being bottle-fed. If PPS postpones the enrollment of my child for any of the reasons mentioned in this paragraph I may choose to pay the required Tuition to insure my child will be able to attend PPS once he/she meets these requirements or I may withdraw my child from PPS. I understand that state and local regulations prevent me from changing my child’s diaper while inside of PPS’ buildings unless I get PPS’ approval in advance and adhere to the posted county-mandated diaper changing procedure.