Admissions

mcs-7Thank you for your interest in the Montessori Children’s School!

We currently have a long waiting list that may fill our school for the next 2 years. However, we are grateful you want to look into getting your child on that list so we are opening the list back up for the first 2 weeks, only,  of November 2024.
On or after November 1, please give us a call at 805-544-6691 to set up a time to come in and observe and ask questions to see if we are a good fit for your family. At that visit you may get on the waiting list after filling out an application and submitting a non-refundable waiting list fee of $50.00. We are still pulling ourselves into the 2000’s so at this time only take checks, cash or venmo, no card payments.

In January, we ask all parents currently enrolled if they would like their child to return in the fall for the next school year. Then we know how many spaces are available for the fall. At the end of January we start calling the names on the waiting list and usually, but not always, get through all the names of the children who got on the waiting list the previous November.

mcs-6The process of calling the families, inviting the to come in and observe again, answering questions, etc. does take some time. We appreciate the time and energy it takes to determine if this school community is one that suits your family and usually give each family about a week to decide their plans for the fall. Because of this process we usually get to every name on the list and the families know if there is a space in the fall or not by the end of March.

Admission Policies

We enroll children here ages 3 to through the 6th grade.  Some parents get on our list when their child is an infant and that is just fine, we will keep them on the list until their child is ready to attend. Children need to be using the bathroom on their own, and be out of diapers to attend school here.

  • Siblings have priority enrollment. If you have one child attending and your younger child is ready to come to school, he/she will be enrolled before we call the families on our waiting list.
  • Waiting list families are considered without regard to race, national/ethnic origin or religion.

Tuition Rates

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Tuition Schedule 2023-2024

 

Parent Handbook

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2020 Parent Handbook