Providing Loving, Quality Child Care & Preschool Services in the Bethesda Area for Twenty Five Years

ATTENDANCE & WITHDRAWAL

Eligibility

Children (6 weeks to 5 years) are eligible provided they meet health requirements.  Registration requires health forms signed by a physician and a parent, a completed emergency card, application (Infant or Preschool), All About Me Form, a signature acknowledging that you have been given a copy of the “A Parent’s Guide to Regulated Child Care” brochure, a signed Parent Handbook Agreement, paid deposit, and registration fee. All forms must be returned to the School prior to or on the first day of enrollment. It is the parents’ responsibility to make sure that their child’s health forms stay current.  Whenever children are scheduled to get shots, parents should get a health form from the office for the doctor to fill out, or bring a copy of the shot records after such a doctor’s visit.   

Attendance and Withdrawal

Upon arrival and departure, a responsible custodial adult (age 16 or older) must accompany the child to the class and sign the child in and out with the time and guardians initials. Daily diaries are to be filled out for infants and toddlers. Parents must notify the Center by 10am each day the child is absent or will arrive late. Written notice must be given to the director at least one calendar month in advance of withdrawal, or parents will forfeit deposits. (Written notice on January 23 would obligate parents to pay through February 23.) All fees through the terminating period are due before the last day.

Requested Withdrawal

If the administration judges that the School’s program does not meet the developmental or special needs of a child, or that a child’s or parent’s behavior threatens the physical or mental health of other children or staff or otherwise interferes with the operations of the School, RSCC reserves the right to terminate that child’s enrollment immediately. The same right is reserved in cases where parents do not abide by the rules and regulations of this policy statement.  In such a case, no refunds of tuition or deposits would be given.  The School may also terminate enrollment for any reason, or no reason, with one calendar month's notice.  In that case, any deposits will be applied to the final month's tuition.

In the event that a parent is not abiding by the School’s policies or exhibits behavior the administration judges to be a problem, any of the following actions may be taken by the administration at any time: 1) Informal discussion with the parent; 2) Formal discussion with the parent with a written record of the conversation in their file; 3) Formal meeting with the parent to discuss the issues; 4) Formal meeting with the parent to discuss termination of enrollment; 5) Termination of enrollment with notice; 6) Immediate termination of enrollment.