Tuition & Enrollment

tuition fees

2022-2023 (effective August 29, 2022)
Registration Fee: $60 per full-time enrollment; $35 per part-time enrollment. Registration fee includes a $10 deposit fee for an entrance key fob (one per family). The $10 will be refunded upon surrender of the key fob. Additional fobs may be requested at a $10 deposit fee each.
All fees include a morning and afternoon snack and lunch.

Full Time:
*Infants - $240/week
*Young Toddlers (Tree Frog & Monkey rooms) - $230/week
*Toddlers (Rhino & Panda rooms) - $220/week
*Older Toddlers (Tiger room) - $215/week
*Preschool (Lion, Dolphin & Hippo rooms) - $210/week
*Summer Camp - $185/week
*Before School - $25/week
*After School - $75/week

Part Time (per week):
*Young Toddlers (Tree Frog & Monkey rooms) - M/W/F: $145; T/Th: $100
*Toddlers (Rhino & Panda rooms) - M/W/F: $140; T/Th: $95
*Older Toddlers (Tiger room) - M/W/F: $135; T/Th: $90
*Preschool (Lion, Dolphin  & Hippo rooms) - M/W/F: $130; T/Th: $85
*Summer Camp - M/W/F: $120; T/Th: $80
*Before School - M/W/F: $15; T/Th: $10
*After School - M/W/F: $45; T/Th: $30

Discounts:
Full Time Sibling Discount - 10% OFF the oldest child's tuition
Full Time Church Discount - 10% OFF the oldest child's tuition

*For more details on payment policies please see your family handbook or below.

Payment: Payment is always due in advance with no deduction for any absences, holidays, or closures due to inclement weather, power outages, or other situations beyond our control. Little Lights will be expected to have annual increases that are prompted by economic inflation and ever-increasing costs of operation. The increase will take effect every September. Children may attend child care for a maximum of 10 hours a day. A fee of $5.00 will be charged per day when a child is left at the center longer than 10 hours.
Payments: Tuition payments are due weekly on the first day that a child attends.
Tuition checks are to be placed in the mailbox across from the Office.

Late Pick-Up Fees: Little Lights closes at 5:30pm daily. This means that you and your child must be leaving Little Lights at 5:30pm. A fee of $5.00 will be charged to parents who pick up their child after 5:30pm and $1.00/minute after 5:35pm. If you are late a second time, a fee of $8.00 will be charged to your account. An additional fee of $1.00 per minute will be charged for every minute after 5:35pm. This fee will be added on to your child's tuition. If you arrive late to pickup your child, there will be a form that you have to sign.

Late Payment Charges: Late payments can pose serious problems for our program. Therefore we have put procedures in place to reduce their impact. Tuition will be considered past due if not received by Noon on Friday. After Noon on Friday, a late charge of $8.00 per day will be assessed to your account.
If you account becomes more than 31 days past due, you will receive a written notice from the Director that your account needs to be paid within two weeks. If a payment has not been received in two weeks, your child may be asked to be withdrawn until payment has been made in full. If you pull your child because you are not able to pay the tuition, you will have a week to pay the money otherwise your child's spot will be given to someone on the waiting list. If you are only able to pay a certain amount, please discuss with the Director about setting up a payment plan. If your child withdraws and we do not receive the money, first we will send you a letter reminding you of what you own. Second we will call you to remind you and to make sure that you received our letter. If an agreement is not reached after these two reminders we will have to send your name to a collection agency.

enrollment process

Parents are responsible to come and visit the center prior to enrollment. It is important that parents take tim to see their child's classroom and make sure our learning environment will meet your family's needs and expectations. During this time the director will have enrollment paperwork available. Please make sure you update your information with the director and classroom teachers if there are changes.

Wait List Policy: 

In the event that space is not immediately available for your child, we will be happy to add your name to our wait list. Your information will remain on the list for six (6) months. At the end of the six months your information will be deleted unless you contact us and request to remain on the list.

If space becomes available during the six month period, we will contact you by phone/email. We ask that you respond within 48 hours to indicate if you would like to enroll or not. If we do not hear from you within this time, we will take that as a negative response and move on to the next person on the list.

If you have any questions concerning this policy, please contact us at 717.249.5130.