https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:04:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschool-tuitionchoosing-a-preschool#post-1979971 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:25:42 +0000 looch 1979971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't done the math on the cost per hour because it would be horrifying to me, lol.</p> <p>Right now, we're spending over $6000 for around 12 hours per week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschool-tuitionchoosing-a-preschool#post-1979962 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:23:00 +0000 loveisstrange 1979962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're looking at the preschool run by our school district. It's $144/week for full time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschool-tuitionchoosing-a-preschool#post-1979954 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:20:03 +0000 prettylizy 1979954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: I was horrified when DH said he was going to ask about a cash or annual deal (I'm not good at negotiating) bit our director was super excited about the idea. Their lest favourite part is chasing people for money so they are note than happy to just have the convo once/year. I like that it's just done and we don't have essentially a second mortgage payment every month </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschool-tuitionchoosing-a-preschool#post-1979953 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:19:51 +0000 fancyfunction 1979953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours really varies. I'm looking at a 2's program for 2 days a week and the numbers are anywhere from $2500 to over $4k for the year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschool-tuitionchoosing-a-preschool#post-1979945 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:16:05 +0000 Bao 1979945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: wow that's a great deal! We would like to pay annually too, I wonder if that is an option for us. I will look into it, thanks for the tip! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschool-tuitionchoosing-a-preschool#post-1979941 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:14:32 +0000 prettylizy 1979941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When in go back to work in March they will both be going to a Montessori daycare/preschool. Its regular daycare rates around here, between $35-$45/day per kid depending on age. DH was able to work out a deal for us to save 10% by paying annually as opposed to monthly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschool-tuitionchoosing-a-preschool#post-1979940 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:14:31 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1979940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: we just did the math on ours, and our preschool is $5/hour. We excluded holidays, school breaks and field trip days from our count. </p> <p>It's the only public preschool in our area so we are very limited in options! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/preschool-tuitionchoosing-a-preschool#post-1979914 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 08:56:50 +0000 Bao 1979914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been looking into both preschools that are closest to us and the tuition is similar for both. One is a public preschool, 3 days a week (2.5 hours a day) for $14 a session. The co-op preschool is 2 days per week at $12 a session, and I believe that one is 3 hours per week. So roughly $1500 a school year, give or take. We will be visiting both schools to get a feel for them and then decide. There is an amazing Montessori school about 10-15 minutes away but there's no way we could ever afford it, unfortunately. </p> <p>What's preschool tuition like in your area? How many days is it per week, and if there were a few preschools in your area how did you choose one? What were you looking for? </p>