"Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire" - W B Yeats

[anastasiav]

I'm starting to realize that I really, strongly (more strongly than I had realized) want E to go to a good pre-school starting in the Fall. Something with a Montessori or Waldorf theory behind it. Unfortunately, any such school in my area that offers such a program is also far out of our financial reach -- around $13K (including extended day fees, because we would need him to be there for an entire workday, not just the half-day formal preschool). And that's only for a school year ... we'd still need to find and pay for care for him in the summer. A couple of schools do offer financial assistance, but only once the child is school aged. No assistance is offered for pre-K.

So, yeah, another way I'm failing him, I guess.

Comments

[pale-chartreuse.livejournal.com]

That is impressively pricey. You might have some luck with places that are trying to get accredited, but haven't finished the process yet (it can take up to two years). The website I linked to should have some of the guidelines of "What to look for in a good facility".

Good luck.

[a-c-fiorucci.livejournal.com]

That's about the going rate out here in the (far) NW suburbs of Boston, too.