Sunshine Academy operates on a non-discriminatory basis with no regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, or sex. This is an equal opportunity program. If you believe you have been discriminated against because of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability: write to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington D.C. 20250.
Before a child may attend our Center, all enrollment forms must be completed. The childs' health assessment and immunizations must be current. Immunizations must be kept current as long as your child is enrolled with our center. If your child recieves immunizations after enrollment, please give us a new copy of his/her immunization record.
The Center will provide care for children ages 2 weeks through 12 years old. Center is open Monday through Friday, 5:45 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., 12 months a year. We will be closed the following days; snow days (at program director's discretion), New Years' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day (July 4th), Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve (at program director's discretion), and Christmas Day. If the holiday falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, we may be closed on the Friday prior or the Monday following the holiday (at programs director's discretion), with one exception; if Christmas Eve falls on a Saturday, we will not close the Friday prior to Christmas Eve. Additional holidays may be declared with advance notice posted. Normal tuition is due for any week in which a holiday falls.
The Center is staffed according to the enrollment at any given time during the day. This staff scheduling procedure is determined using the estimated times of arrival and departue the each parent must provide at enrollment. Therefore, if your child will be at the Center at other than what was estimated (i.e. if you must bring your child in one hour early or pick child up one hour late), you must notify and recieve approval from the Program Director as soon as you know this will occur. This enables the Program Director to ensure the Center is adequately staffed. However, usually last minute arrival and departure changes can be accommodated. A phone call is always appreciated if you will be late picking up your child due to a sudden emergency.
It is very important that you sign your child in and out each day. We have installed a touch-pad system for signing you child in and out. A back up sign in/out sheet is always available for this purpose if the touch-pad is not functioning. The Program Director or your childs' teacher will assist you in using these and show you where they are kept.
Please walk your child to his/her classroom. It is important that your childs' teacher knows your child is in the facility. Our staff try to talk to each parent and child upon arrival and departue.
Only those persons authorized by you may pick up your child. The staff will not release your child to any other person without prior specific authorization. The staff may also require identification from the person picking up your child if he/she is not familiar to the staff.
Full-time child care fees are based on five - 10 hours days during any given week (Monday through Friday). Full-time fees are:
We will be giving a %5 discount to all Prairie View Staff. We also give a $15 per week discount for the second child enrolled and every child thereafter in each family. SRS school age families will be charged $5 per week for transportation with a $10 per week maximum per family. Note: Yout will be charged the classroom fee for the classroom that your child is enrolled in even if your child is over the age limit normally enrolled in a specific class. This may occur if your child is not developmentally ready for the next classroom, if other major changes are already taking place in your childs' life at that particular time, or if we feel it is in your childs' best interest to wait a few weeks before making the transition to the older classroom.
Part-time slots may be available. If part-time slots are available the child must have a set schedule. Requests for part-time care will be reviewed as requests are made. Children who only need part-time care will not be put on a waiting list. Priority is always given to children who need full-time care. There is a four day minimum for part-time slots.
HOURLY-TIME RATES - $3.75 per hour for infants through 2 1/2 years, - $3.25 per hour for 2 1/2 through 6 years.
The payment of fees is expected on or before the Monday of the week for which services will be provided (i.e. payment is due in advance).The following charges will be assesed for:
SUPPLY FEE - A $12.00 per year fee will be assest for each child ( all ages) for assistances in purchasing supplies. The supply fee is due January 1st of each calendar year for that year. The anual supply fee will be prorated at enrollment for the remaining of the calendar in which your child is being enrolled if you child has not been enrolled by January 1st.
WAITING LIST - Our waiting list is kept current, by classroom. Parents will be notified as openings become available. The waiting list is handled on a first come, first serve basis with the following priorities given: siblings and Center staff children. Parents must come into the center to have their childs' name added to the waiting list. Only children needing full-time care will be placed on the waiting list.
TERMINATION OF CARE - You are required to give a two week notice when you intend on pulling your child from our center. Without a two week notice we reserve the right to charge you for the two weeks whether or not your child is present.
DISMISSALS - A child may be suspended from care for physically assaulting a Center employee, peer, parent, or visitor. The minimum suspension for this type of behavior will be one day. The exact amount of time the child will be suspended will be determined by the severity of the assault and taking into account any previous incidents. A child may be permanently dismissed from care for such behavior.
2005.All information on this page is subject to change. Sunshine Academy reserves the right to revise its policies at any time