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Fees and Hours

Tuition

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Tuition is contracted for an annual basis and paid in 12 installments. Tuition is due the first of every month, and if not paid after five working days, there will be a $25 late fee. Full tuition is due even when the child will be out/absent or when the ELC is closed for breaks and holidays.

 

Hours

The ELC is open from 8:30 a.m. until 6:15 p.m., and children enrolled full time may use the center for any portion of those hours. Children should arrive no later than 9:45 a.m. so that they have time to participate in early morning activities and acclimate before snack.

The ELC is closed from 12 to 2 p.m. on the last Friday of each month, to allow for a staff meeting and/or training. In June through August, the ELC closes by 4:15 p.m. on Fridays. The ELC may also close, with one month’s notice, on a non-holiday date to allow staff to attend training workshops or other continuing education activities; this typically occurs during the spring.

The ELC is closed on the following days: 

  • New Year’s Day (or the following Monday if the holiday falls on a weekend) 
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day 
  • Good Friday (along with a half day on Thursday)
  • Spring Break (March) 
  • Yale Commencement
  • Memorial Day (along with a half day the previous Friday)
  • Juneteenth 
  • Independence Day 
  • August vacation week 
  • Labor Day 
  • Indigenous Peoples Day 
  • Day before Thanksgiving (Wednesday)
  • Thanksgiving (Thursday and Friday)
  • Christmas Eve Day and Christmas Day 
  • The week between Christmas and New Year’s (along with a half day the day before the winter break begins)