Enrollment
The demand for quality childcare is high in Boone. All classrooms have a substantial waiting list. To be considered for enrollment, you must formally apply to the waiting list. Priority is given on the waiting list with the following considerations and in the following order:
- Student Families: Children of degree-seeking, full-time App State students actively enrolled in programs of study receive priority.
- Currently enrolled children of full-time App State employees who are changing classrooms receive priority.
- Full-time teachers/aides employed by the center who become pregnant or have children who require childcare services receive priority.
- Families who currently have children enrolled at the center will be given priority if they need additional childcare. The priority will be given only if the family maintains their full-time student status or full-time, benefit-eligible employment status with App State.
Families that adopt or foster, or have extenuating circumstances, may receive priority consideration. (limited availability)
Eligibility
- Student Families: Parent(s) must be enrolled at App State for at least twelve undergraduate hours OR six graduate/post-doc hours per semester and be degree-seeking. Any other circumstances will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
- Faculty/Staff Families: Families must maintain full-time, benefit eligible App State affiliation to qualify for affiliated rates. Families must notify the Director in writing within 10 days of any change in full-time, benefit eligible App State affiliation.
- Community Families: In the event that the Center does not fill all spaces with University affiliated families, community families may request childcare.
Enrollment Process
When a classroom spot opens for a specific age group and Kindergarten enrollment year, priority is given to enrolled children developmentally ready to move up, followed by student parents with children that age, siblings of enrolled students, and then faculty/staff waitlist applicants, based on application date. If the only eligible children are community members, we consider children with extenuating circumstances on a case-by-case basis.
Due to a large waitlist, placement timing is uncertain, and waitlist numbers are not provided. Once a child is selected, the Director or a Master Teacher will contact the family to offer an enrollment opportunity. Families have 48 hours to accept the spot before it is offered to another family.
A $100 non-refundable registration fee is due upon enrollment and tuition is required to hold a spot, including if families request a delayed start for their child. Prior to the child’s entry into the Center, families will meet with the Director or a Master Teacher to review policies, provide the child’s personal information, and introduce the program. The Center serves approximately 120 children from the University community, with some availability for children with special needs.