We picked up the enrollment forms for summer camp at kid 1's preschool. We pay $200 or so a month for two half days of preschool. Summer camp, for the same days and basically the same activities with the addition of swimming, is $520 a month. I was shocked. Why does it cost so much more?
I think these places realize parents are desperate and need child care so they can work, especially in summer. Schools let kids out but jobs don't let parents out.
So, hubby and I talked about it and it's going to be a rough summer. I'll have to find some other way to keep him occupied so I can do my freelance jobs, because $520 in addition to what I already pay someone else to watch him 8 hours a week is just too much.
Can't afford summer camp
January 15th, 2011 at 04:11 pm
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January 15th, 2011 at 05:08 pm 1295111325
My husband travels a lot in the summer. I hire a HS school neighbor boy to mow my lawn when he's gone. He doesn't do the same job that a professional landscaping company would, but he's much less expensive and he does the job well enough to keep me in the HOA's good graces ... And I don't have to mow in these hot Texas summers.
January 15th, 2011 at 05:53 pm 1295113985
When DD was in preschool the rate was the same for summer or school year. It seems wrong they would jack the cost up so much. Maybe a mis-print?
January 15th, 2011 at 06:22 pm 1295115729
January 15th, 2011 at 11:24 pm 1295133847
I would still check if they made a mistake on their price. Hopefully..
January 15th, 2011 at 11:33 pm 1295134430
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