Financial Policies

On our Registration Form, the tuition listed is annual. We accept monthly installments, which are due on the first school day of each month.  Tuition is considered late if not remitted by the fifth session your child is scheduled to attend.   Please pay one of the staff on delivery or pickup.  Checks should be made payable to Columbine Montessori School.  We do not accept credit cards. We do not require that you execute a contract for the annual tuition.  If you should have to withdraw your child during the year, you will not be held liable for any future month's tuition.

Monthly tuition covers the cost of providing our program for the current month, as well as reserving a spot for the subsequent month.  Tuition will not be pro-rated over a partial month. Discounts are available for multiple siblings according to the accompanying chart. The “first” child is considered that child enrolled in the most expensive program.

A Registration Fee of $125.00 is required at the time of enrollment or re‑enrollment. The registration process incorporates your child’s information into a secure database and otherwise ensures your privacy and your child’s safety.  Registration constitutes the reservation of one of the available spaces; enrollment is limited.

Registrations made in the Spring for the Fall term will be deposited in the month they are received.  Twenty-five dollars of the registration fee is non-refundable.  Before June 1st, $100.00 is refundable.  Between June and Labor Day, $50.00 of the registration fee is refundable upon notice of withdrawal.  After school starts in the fall, registration funds are non-refundable. 

Registrations for new enrollees, as a matter of policy, are accepted only after at least one parent has visited the school for an observation, has discussed the appropriateness of the Montessori method and received a copy of the Parent’s Handbook.
 

CMS Tuition and Discount Matrix