Kindergarten Care Registration Form

Contract Terms:
Program: MLEDP is a group-based program and does not provide therapeutic or individualized behavioral services. To ensure a positive experience for all participants, children are expected to successfully integrate into a group setting, engage appropriately with peers, and respond to staff guidance in a respectful and constructive manner. MLEDP is committed to providing reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to support a child’s participation in the program. However, all participants must be able to function safely and successfully within the group environment, with reasonable accommodation in place, without requiring individualized therapeutic or one-on-one behavioral support services.

MLEDP Kindergarten Care is available Monday – Friday, from  8:30 AM -12:45 PM (before Afternoon Kindergarten) and 11:15 AM to 3:30 PM (after Morning Kindergarten). If you’ve requested care during the before school (7:00 – 8:30 AM) or after school (3:30 – 6:30 PM) hours, this will be added to your Kindergarten Care Rate. MLEDP will be closed on days when Mt. Lebanon School District buildings are closed (scheduled holiday breaks, emergency closings).

School Delays: MLEDP provides care from 9:00 am until the start of school when Mt. Lebanon School District announces a (10:30 am) delayed start. If a delay becomes a closing, MLEDP will close. MLEDP will contact parents and ask them to pick up their children.

Scheduling Care: Parent must select a minimum of 3 days per week for their child to attend Kindergarten Care. These 3 days will be the same each week (unless a permanent schedule change is made). You may not switch days or enroll for a varying schedule. Days may be added to your schedule for an additional cost.

Long Days: MLEDP offers Long-Day Care, when the school district buildings are open but children are not scheduled to be in class (parent conference days, clerical and in-service days). Parent understands that a separate sign-up is required for these days. A deadline for changes will be published for each Long Day. Once the deadline has passed, no additions or cancellations can be made. Care on Long-days is not part of this Registration Schedule Payment Agreement, and will be billed at an additional cost.

Child Release Information: MLEDP is required to only release children to a Designated Release Person listed on myprocare.com. A Designated Release Person must be 16 years of age or older.

MLEDP Policy for Transferring Care between Child Care Facility and School: The MLEDP morning session operates in the school buildings from 7:00 – 8:25 AM. At the end of the session, children are dismissed from MLEDP to walk directly to their classrooms. Once dismissed, children are under the school’s supervision and no longer in MLEDP care.

MLEDP Partners with Durham Bus Services to transport kindergarten students between MLEDP sites and their designated home schools. A dedicated MLEDP kindergarten staff member will accompany the children on the bus to ensure their safety and comfort during transit. Additionally, an MLEDP bus waiter staff will be stationed at the designated bus drop-off areas to receive the children upon arrival. The MLEDP bus waiter escorts the children directly to their classroom for the start of the afternoon kindergarten session at 12:45 PM. Morning Kindergarten Care children who attend after kindergarten at Hoover, Howe, and Lincoln are escorted to their classroom by MLEDP Kindergarten Care Staff. 

MLEDP Notification: Parent agrees to notify MLEDP immediately in the event of a change in child’s schedule, child/family information: emergency contacts, child’s physician, address, telephone numbers, and parent’s work place.

Typical Days – Fees: Parent agrees to pay a contracted fee each month for Typical Days, which are based upon the child’s scheduled attendance per week. Tuition payments are made in 9 installments. The calculation is: weekly tuition multiplied by the number of weeks of care in the school year divided by 9 months. Each installment billing will be the same unless additional days of care are added or Long Day care is used. Invoices will be sent to the e-mail address listed on this contract. Typical Days are listed on the KC Schedule Calendar Information Panel. See the KC Rate Guide Panel for individual rates.

Payments Non-Refundable: Parent understands that all payments are non-refundable. Parent is responsible for payment of fees as contracted, regardless of illness of the child, or other unanticipated absence from child care including vacations. In addition, MLEDP may be required to close for weather, emergencies, or unplanned cancellations of in-person school instruction. Days missed due to emergencies, unexpected school closings or cancellation of in-person instruction will not be refunded or credited. 

Payment Options: Payments can be made via check, cash, or money order to The MLEDP Administrative Office. Mail to: MLEDP, 250 Mt. Lebanon Blvd., Suite 414, Pittsburgh, PA 15234. Credit card payments can be made at www.mledp.org (3% service charge applies). Payments cannot be delivered to a center.

Shared Payment Responsibility: In the case where there is shared responsibility for payments, MLEDP will send the monthly statement to the parent who has contracted for care, and that person is responsible for prompt payment of the entire statement.

Late Pick-up Fee: Parent understands that dismissal time shall not be later than 6:30 pm. A Parent or the Parent’s Authorized Representative must sign out when departing with your child. Parent agrees to pay $10.00 for every 15-minute increment beyond normal dismissal time that your child remains at the center.

Failure to Sign Out Fee: For the purpose of maintaining accurate attendance records, all children must be signed in and signed out at the center each day. Failure to sign your child out at pickup will result in an extra charge of $10.00

In the event of a technical issue that prevents electronic sign out, the parent/guardian must immediately notify center staff so that a paper sign out can be completed. If no technical issue is reported and the child is not signed out, the Failure to Sign Out Fee will be applied. 

Failure to Call off Fee:  If your child is absent from after school care (on a scheduled day), and you do not notify the center (Via e-mail, phone call, or parent notes) by 10:00 AM for the PM Kindergarten Care Session or by 3:00 PM for the After School Session, you will be charged a $25.00 failure to call fee.

Late Payment Fee: Parent shall pay monthly on the first of every month. Payments must be postmarked on or before the due date. A late fee will be assessed to accounts if the payment arrives after the 5th day of the month. Go to the KC Additional Rate and Schedule Calendar Information Panel for more info.

Schedule Change/Withdrawal Notification: MLEDP requires two-weeks written notice for a schedule change or withdrawal. All Schedule changes and withdrawals must be for a period of 4 weeks or longer.  

MLEDP reserves the right to take all action, legal and otherwise, deemed necessary and desirable for the collection of unpaid account balances past due. Parent understands that such action may include reporting the account delinquency to a credit reporting agency and suspension of child care services until the balance due is paid.

MLEDP Reserves the right to change rates at any time. This agreement may be subject to change from time to time.