Recognizing that the school must make commitments for expenditures based on this enrollment agreement and that the overhead expenses of the school do not diminish with the departure of a student before or during the course of the school year, parents are responsible for the entire year’s tuition and fees, even if the student is withdrawn or absent before or during the school year. Once the $500 deposit is received, a spot is secured for the child for the upcoming school year. This deposit (registration fee) is non-refundable and non-transferable under any circumstances. If parents decide to withdraw enrollment once a child is accepted, they are required to notify the school in writing before June 26, 2020. If a written withdrawal notice is received by June 26, 2020, no additional payment will be required, besides for the initial deposit of $500, which will be forfeited. After June 26, 2020 all amounts due under this tuition agreement shall be payable, due to the school’s limited enrollment capacity and ixed costs. Full payment for the entire school year remains the responsibility of the family in the event of withdrawal for any reason. There will be no refunds of tuition for family vacations or sickness. A child’s enrollment can be terminated by the school, without advance notice, for the following reasons: noncompliance with payment of fees; if, in the professional opinion of the school staf, the child is not beneiting from the program; if the child has medical or behavioral problems that the school is not equipped to handle. Parents will be given an explanation prior to the date of termination. Center City Jewish Preschool further believes that a positive and constructive working relationship between the school and parents or guardians is essential to the fulillment of the school’s mission. Accordingly, the school reserves the right to discontinue enrollment of a student if the director determines that the actions of a parent or guardian make such a positive and constructive relationship impossible or interferes with the school’s accomplishment of its educational purpose.

If tuition payments are not current, Center City Jewish Preschool may choose not to allow the student to continue attending the school. CCJP can delay enforcing any of its rights or remedies under this agreement. Such delays may include accepting late or partial payments. The decision to delay enforcement of its rights under this agreement is solely at the discretion of CCJP. Forbearance on any one payment does not afect the school’s rights to declare a default on that or any subsequent payment. Parents or Guardians agree to pay, to the extent permitted by law, any expenses incurred by CCJP in the collection of tuition, fees, and charges or in otherwise enforcing the school’s rights under this agreement, including attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and expenses.

The duties and obligations of Center City Jewish Preschool under this agreement may be modiied or suspended immediately and without notice because of force majeure events including, but not limited to, ire, lood, war, government action, terrorism, epidemic, pandemic, or any other event beyond CCJP’s control. If such an event occurs, CCJP’s duties and obligations may be modiied, suspended, or postponed until such time as CCJP, in its sole discretion, may safely resume operations. The sole inancial remedy for a force majeure event is future service delivery and not a tuition refund. CCJP may, at its option, amend the school year as needed in the event of an emergency that disrupts the normal academic calendar with circumstances beyond its control.

If Center City Jewish Preschool needs to temporarily suspend in-person school for any reason including but not limited to the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be a grace period of twenty school days in which there will be no refunds or changes to tuition obligations. In the case of the closure lasting longer than twenty consecutive school days, parents will not be responsible to pay tuition beyond the initial twenty school days period. This change to our tuition policy ensures a commitment to our teachers as well as the needs of our parent body in the event of an extended closure.

To clarify: If we are forced to close for less than 20 school days, parents are still responsible for all payments. However, if at any point during the school year, we are forced to close for more than twenty consecutive school days, parents will only be responsible for that initial period of 20 school days that school is closed and will no longer be responsible for the future time not spent in school. If/when we reopen, tuition will be prorated to reflect the remaining months of the school year. This policy will allow us to avoid furloughing our teachers for short-term closures.

Parents will be given the opportunity to pay more than the required tuition and receive a tax-deductible receipt. 100% of the money donated will go towards the school's expenses, thereby investing in the future of the school.

Parents or Guardians agree to submit any disputes or diferences between the school and the student’s family to inal and binding arbitration before a single, neutral arbitrator in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania agreed to by the school and family. If the two parties are unable to agree upon a single arbitrator, each party shall appoint an arbitrator and the two so appointed shall select a third. The arbitration costs shall be divided equally between the school and family. The existence and outcome of any arbitration – including any material iled with the arbitrator(s), the contents of all depositions or testimony, all documents produced during the course of the arbitration, and any remedy imposed or damages awarded by the arbitrator(s) – shall remain conidential. Failure to maintain the conidence of the arbitration will void any award in favor of the breaching party and shall entitle the non-breaching party to liquidated damages to be determined by the arbitrator(s).