We accept child care assistance. If your family is unable afford our tuition, please contact the ECECD to see if you qualify for financial assistance from the state. You can complete the eligibility survey to begin the process of qualifying.

Interested in enrolling?

Wonderful! We look forward to hearing from you! Please bear in mind that we are a small school and may not be able to provide individualized responses to everyone. If you have submitted the below form, trust that we have received your application. We will be in touch via email should an opening become available.

If you have a question that has not already been answered, please contact our administrative team at admin@pandoschool.com.

Enrollment FAQ

Q: How do I join the waitlist?
A: Please click on the link at the bottom of his page. Once that form is submitted, you have been placed on our waitlist.

Q: When should I join the waitlist?
A: Now. Our waitlist can become quite long at times. Families who join early increase their chance of being offered a spot. Please keep your waitlist application up to date via Playground.

Q: How do you decide who to enroll?
A: We refer to the below priorities when making enrollment decisions:
1) Child of presently or previously enrolled families.
2) Child’s schedule and funding source supports Pando’s financial sustainability.
2) Proximity to Pando
3) Need (financial, cultural, or special rights)
4) Time on waitlist.

Q: How do you process waitlist applications?
A: Applications are accepted from all families, without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, cultural history, political beliefs, marital status, or disability. To eliminate as much bias as possible from the enrollment process, we review the criteria listed above and assign a numerical score to each application.  Offers are made to applicant with the highest score at the time an opening becomes available.

Q: How do you determine “need”?
A: Pando’s small size and low teacher-to-student ratios make us uniquely positioned to serve families facing challenging circumstances which include -  but are not limited to - homelessness, recent familial trauma, medical fragility, financial precarity, identified or anticipated diagnoses, expulsion from other preschools, joblessness owed to an inability to find free child care, or linguistic marginality.  A strong preference for enrolling one’s children in a preschool with one’s friends or family does not constitute “need” as we defined it in our enrollment process.

Q: How long is the waitlist and where am I on it?
A: The length of our waitlist varies. We typically enroll 6 to 10 new students every year. Though we could tell you your exact number on the waitlist, it may not accurately represent your likelihood of enrollment given our enrollment priorities.

Q: When will a spot be available?
A: In general, spaces become available at Pando when current students move onto Kindergarten over the course of the summer. We begin extending offers to families on our waitlist in spring. Occasionally, openings become available mid-year.

Q: When can I come for a tour?
A: Individual tours are only available to families who are currently considering an enrollment offer. We hold occasional open houses for prospective families and announce those events via email to everyone on our waitlist.