"The pandemic made us nervous to send our kids back to school after summer break. We were told that if someone in their class contracted COVID, the entire class would shut down for two weeks. This wasn't feasible for us as parents with full-time jobs, plus it would disrupt the learning experience for our kids. That summer, the day care our kids attended prior to starting school announced a new opportunity: a K/1 program focused on interactive, accelerated education."
"Despite the $125 weekly tuition fee per child, we were sold on smaller classes, less exposure to others, and the included after-school care. We enrolled our kids for the 2020-2021 school year: our daughter in kindergarten and our son in first grade. When the school added second grade the following year and then third grade the year after, we stayed."
In 2019 a 5-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter began public school but did not finish the 2019-2020 year because of COVID-19 classroom closures. The family chose an outdoor learning K/1 program at The Learning Tree for safety, small class sizes, project-based and student-led curriculum, and included after-school care, despite a $125 weekly tuition per child. The children enrolled in 2020-2021 and the family remained as the school added grades. The program balanced academics with outdoor activities and healthy habits. The children missed traditional facilities like a library and gym and later struggled to readjust to public school, yet they loved the outdoor program.
Read at Business Insider
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