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Preschool problem
I have a child that was "terminated" from his preschool on Thursday. We pay at the beginning of the week for the entire week. I asked for reimbursement for the Friday he is not allowed to attend and they informed me we would not be reimbursed. I informed them that it does not state anywhere in the contract that "terminations" will not be reimbursed. It talks about the termination reasons. The very small preschool informed me they would go to court over the small sum of money and informed on Friday that my child made a hole in one of the walls on Tuesday and they would consider the last day payment as coverage for the damage. Again, I was not informed until today (3 days after the apparent damage) that my son damaged a wall. I just want the reimbursement for the one day out of the week he is not attending due to termination, am I correct in asking for this?
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If the school is acting this way, the only solution that may end in your favor is to go to court.
Like the person below me said, the school would need proof it was your child that caused the damage, they would need an estimated cost of the damage because I doubt it was the exact amount you paid, and they would probably have to have a very good reason for waiting so long to tell you about the problem.
If the amount of money in question is a small amount, you should really think long and hard about whether or not it's worth the trouble. You will have to pay for a laywer, and most likely have to go through the long court process before you ever see the money anyway. That will probably end up costing you more money then it would save you. I believe you are within your rights to ask for reimbursement, but I think you should just be the bigger person and forget about it. It's really just not worth the hassle.
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I don't think it's wrong for you to ask for your money back. If your son had really made a hole in the wall on Tuesday, they should have told you on Tuesday.
However, if the contract doesn't state that they have to reimburse your money if the child is terminated, I am not certain that they are legally obligated to give you your money.
Plus, they would have to get the cost of damage estimated. They can't just assume that Friday's payment fee is equal to the cost of the hole in the wall. They would also likely have to prove that it was your son that did it.
If you are willing to pay money to go to court for the money, you'll need to speak to a lawyer. Either way, you'll need to take the contract to a lawyer, have him/her review it, explain what happened, and they will tell you whether or not you are entitled to your money.
Darby
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