Shepherd's Flock Early Learning Center - Phone: (515) 225-1952

About the Waiting List:

Waiting lists (for both kindergarten and preschool programs) are specific for each year;  when you request that your child be placed on a waiting list, you must state the specific school year(s) on which you wish to place your child.  Being on a waiting list does not mean that you are enrolled … it just means that you are waiting to be called when it is registration time for that school year.  Being on a waiting list does not necessarily mean there will be a spot for everyone on the list;  the earlier you put your child on the list for their school year the better.  We recommend parents put their child on the Waiting List shortly after they are born and named (children cannot be on the list before this!). 

We start registration the beginning of January with the families currently enrolled in the Center. Then someone from the ELC will contact everyone on the Waiting List the end of January (this would be for the school year that begins that Fall).  When they call, they will know what (if anything) is available. 

• If something IS available that suits you, you will choose a date for a Large Group Tour.  Parent Tours are an hour and a half of very detailed information about the program.  Parents will be with a group of other parents that are also looking at the same session for their children, so you will hear the questions of those parents as well as ask questions of your own as the tour progresses.  The Parent Tour includes a tour of the school facility;  the Director will take you into the classrooms and explain the learning centers, the purpose of the centers and how the children function in the classroom, the resource rooms and resources, the gym, playground, etc.  Parent Tours are for parents only – it is adult information upon which parents will base their decision regarding school for their children.  After the Tour, parents will have 2 weeks to read through and ‘digest’ the information they have received.  During that 2 week period, parents are welcome to drop in (un-announced) and observe classes that are in session (you will receive a security pass at your tour which you must wear).   At the end of the 2 week period you must choose to enroll or not.  If you choose to enroll, you will fill out and return enrollment paperwork with the supply fee, which will finalize your child’s enrollment.
   

• If no spot is available, or the spot that’s available doesn’t suit you, you may ask to remain on the Waiting List.  The Waiting List remains current through the school year;  if children move, someone can be called from the list as late as March or April into the actual school year.  Note:  children are not moved from one year’s list to another if they do not get into the program from a Waiting List.