Contact Info

Franconia Children’s Center
73 Main Street / PO Box 9
Franconia, NH 03580
(603) 823-5643

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Welcome to the Franconia Children’s Center!

The mission of the Franconia Children’s Center is to enrich the lives of children by facilitating early learning in a nurturing environment. The Franconia Children’s Center welcomes all children into its programs including those who are in need.

The Franconia Children’s Center is a 501.C3 non-profit organization. To make a contribution of any amount or to join our community, please contact us.

Rates

Franconia Children’s Center

2011-2012 Tuition Rate Schedule            Hours of Operation    7:00-5:30

·          FT program (full time 40 hrs/wk)

·          After Kindergarten 12:00-5:30

·          After school 2:30-5:30

·          Hourly rates: # of hrs per week X hourly rate = weekly tuition

                                   The following apply to all FCC programs:

First Time Registration fee: $50 non-refundable

Tuition Payments: All tuition payments are due by Friday for the week in advance. Monthly and yearly payments are accepted with agreement by the Director.

§    Late tuition payments: A fee of $25.00 will be charged for each week a tuition payment is late.

§    Late pick up fee: A late fee will apply for pick up after closing or after contracted hours.

§    Discounts: A sibling discount of 20% will be applied to the child with the lowest weekly tuition. Other discounts may apply from outside agencies or employers, see Executive Director for details.

§    Vacation Allowances: Each child will be eligible for vacation days (no tuition charged) that are equal to the number of weekly contracted days. For example, if you contract for 3 days your child (ren) will be allowed 3 tuition free vacation days.

§    After School Program: A qualified staff member from FCC will walk to Lafayette Regional School to pick up children at 12:00 to follow their Kindergarten program. FCC will provide another pick up time at 2:30 for the school age children. Child care will be available during school vacation weeks in February and April.

§    Contracted Hours –Contract hours are the times you contract for your child (ren) to be attending FCC.

§    Request for Additional Hours: Occasionally parents need additional hours of care outside of the contracted hours. Requests in writing are submitted and approved by the director based on availability and tuitions paid in full.  A fee of $5.00 will apply. Discounts do not apply.

§    Full time: Full time is considered 40 hours per week or more.

About the New Website

In addition to a brand new look and feel, the new website is a fully database-driven, content managed site that has multiple user groups

• Public
• Members
• Parents
• Staff
• Administration

and multiple areas within the site in which the different groups have different sets of privileges:

• For the Public - Anyone may view; Administration may add, edit and delete content
• For Members - Must be at least a member to view, Admin may add, edit and delete content
• For Parents - Must be at least a parent to view; Staff may add content such as classroom news and updates, Admin may edit and delete
• Parents Exchange - Parents may both add and view content; Admin may edit and delete
• For Staff - Staff may view; Admin may add, edit and delete content

We may add to this list as needs arise.  For example, a category dedicated to fund-raising which is publicly viewable and can be edited and maintained the head of the fund-raising committee seems like a good idea.

Administrators, Staff, and even Parents can easily add content!

Adding new content is as easy as visiting the site, logging in, and selecting "Create a New Article" from the login form.

This website and all of its features are brand new to us at the FCC so there will undoubtedly be a period of trial and error while we decide how best to use them and set up some ground rules for what is and isn't allowed on the site.

In a few weeks, logins will be required for the non-public areas of the site, so create your account today!

We are encouraging all parents, guardians, and staff to register by clicking "Create an Account" on the right side of the page.  Once you are registered, you can contact myself (John) or Andrea so we can assign you to your user group at which point you will have access to the appropriate parts of the site.

For the first few weeks, we are allowing everyone to see all areas of the site since all of the current content was viewable by the public on the old site.  But this is only temporary.