Class policies and payment options
Payment
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Pay in cash, check, or via Paypal to kidstalkscience@gmail.com. If using PayPal, please choose the "paying for an item or service" option and add an additional Paypal transaction fee of 2.9% + $.30 to your payment as shown in your invoice. Checks can be made out to Kids Talk Science and mailed to 148 N 8th Street, Apartment 1L, Brooklyn NY 11249. There will be a $40 fee for all returned checks.
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For summer camp, full payment is expected at the time of registration.
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For session-long classes, during the school year, full payment is expected by the first day of class. We offer a payment plan option of three installments over the course of the first three months at no extra cost. Joining a class means you are making a financial commitment to the whole session and no refunds or credits will be made once class begins.
Cancellation
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If you cancel less than 7 days prior to class start date, you will not receive refunds or credits.
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If you cancel up to 7 days prior to class start date, you will receive a 50% credit toward a future class.
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If you cancel between 30 to 7 days before class start date, you will receive full credit toward a future class.
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If you cancel 30 or more days before class start date, you will receive a full refund.
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For summer camps, you will receive a full refund If you cancel 60 or more days before class start date.
Pick up/Drop off (for session-long classes, during the school year)
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Those who choose the school pick-up option must provide school teachers with an authorization for both Graciela Flores and Meredith Barish for pick-up.
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Those who drop off, please be at KTS between 3:00 and 3:20 pm.
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Class ends at 5:00 pm. An extended day option from 5:00-6:00 pm is available for a cost of $10 per class.
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We will not release a child to anyone without prior parental consent. If you wish to add or change the names of those with authorization for pick-up please make sure to inform us in advance and provide consent in writing.
Holiday and School closings
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We follow the New York City public school calendar for holidays and emergency weather closings. Any additional no-class days are listed under Program.
Health or Sick days
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If a child shows signs of illness, we will notify the parents or guardian listed on the emergency contact list.
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If a teacher becomes sick and needs to cancel the class, we will contact parents as soon as possible. We will try to provide a make-up class option and if that is not possible for the majority of the students, then refunds will be made.