Community Independent School

2089 Lamont Norwood Road
Pittsboro NC 27312
919-932-6313

Age range: Preschool (3 years old)–4th Grade

Tuition: Preschool, $5,859 (half day), $10,253 (full day); Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten, $10,253/year; Elementary School, $8,875/year (After-School, 1- to 5-day, $713; $3,241/year)

Scholarships available: Yes

Accreditation: Accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Application deadline: Rolling deadline

Application fee: $40, non-refundable

School starts: Same as Chapel Hill-Carrboro public schools

School runs: Preschool: Half day, 8:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Full day 8:10 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.; Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten: Full day 8:10 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. (5:30 p.m. After-School); Elementary School: 8:10 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (5:30 p.m. After-School), 5 days a week.

Class size: 2 gatherings of 12 students each; 3 teachers.

Student:teacher ratio: Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten, and Kindergarten, 8:1; First Grade and above: 12:1

Boy/girl quota: No, but we strive for gender-balanced groupings

How toilet-trained do children need to be? Trained when school begins

Parental participation required: We have a strong parent volunteer force but it is not mandatory

Special features: Spanish, music; daily outdoor educational curriculum (six acres of land, creek, woods, farm program, organic garden)

Web address: www.communityindependentschool.org

Last Updated: 18 September 2008

 
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