Schedule for Fall 2020
We are splitting the fall into two sessions. We require families to commit to at least 1 full session, and at least 2 full days per week. Due to COVID limits on group size, we cannot accommodate partial enrollment or half-days.
Session 1:
7 weeks, Tue Sep 1st - Thu Oct 15th
Tu-W-Th, 11am-4pm
Session 2:
8 weeks, Tue Oct 20th - Thu Dec 17th
Tu-W-Th, 11am-4pm
Excludes these holidays:
Wed Nov 11th -- Veterans Day
the week of Nov 23rd-27th -- Thanks-taking
We are splitting the fall into two sessions. We require families to commit to at least 1 full session, and at least 2 full days per week. Due to COVID limits on group size, we cannot accommodate partial enrollment or half-days.
Session 1:
7 weeks, Tue Sep 1st - Thu Oct 15th
Tu-W-Th, 11am-4pm
Session 2:
8 weeks, Tue Oct 20th - Thu Dec 17th
Tu-W-Th, 11am-4pm
Excludes these holidays:
Wed Nov 11th -- Veterans Day
the week of Nov 23rd-27th -- Thanks-taking
Tuition and Reparations
As part of our effort to be accessible to more marginalized families, we invite everyone under financial strain to donate on a sliding scale.
We specifically offer free childcare to Black and Indigenous families. You don't have to pay, period. This is not because we assume you can’t pay. This is our sincere offering of reparations, in light of the profound injustices you and your ancestors have experienced. If you would like to give a donation, or support this community effort with other kinds of resources, it would be greatly appreciated.
“Reparations” may be a relatively new topic of conversation for many US households, and people have different interpretations of what it should look like. We see reparations not as charity. Rather, we are inspired to build reparations into our school because of our own lived experiences, and our experiences working with friends, families, and farmers at the Gill Tract that are Black and Indigenous. We’ve come to understand that solidarity means “sharing the burden of struggle” -- systemic injustice harms all of us, and we all have a part to play in opposing and transforming it. Centering the folks that are most impacted by systemic injustice is one of the best ways to support everyone’s well being. It also gives us a more realistic sense of our history and current moment. As one program parent described: “I’d like to invite Black and Indigenous children to attend with the assumption of debts already having been paid.” We have not run a program quite like this before, and ask for folks’ patience and participation in helping us learn how to do this compassionately and sustainably.
For the program to be accessible to all, we need families to pay an equitable rate based on what they can afford. Here are our recommended donations based on combined family income:
Yearly Family Income $X / child / hr
$0 - $20K $0-$3
$20K - $40K $1-$4
$40K - $60K $3-$6
$60K - $80K $5-$8
$80K - $110K $8-$12
$110K - $150K $11-$17
$150K - $190K $16-$24
$190K - $250K $23-$31
$250K+ $30+
These numbers are general guidelines based on definitions of affordable childcare from the Department of Labor. We are interested in your feedback! Reach out if you want to know more about our calculations. We encourage you to adjust your pledge based on your life circumstances and your access to other forms of wealth. You can ask yourself questions like:
When families choose to pay more, they create unique opportunities for their own children, and create a bond of solidarity with families that are struggling with unemployment and housing insecurity. A deeply accessible program means our students get to share their formative years with people they would never otherwise meet, people with an incredible diversity of life experiences and perspectives.
Each of us holds a piece of the truth. Together, we can weave a community informed by the breadth of humanity.
To start the conversation, please email us at EastBaySolidaritySchool@gmail.com
As part of our effort to be accessible to more marginalized families, we invite everyone under financial strain to donate on a sliding scale.
We specifically offer free childcare to Black and Indigenous families. You don't have to pay, period. This is not because we assume you can’t pay. This is our sincere offering of reparations, in light of the profound injustices you and your ancestors have experienced. If you would like to give a donation, or support this community effort with other kinds of resources, it would be greatly appreciated.
“Reparations” may be a relatively new topic of conversation for many US households, and people have different interpretations of what it should look like. We see reparations not as charity. Rather, we are inspired to build reparations into our school because of our own lived experiences, and our experiences working with friends, families, and farmers at the Gill Tract that are Black and Indigenous. We’ve come to understand that solidarity means “sharing the burden of struggle” -- systemic injustice harms all of us, and we all have a part to play in opposing and transforming it. Centering the folks that are most impacted by systemic injustice is one of the best ways to support everyone’s well being. It also gives us a more realistic sense of our history and current moment. As one program parent described: “I’d like to invite Black and Indigenous children to attend with the assumption of debts already having been paid.” We have not run a program quite like this before, and ask for folks’ patience and participation in helping us learn how to do this compassionately and sustainably.
For the program to be accessible to all, we need families to pay an equitable rate based on what they can afford. Here are our recommended donations based on combined family income:
Yearly Family Income $X / child / hr
$0 - $20K $0-$3
$20K - $40K $1-$4
$40K - $60K $3-$6
$60K - $80K $5-$8
$80K - $110K $8-$12
$110K - $150K $11-$17
$150K - $190K $16-$24
$190K - $250K $23-$31
$250K+ $30+
These numbers are general guidelines based on definitions of affordable childcare from the Department of Labor. We are interested in your feedback! Reach out if you want to know more about our calculations. We encourage you to adjust your pledge based on your life circumstances and your access to other forms of wealth. You can ask yourself questions like:
- Do you rent or own your home?
- Are you caring for someone who’s elderly or disabled?
- Do you often buy expensive vacations or gadgets?
- If you have multiple children, do they each have a room, or do they have to share?
- Are you still paying off debts, such as college loans?
- Is your household a two-parent household? If so, is one parent able to stay home to care for the children?
- Etc.
When families choose to pay more, they create unique opportunities for their own children, and create a bond of solidarity with families that are struggling with unemployment and housing insecurity. A deeply accessible program means our students get to share their formative years with people they would never otherwise meet, people with an incredible diversity of life experiences and perspectives.
Each of us holds a piece of the truth. Together, we can weave a community informed by the breadth of humanity.
To start the conversation, please email us at EastBaySolidaritySchool@gmail.com