![]() This Spring, we will be having a liquidation sale with special access to our alumni communities, so that you can find a special treasure to commemorate your time at RPCP-details will be forthcoming.įor those of you who have little ones needing to find a preschool program and who had hoped to return to RPCP, we can highly recommend our sister preschool, Kirkland Cooperative Preschool. Rather than continue against the odds and drain the last penny from our accounts, we would like to use our remaining assets and resources to help out other cooperative schools under the Lake Washington Institute of Technology umbrella. But we also recognize that you have put your trust in us to do what is in the best interest of our community as a whole. Like many of you, we are fatigued, overworked and lack the resources it would honestly take to keep the school open. It would take a significant injection in finances and volunteer resources to get back to a point where the school could realistically thrive.įinding the right teacher in these times (in less than 3 months) is also a near-impossible feat with the limited means, limited workforce, and the currently very slim volunteer board of directors, most of us who have children aging out of the preschool. While we had very healthy reserves going into the Pandemic, the limit on class sizes, overall decrease in enrollment numbers and inability to raise tuition due to economic circumstances resulted in us operating in a deficit the past 2 years, relying heavily on our reserves to get us through these crazy times. The drop in enrollment due to the Pandemic caused our reserves to take a major hit. Her retirement coupled with our teacher Talia’s coincidental resignation at the end of the school year (to spend more time with her busy family), really forced us to evaluate our resources and how we could best serve the co-op community. We really couldn’t imagine what the school would be like without Julie. Julie has been teaching at RPCP for 28 years and over that span, has taught multiple generations of preschoolers in her career. ![]() ![]() One big reason for our decision is Miss Julie’s decision to retire at the end of this year. Of course, we would not be the community we are without our amazing teachers. This decision was difficult for us on some level, because we will all grieve the end of an era, but it is also a reason to celebrate the legacy we will be passing on through the community and friendships we have created as well as the foundational imprint Redmond Parent Cooperative Preschool has had for so many of our children. Our board has made the very difficult decision to close RPCP as we know it at the end of this school year. As the subject suggests, this message brings some difficult news as well as reasons to celebrate. I want to thank you all for the amazing community you helped to create and maintain over so many decades. End of an Era, farewell Miss Julie, Miss Talia and RPCPĭear Redmond Parent Cooperative Preschool Community and Alumni, ![]() Thank you to all our families who have attended through the years. Welcome to Redmond Parent Cooperative Preschool We are permanently closed.
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