A year ago around this time, we shelled out $50 a pop so preschools could "review" our applications -- which largely consisted of 1-page sheets of paper. Why it costs $50 to take a piece of paper, file it away and completely forget about it, I'll never know, but that's what the going rate was.
Fifty bucks. Ten schools. That shit adds up quickly.
This year, it's getting worse.
A friend recently shelled out $75 for preschool application administration charges in San Francisco, and I'm sure it's even worse elsewhere.
The application processing scam was by far the worst part of the preschool process -- far worse than those annoying orientations in which some mom would invariably kiss a teacher's ass by asking "Do you believe in playtime?" or "Do you have any stats showing which colleges your students went on to?"
Thankfully we were able to get into a school last year, but I feel badly for all those parents in the midst of the preschool process right now. What's your least favorite part?
