Current Families

The ECL is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, for 182 days from August through May every school year. Information about optional summer enrollment for June and July will be sent to families every year in March.

Tuition should be paid by the 15th of each month for 10 months, August through May. An automatic bank draft program is available for those who are interested. Information about the optional Summer Program and associated tuition will be sent to families in March. Tuition rates are detailed below.

2024-2025 Tuition

Infants $1050/month

Toddler $1050/month

Preschool $1050/month

2025-2026 Tuition

Infants $1,425/month

Toddler $1,375/month

Preschool $1,350/month

***Letter to ECL Families Regarding Tuition Increase***

At the start of each school year, families are provided with an ECL parking pass. This pass must be displayed on the driver's side of the front windshield of the car. Due to limited parking around the ECL, use of the parking pass is limited to 5 minutes during pick-up and drop-off. Parents who are also students, staff, or faculty at UK should drop their child off, and then seek other parking.

The ECL is a peanut and tree nut free school. No peanut butter/ peanuts/tree nuts are allowed at the ECL. Children will be served a “breakfast-like” snack each morning. Menus listing food items and days served are posted outside each classroom, and inside each class on the bulletin boards. If your child has special food needs, please alert your child’s teacher, and complete a food substitution form. Children must bring lunch from home in a labeled lunch box. The meal must be suitable to be served from room temperature, as meals cannot be warmed for serving. Food that needs to be kept cold should be stored in a lunch box with cold packs. Please ensure that lunches are of nutritional value. If you have questions, please ask your child’s teacher.

Infants who attend the ECL, and who still take a bottle must bring prepared bottles of formula or breast milk to school each day. All bottles must be clearly labeled with the child’s first and last name and dated with the date mixed or expressed. Bottles containing breast milk may be stored for no longer 24 hours. All bottles are warmed in water. Children under 6 months of age are fed solids only with consent of the parent. Families should communicate with teachers to inform them of the child’s feeding practice and pattern. Families are required to bring baby food or other first foods, until the child can be offered foods from our regular snack menu. Children under 12 months cannot be fed cow’s milk at the ECL. Children under 12 months will only be given breast milk or formula provided by the parents. Once children wean from the bottle and no earlier than 12 months, whole milk may be offered in a sippy cup, with the parent’s permission.

Per Kentucky child care licensing requirements, all children will participate in a rest or nap time during the day. Infants up to age 12 months will sleep in a crib. Infants and Toddlers older than 12 months will sleep on a cot, provided by the ECL. Children in the Preschool classrooms should bring a sheet and blanket for their cot. These will be sent home each Friday for washing, and should be returned on Monday.