Tuition
What it costs
Tuition is a fixed weekly amount for 52 weeks, closed days included. These rates last changed in August 2026, and we send changes in writing by June 15.
Weekly tuition
Full time means five days, Monday to Friday, any hours between 6:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Three days is Monday, Wednesday and Friday, or Tuesday and Thursday plus one day we agree on.
Fees
These are all of them.
Fees on top of tuition
- Registration$75
Once per family, when you enroll. $0 for families on CCCAP.
- Supplies$60 a year
Charged each August for each child, for art supplies, sunscreen, a cot sheet and a first-aid restock. It renews every August, and we tell you in July.
- Late pick-up$15 for each 10 minutes
After 6:00 p.m.
- Early drop-off, and the waitlistFree
We open at 6:30 a.m. and there’s no fee for any hour we’re open.
- Returned payment$25
How paying works
Most families pay weekly by autopay in our parent app, and you can pay by check instead. Your first week of tuition and the registration fee hold your spot, and your first week is applied to your last.
Autopay keeps going each week until you tell the office in writing that you’re leaving or changing days, with two weeks’ notice. You can pause it only by leaving or changing days; a week your child is away is still a paid week, because the teacher and the spot are still there.
We review tuition once a year, in August, and send the new rates in writing by June 15. You’ll never be charged a rate you haven’t seen.
Help paying
We take CCCAP and Universal Preschool Colorado
We’re a provider for the Colorado Child Care Assistance Program (CCCAP), run through Boulder County for families who live there, and we hold a few spots for CCCAP families. What a family pays is set by the county; we charge no registration fee. We’re also a Universal Preschool Colorado provider for the year before kindergarten, which covers part of Herons’ tuition; we apply it to your bill and you pay the rest.
Medicaid doesn’t pay for child care. If your employer offers a dependent care account, we’ll fill in a Form W-10 on request. Bring your questions on a tour, or call Marisol.
- CCCAP, through Boulder County
- Universal Preschool Colorado, the year before kindergarten
- Employer dependent care accounts (Form W-10 on request)
Tuition questions
How much does it cost, and what’s included?
Full-time tuition runs from $295 to $410 a week by age, and part-time (three days) from $215 to $290. It includes breakfast, lunch, an afternoon snack, diapers and wipes for our youngest rooms, art and classroom supplies, and early and late hours. On top of it: a $75 registration fee once per family and a $60 supplies fee each August. Every price is on the Tuition page.
How does autopay work, and how do I stop it?
Most families pay weekly by autopay in our parent app, and you can pay by check instead. Autopay keeps going until you tell the office in writing that you’re leaving or changing days, with two weeks’ notice. We review tuition once a year in August and send the new rates in writing by June 15.
Want to see it before you decide?
A tour takes thirty minutes, and Marisol will go through any number on this page.