Wellesley Public Schools: Fiscal Year 2026 Budget
Tuition Schedule
Wellesley Public Schools has three programs that charge tuition: Pre-School at Wellesley (PAWS), Child Lab, and in-district specialized programs. Each program is described below. Pre-School at Wellesley (PAWS) is an integrated pre-school program. Students who qualify for an Individual Education Program (IEP) attend without paying tuition. Typically-developing students pay a tuition depending on the program they chose to enroll in. PAWS offers a variety of programs in terms of length of day and days per week to meet the needs of the community. In school year 2021-2022, PAWS added a ninth (9 th ) classroom to meet the demand for high-quality early childhood education. The tuition rates have remained stable over the past few years. Child Lab is a childcare program run out of Wellesley High School that serves 18 children each year – a mix of resident and employee children. For school year 2025-2026, the recommendation is to increase the tuition rate by $150 to $6,750 annually. Student Services has created a number of in-district programs to meet the needs of resident children. When space exists in these programs, and a non-resident student’s profile aligns with the program, the district may enroll a non-resident child in the program and charge the sending district tuition. The tuition rates are developed by calculating the actual per student cost of the program. The FY’26 tuition rates are based on the FY’25 actual per student costs. Students requiring a 1:1 teaching assistant or paraprofessional will require the sending district to cover the actual salary and benefit cost of the individual hired.
The information provided includes:
Name: This field may include the department where the fee is collected (Integrated Preschool) and/or the reason for the fee (Weekly Program – 12.0 hours per week). Org: The organization code that corresponds to the Revolving Fund where the funds are deposited. Additional information about these funds can be found in the Financial Section under Special Revenue: Revolving Funds.
Object: The object code that corresponds to the revenue account.
Grades: When the fee corresponds to a particular grade level(s), they are noted in this column.
FY’25: This column provides the fee amount charged to participants in school year 2024-2025 or fiscal year 2025. FY’26: This column provides the expected tuition amount to be charged to participants for school year 2025-2026 or fiscal year 2026.
Per: This column notes the frequency of the fee. Tuition rates are based on an annual amount.
Annual # Students: The estimated number of participants in school year 2024-2025.
FY’24 Actual: The actual revenue received from tuition in fiscal year 2024.
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