McGee's Farm

McGee’s is a joyful, strong community of people interested in creating a safe, creative place for each child to explore and grow. In order to keep the school healthy, each family needs to be active. Each family participates at McGee’s in the following ways:

• A member of each family attends a monthly meeting to discuss the operation and business of the school.

• A member of each family selects a job from the open positions at McGee’s. Some jobs (like President or Secretary) are quite time consuming.  Others (like Snacks or Emergency Coordinator) require less time and effort.

• We need parents to participate in the classroom in order to meet our adult/child ratio of 6 children to 1 adult.  We ask each family to contribute 8 hours a month of classroom time.  If the family is unable to do 8 hours a month, they may buy out of up to 6 of the hours (at $10.00 per hour) enabling us to hire an aid for the time they cannot make it.
 

• Each family is put on a rotating schedule to clean the school on the weekend.  Cleaning the school is one of the ways each family can directly impact the quality of the care their child receives, as keeping the school clean also keeps our children healthier.

• Every 3 or 4 months there is a work day at McGee’s held on a weekend.  Parents come to paint, repair, organize and generally take care of the school and the play area outside.

In summary, each family participates at McGee’s Farm by: