Once Upon a Time Child Care Center (Verona, WI) and Once Upon a Time Schoolhouse Preschool & Childcare, LLC (Belleville, WI) are limited liability corporations, locally owned and managed.
– Staff & Instruction.
Once Upon a Time Child Care Center (OUAT) is licensed to serve 150 children ages 6 weeks through 8 years old in a full-time, year-round preschool & childcare program. Center hours are: 6:45 am – 5:30 pm Monday – Friday.
Once Upon a Time Schoolhouse (OUATS) is licensed to serve 100 children ages 6 weeks through age 10 in a full-time, year-round preschool & childcare program. Center hours are: 6:45 am – 5:30 pm Monday – Friday.
In order to protect the health of all enrolled children and to reduce the spread of disease and illness, the following is our health policy. Please do not bring your child to the Center when they have the following symptoms: 1) Axillary (under arm) temperature above 100.4 degrees. 2) If a child is vomiting or has vomited. 3) Diarrhea is defined as 2 or more watery or very loose bowel movements within a 2-hour period. 4) A discharge from the eye area may be a sign of pink eye which is very contagious. 5) An unexplained rash that has the appearance of Chicken Pox, roseola, hand-foot-mouth disease, fifths disease, impetigo or other communicable disease must be cleared by a physician before returning to the Center. 6) A child with head lice must be treated with medicated lice and nit killing shampoo, and all lice and nits must be eliminated from the hair before the child can return to the Center. Children must be fever-free, vomit-free and diarrhea-free for 24 hours before returning to the center. Cases of rash, lice and other communicable diseases must follow public health guidelines for return to the center.
Policies, tuition, and fees are subject to change at any time without notice. The most current set of OUAT and OUATS General Policies, Tuition Schedule, and a copy of the State of Wisconsin Child Care Licensing Rules are located in the reception area of the Center and are available for review. The Group Child Care License issued by the Wisconsin State Department of Children and Families – Licensing Division and the results of the most recent licensing inspection are displayed at the front door of each Center.
Once Upon a Time Child Care Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, socioeconomic status, creed or religion, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, political persuasion, veteran’s status, and/or disability in its admission, education, employment and/or programming policies and practices.
OUAT Federal Tax ID #: 30-0334249
OUATS Federal Tax ID #: 85-1171324
Forms—(if you have not already turned them in), diapers, wipes, ointment or powder, if desired (permission slip required), 2 changes of clothing, pacifier, formula, breast milk, bottles, cereal, jar food, sunscreen (permission slip required), weather appropriate outerwear, and a small photo of your child to label his/her cubby. Please bring a supply of diapers, wipes and any ointment or powder (permission slip required), your child uses. OUAT will provide center-provided snacks & lunch for older school age that are eating table food, sippy cups, bowls, bibs, burp cloths, crib sheets and a small blanket the child can use and keep. Please do not bring any crib bedding or toys. (Please refer to SIDS policy for more information.)
Forms—(if you have not already turned them in), diapers, wipes, ointment or powder, if desired (permission slip required), sleeping bag for use at nap time, nap blanket or “Nap Buddy”, 2 changes of clothing, pacifier, formula or breast milk (if needed), bottles, sunscreen (permission slip required), weather appropriate outerwear, and a small photo of your child to label his/her cubby.
Forms—(if you have not already turned them in), diapers, Pull-ups, wipes, 2 changes of clothes, sleeping bag for use at nap time, nap blanket or “Nap Buddy” (soft, cuddly toy, if desired), sunscreen (permission slip required), weather appropriate outerwear, and a small photo of your child to label his/her cubby.
Forms—(if you have not already turned them in), weather appropriate outerwear, extra change of clothes, sunscreen (permission slip required), quiet activities (workbooks, books, homework), and a small photo of your child to label his/her cubby.
If you bring sunscreen (recommended) and/or insect repellent for your child, please fill out a sunscreen and insect repellent permission slip. Please also be sure that your child’s name is written on the bottles. Sunscreen and insect repellent will be applied to the child every time they go outside. If you would like to bring in a sunhat or sunglasses for your child, we will be sure the child wears those when going outside also.
Dress for fun and activity in comfortable clothing. Children will be learning through hands-on activities, playing outside, using dramatic play areas each day. During winter months, please dress your child appropriately with a coat, mittens, hat and boots, as necessary. We will ask that you provide a smock or older shirt for your child’s use during messy art and science activities. Please label everything you bring to the Center with your child’s name.
Children often have security items which they need to bring from home. That is accepted, but we ask that you only bring one (1) security-type item to the Center. Please keep in mind that the item needs to fit into your child’s cubby, and, school age will not be allowed to have such items in their crib. Please do not bring electronic games, cd players, etc. as those are difficult to keep track of. There may be special event days or show-and-tell days where bringing these items is accepted. Your child’s teacher will alert you to those events. Please label anything you bring to the Center with your child’s name.
Once Upon a Time will be closed on:
If a holiday falls during the week, full fees are still owed. If the holiday falls on a Saturday, the Center will be closed on the previous Friday. If the holiday falls on a Sunday, the Center will be closed on the following Monday. Once Upon a Time will also be closed for one (1) staff education day in the spring which will change from year-to-year, but will be clearly stated on the calendar and in information sent home to families; as well as one (1) day before Labor Day (or the start of the VASD School year) for a staff work day.
We understand that center closing days are very difficult for families. We understand that should closings occur, parents have to: make other child care arrangements (having to locate someone and having to pay twice for the day of care), take time off of work (missing meetings, pay, frowns from the boss, etc.), use vacation time, etc. OUAT provides a service to the working public and, as such, must be responsible about its closings. However, there are circumstances in which the center must close or open late for the safety of its staff and in order to meet licensing ratio guidelines. The following provides guidance on this:
How parents will be notified:
The Verona School District is very conscientious and only closes school if the weather creates a dangerous travel situation. Other than the risks of safe travel for families and staff during these weather emergencies, OUAT must be sure that we have enough staff on site to meet State licensing regulations regarding staff/child ratios. If we do not have enough staff to cover all the classrooms (because they could not get to work due to snow, cold, etc.), we may have to close a classroom (or the center), contact families and ask that children be picked up. As always, during cold weather we have an obligation to make sure that children are safe. If there were a fire, gas leak or other emergency during a cold weather situation, and the children had to evacuate the building, they would do so without coats, mittens, hats, etc. and would be subject to snow, freezing temperatures and potential frost bite. State licensing rules require us to evacuate the building in 2 minutes. Those situations will probably never happen, but it is something that needs to be considered as we would hate to have anything like that happen for many reasons.
Please notify the Center Director in writing at least two weeks prior to withdrawal of your child. If parents and Center staff mutually agree that the placement of the child is inappropriate, or feel that the Center is unable to meet the child’s needs and a more immediate withdrawal is necessary, the two-week notice requirement may be waived.
The Center may terminate enrollment for the following reasons:
Parents and Once Upon a Time staff will work on the above issues first through discussions, then through written plans, if necessary. Parents will be given notice of center-initiated closing in writing.
Call us For More Information
Once Upon a Time Childcare Center in Verona, WI, can be reached at 608-845-2367. Reach our schoolhouse in Belleville at 608-424-1040.
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910 Whalen Road Verona, WI 53593
237 W. Pearl Street Belleville, WI 53508
Phone: (608) 845-2367
Other: (608) 424-1040
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