Legal Question in Consumer Law in District of Columbia

Contract dispute with private school

We have a situation with the private school my children attend, where we are withdrawing our oldest son from the school.

The bottom line of our situation is that there are two forms for the school: one for renewal and one for withdrawal. Both forms have an end of April 2008 due date; but for the renewal form there was an additional ''pressure date'' where the school was insisting on submitting at end of February or else a place could not be guaranteed. We submitted the renewal form at end of February and then the withdrawal form at end of March. The School is attempting to make us pay a full term of tuition for our son for the next academic year saying even though we submitted the withdrawal form on time we submitted the renewal form first and are therefore liable.

We have the added tidbit of another parent we know who went through the same situation last year where the school reversed its decision and did not make her pay. The school is claiming that the other parent�s situation was different as they told her to sign the renewal form (claiming she had already informed them of her decision to possibly withdraw her child); we have a letter from the parent that this claim is false and that she never stated this.


Asked on 4/27/08, 9:17 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: Contract dispute with private school

The language in both writings referencing the end of April 2008 should control with respect to determining the due dates for the actions described therein and any consequent liability which might attach for the failure of a party to comply with such dates.

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Answered on 4/27/08, 10:30 am


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