Waiting Pool and Enrollment

Take the following steps to join the waitlist for enrollment at Berkley.

1. Schedule a Tour

We strongly encourage you to schedule a tour of our program. You receive much more detailed information and get the opportunity to ask questions. To schedule your tour, call us at 816-235-2600.

2. Learn More About Berkley

Read our brochure (PDF)

3. Complete the Application

Complete the waiting pool application (PDF) and submit it along with your application fee. For families receiving MO DSS subsidy, the application fee is waived, but you must return your application.

4. Check Your Email

Upon receipt of your application, we enter your name into our waiting pool database and email you a receipt.

About the Waiting Pool

We encourage you to join our waiting pool as soon as you become interested in our program.

  • Once an opening for enrollment occurs, we immediately look at the waiting pool.
  • When a classroom spot becomes available, we work with established guidelines.
    • Siblings and applicants who qualify for MO DSS subsidy (UMKC affiliate or community) have priority.
    • Age, gender distribution and time in the waiting pool are also taken into consideration.
  • As a result of the application process, we are unable to “number” our applicants. Until an actual opening occurs for your child, we are unable to give a definite time frame for enrollment.
  • The majority of our enrollment occurs in the fall. However, people occasionally make life-changing decisions that affect their enrollment (e. g. moving,) which can result in an unanticipated opening for a child.

Infant Enrollment

  • We enroll the infants as a group in the fall.
  • We believe in creating a strong community between the children, teachers and families. Therefore, the classroom of children and teachers remain as a unit for the next two years.
  • When a spot in the infant/toddler rooms becomes available, we immediately look at the waiting pool.

Toddler and Pre-Primary Enrollment

  • We encourage you to remain in the waiting pool as your child grows. 
  • When the children move to the preschool program, ratios of children to teachers increase, thus more openings in our program become available.
  • The ratio for two-year olds turning three is 7:1 and the ratio for children three years and older is 9:1, thus increasing the possibility of enrollment.