We have signed a contract with a School in Calgary, but if…

I can but I don't want any surprises afterwards so I hope you are OK then.

These school contracts if prepared properly are fully binding. The only time you can get out of this type of contract would be if the school failed to provide what they promised so you would be taking the position that they breached the contract and it is not you breaching it.

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I know school just started but this is really just basic contract law. You are not entitled to a refund of any of the fees paid and you owe the fees for the full year. This is what you agreed to and what all private schools absolutely require.

You would have to prove that the teacher is simply not up to standards.

I am saying if you believe you can prove that the school breached the contract then you can sue them. It would be in Small Claims Court so there is no reason to retain a lawyer and it would not make sense to do so because the legal fees will quickly be more than the money you are suing for.

That's not true. It's not about physical evidence at all. You would testify and perhaps you could bring in witnesses as well.

No they cannot.

They have to meet acceptable standards that our society expects from a private school.

1. Yes it is legal and very common. Generally 3 year olds go to preschool.

2. There is no board as they are private.

3. Not in private schools.

4. You cannot sue the teacher but just the school and you can serve the principal.

5. Here are the forms and explanation about the process:

https://www.albertacourts.ca/pc/areas-of-law/civil/claims

No not in a private school. There are no requirements for teachers to be certified and many are not even up to grade 8.

I don't know how the individual courts work but in most cases you have to serve yourself. You can just call the court and ask. You could hire a process sever if you have to serve the claim. It won't cost more and will be easier on you I am sure.

Yes for sure.

And you also have to send a demand letter threatening to sue first.

You should stop payment at once.

1. I don't see this as a breach but the government should have told you this. The school should have to but it is not really their responsibility.

2. You would get all you paid back.

3. First discuss, then send a demand letter and then sue.

It talks about full time attendance and I am sure there is something in the handbook that talks about student and parent responsibilities and attendance etc.

I know it is a private school. I am retired now but when I was practicing one of my areas of specialty was education law. I was talking about the grant. If there are minimum hours required to be eligible for the grant the government had to tell you this and not the school unless the school was acting as agent for the government. So if you didn't deal directly with the government at all then the school had to tell you the hours required.

Yes it does as they applied for the grant.

They cannot obligate the parent to send the kid to school for more than the parents wants to do so. But that is not breaching their contract unless they expel your child for non attendance.

1. No.

2. Yes if they didn't tell you about the obligation.

3. You should mail it or courier it.

Who owns the school? Is this a Board of Directors?

You could send the letter to the Registrar but I would send it to the Attention of the Board of Directors. That may work to get this settled.

Not in the least. They are not regulated by the Ministry.

You have to go to the Board of the school really.

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That is so shockingly unprofessional.

You can courier a letter to the school to the Attention of the Board and mark it personal and confidential.

Or it may be time to have a lawyer send a letter. I think that will work much better.