Pay Tuition
BASEC a non-profit, mission-driven organization and is dedicated to providing high-quality and specialty services like inclusion, academic support, and social-emotional learning to our community and paying living wages and benefits to our staff.
We are able to offer the depth and quality of programming by making use of economies of scale, key partnerships, and strong financial management.
Tuition Payment Options
Credit Card
We offer families the convenience of paying by credit card online. Please type your invoice number, and amount in the form below (do not copy/paste). Then securely checkout.
If you are paying for tutoring or yearbooks, type “tutoring” or “yearbook” in the Invoice Number field instead. To support BASEC with a donation, click here.
*Please do not copy and paste. Only type in your invoice amount to avoid any possible calculation errors.
Check (preferred method)
Pay by check and none of your tuition dollars go to credit card companies!
We accept check and money orders payable to BASEC and mailed to:
BASEC @ Burbank
266 School St
Belmont, MA 02478
BASEC @ Chenery
95 Washington St
Belmont, MA 02478
Set up Electronic Bill Pay (preferred method)
Set up BASEC tuition payments for the year to save time and avoid late payments. No fees apply!
- Use details from BASEC invoice
- Enter BASEC invoice information into your bank’s online bill pay platform
- Choose when to send payment
- Select recurring or one-time payment
- Set reminders on your phone to confirm auto payments made
About Invoicing and Communication
BASEC invoices by email from our bookkeeper (bookkeeper@belmontbasec.org). Please look for this email and double check your SPAM folder when new to BASEC until your email server recognizes this contact.
The annual before and/or after school tuition is invoiced in 5 equal installments, sent bi-monthly over the school year.
BASEC Tuition Assistance
We believe that children and families who need access to our programs should have access to our programs. Over the past 5 school years, we have provided over $300,000 in tuition assistance to qualified families and regularly work with parents, school administrators, and the district to ensure that families facing special circumstances are able to access our programming.
Our tuition assistance goals are to
- Ensure the most vital programs are available to all our students;
- Utilize all channels of tuition support;
- Maintain BASEC’s financial viability.
BASEC Tuition Assistance Policy 24 – 25
BASEC also accepts Tuition Vouchers, and strongly recommends this well-funded Massachusetts resource. Please click here to read more about applying for or using your tuition voucher at BASEC.
For more information, please contact BASEC’s Executive Director, Andrew Mountford by email: andrew.mountford@belmontbasec.org.
About Registration Fee
BASEC is now Registration Fee-Free!
About Tuition Deposit
The tuition deposit ($300 for Burbank; $300 for Green Meadow; $300 for Fowler; $350 for Chenery; and a To Be Determined Amount for each Summer week) is required at registration and is a part of BASEC annual tuition. The tuition deposit is non-refundable. The tuition deposit will be applied to the final tuition payment (May 10 for before and after school tuition; June 15 for summer tuition).
Withdrawing from BASEC programming forfeits the tuition deposit.
About Schedule Changes
Once registered, your student’s schedule is set for the start of the school year.
We have 2 free schedule change periods during our school year:
- from the opening date of registration for the upcoming school year through the second week of July; and
- during the month of January
During those free schedule change periods, a family may reduce their child’s schedule with BASEC without a fee. Please note that withdrawing completely from the program does forfeit the tuition deposit paid at registration.
We can accommodate schedule changes at other times; however, any schedule reduction outside the 2 free schedule change periods is subject to a $100 schedule change fee. Families may add to a schedule without a fee at any time of year, provided that BASEC has space in the program to accommodate another student on that requested day. The annual tuition will then be adjusted to match the new schedule.
Tuition
See tuition schedules for each of our sites:
| Belmont Sites | Maynard Sites |
|---|---|
| BASEC @ Burbank | BASEC @ Green Meadow |
| BASEC @ Chenery | BASEC @ Fowler |
| BASEC @ BMHS Grades 7-8 BASEC @ BMHS Grades 9-12 |
While charged annually and billed bi-monthly, our parents consistently comment that daily and hourly rate for out-of-school time programming is an excellent value for tangible returns.