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Fremont Community School

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At a glance

  • Medium Waldorf–inspired center, licensed for 54 children.
  • Hours 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 5 days a week, school year.
  • Tuition Preschool $1,513 a month, half day. See costs

What to know

License: birth to 6 years (state).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 2 of its 4 licensing inspections since October 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Jul 21, 2026Nothing cited
  • Jul 23, 20251 citation
    • PostingsLong Term. The state’s lowest risk level. Fix within 20 business days, no recheck.

      • “Need to add to postings to be visible to all- insurance, emergency numbers, no smoking/vaping, stand up diapering and handwashing signs.”

        WAC 110-300-0505(1)(2)

  • Aug 22, 20241 citation
    • Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “need to add DR. signature to allergy plan.”

        WAC 110-300-0186(1)

  • Oct 3, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 4 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times had more: 62% of 272 had rules cited at 3 or more.

How all 272 Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times compare

Of the 272 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None7%
  • 1 of 415%
  • 2 of 417%This center
  • 3 of 433%
  • All 429%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
July 21, 2026
On file
4 visits since October 2023 — 2 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — need to add DR. signature to allergy plan. · August 22, 2024

Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.

Jul 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jul 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · July 23, 2025

Postings

WAC 110-300-0505(1)(2) · Long Term

Need to add to postings to be visible to all- insurance, emergency numbers, no smoking/vaping, stand up diapering and handwashing signs.

Report (PDF)

Aug 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · August 22, 2024

Food allergies and special dietary needs

WAC 110-300-0186(1) · Serious

need to add DR. signature to allergy plan.

Report (PDF)

Oct 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

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What it costs

$1,513 a month for a preschooler

Preschool$1,513

Seattle-area comparison hidden: this is a half-day price, and only full-time prices are compared.

Part time
$954 to $1,227 a month
Application fee
$100

A day here

9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 5 days a week, school year

Outdoors, sleep, diapers and two more
Outdoors
Outdoors for the entire program, in all weather; core belief in as many outdoor hours as possible
Sleep
Afternoon Program offers naps on parent request; FCS provides mats, parents provide blanket and pillow
Diapers
Parents provide diapers and pull-ups; children need not be potty-trained
Updates for parents
Uses Brightwheel
Schedule
Half-day

How they teach

Waldorf–inspired, play-based and emergent curriculum

“Fremont Community School (FCS) is a Waldorf-inspired, play-based preschool”

Policies

Enrollment
Non-refundable deposit secures the space and is applied to the final month's tuition if proper withdrawal notice is given; late applications go on a waitlist

Details

Phone
(206) 708-7063
Address
1408 N. 36th St., Seattle, 98103
License
PL-82997

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How they teach

What it costs

State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 3, 2026.

Washington’s four risk levels, highest first: Immediate, Serious, Short Term, Long Term. Deadlines from DCYF procedure PRO 10.1.21.

Ages

Age groups as Washington defines them: WAC 110-300-0005 (infant to 11 months, toddler 12 to 29 months, preschool 30 months to 6 years, school age 5 to 12 years).

A day here

Policies

Details

Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 115 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 116 to 323.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.

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