Later in the year, you are most likely to receive a kit late if some other teacher kept his or her kit past its due date. There is a little time built into the schedule for shipping and refurbishing each kit. Sometimes there are enough kits beyond what is needed for the next schedule block that you can keep your kit for an extra week or so. You need to call us to find out if this is the case. If you don't and the kit is needed by another class, they will pay the price for your keeping your kit longer than scheduled.
Communication is essential to make the system work.
Please call if an extension is needed so we can adjust accordingly. Your schedule has more information than just when your units start and end. There are also notes which tell when live materials will arrive, reminders about starting seeds right away, etc. For example, a careful reading of a schedule this fall which includes Eggs to Toads will reveal that the toad eggs are scheduled to arrive in April. The kits will be shipped in early April, before the eggs.