One of our previous schools had a six-week trial period, during which either party (school or family) could pull out of the contract without being on the hook for more than the registration fee, prorated tuition, and curriculum fee (since, of course, they wouldn't really be able to use partially-written-in consumables for any other student).

Even if the schools you are thinking of don't have such a policy, you might be able to persuade them to write one into your contract.

...pronounced like the long vowel and first letter of the alphabet...