Brought my son here for almost 2 years. I regret making it last that long. I guess i loved the convenience of having him 2 mins away from my old house. Anyways..
Teachers are nice(director ms mimi isnt), fun activities, great classrooms, loved the summer activities (which is not part of the monthly tuition, its $150 i think. ), kids actually learn, etc..
But ive had alot of issues regarding care for my son here.
1. This happened quite a lot of times.. i picked up my son with bruises and cuts on his face and knees and no one knows what happened to him. Im not saying they mistreated my son but i asked him and he said he fell while playing on the playground. And the teachers are always out there to "watch" them but theyre just talking to each other everytime i pick him up and if they were watching him they wouldve known how he got hurt.
2. Bullying. I know it can happen anywhere or to anyone. And sadly it happened to my son. And yes, kids are kids, but if i leave my son on a day care i expect people there to CARE for him and keep him away from kids that would potentially bully him. I talked to his teachers about it coz he told me some kid punched him thats why his mouth had a cut and was bleeding when i picked him up. AGAIN NO ONE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED. And the next day, after i talked to the teacher, when i was picking up my son, i saw the same kid punched him infront of me. And the teacher just told him "no" but didnt pull the kid away from my son while he was punching him. She was just sitting down UNTIL she saw me. THEN she stood up. WHAT ELSE DO THEY NOT DO WHEN PARENTS ARENT THERE?
3. They dont wipe or change your kids clothes after lunch or whatever. Kids are messy eaters. They have extra clothes on their cubbies but who cares right ? Let them sleep with their ketchup soaked clothes for naptime. They cant wipe the children's faces full of snot and sauces or what not ? I keep seeing kids with runny nose to the point where the kids are actually licking it off coz no one would freakin wipe it or atleast give them tissue
4. This happened to a different kid, not my son. And it happened twice. With different kids. When me and my mom picked up my son, one time we saw a little girl in the toddler classroom all out naked. I came to her classroom to check on her and saw no one was there. Kids were playing outside so i asked her wheres your teacher? And whats wrong? She told me she peed her pants so i went outside to look for her teacher and she was just talking to the other teachers didnt even notice one of her student is missing and NAKED. Alone. Then when she came back in she was mad at the kid. She said shes not supposed to take off her clothes. And the other time same thing happened but with a little boy alone naked in the boys bathroom. Same thing, his teacher didnt know he was there.
5. I tried to talk about my issues with ms mimi(the director) and she ALWAYS Try to flip it on me. When i talked to her about the playground incident pf my son, she made it seem like it was MY FAULT. She said maybe it didnt happen in school or it happened at home. I told her off. The other teachers were there when i saw it and when my son said he fell and i showed her pics of his fresh wounds. How dare her accuse me of lying. she tried to make ME feel bad because her teachers wasnt paying attention to their kids. Its all about business to her all about money. She doesn't care about the kids. Or maybe just her favorites. Idk.
There are alot of better daycares around the area. I would not recommend this. As a parent its hard to choose the best daycare for their kids. So keep looking !
I love ms tania, ms yvonne and ms merle but ms yvonne and ms merle are gone. And hopefully ms tania is still there to compensate for the bad things about this day care. read more