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I would not recommend sending your child to Young Scholars Preschool. The owner of this preschool goes through employees like water. She cannot retain them due to how she treats them. She chastises them for any and every little thing right in front of parents, which I found extremely unprofessional. In the 7 months that our son was in her care, I cannot even count the number of employees she had. Because of this high turnover, the kids do not know what to expect day to day and the staff does not have the proper training to deal with kids, especially behavior issues. When my husband went to pick my son up from Young Scholars Preschool the day we decided to pull him out, the staff did not know who he was, even though he had been there 3 weeks prior. The staff tried to call the owner of the preschool because she was not on-site, and she did not answer her phone. Due to the high turnover and lack of training, they did not know to look in my child's file to see photos of the parents so they could verify identity. When my husband did end up speaking with the owner of the preschool about our concerns, her response was "that is too bad". It was very disappointing that she did not care we had concerns and issues about the behavior our son was exhibiting the last few months he was in her care ranging from very angry, crying and not wanting to be dropped off, and coming home multiple days in a row with wet pants.
The preschool owner spends more time making sure a sheet is filled out each day detailing every single book they read, what is eaten (all breakfast and lunch is provided by the parents), and bathroom trips, rather than focusing on the child and learning. It is my belief that a preschool should teach more than tracing ABC's each day and repeating a letter before going to the restroom.
Each month parents are required to pay an activity fee. It turns out, this activity fee in addition to a bouncy house which is a fun thing, is used to feed the children donuts, pizza, and a large bag of candy that the kids are sent home with. We are not a candy-free household, but we do not feel that a 2 1/2 year old needs to be sent home with a bag of candy each month. We did not appreciate the extra money per month being spent on junk to feed our child when we were told that the kids were going to be fed healthy snacks. In addition to the monthly activity, the daily snacks fed to the kids are full of sugar such as juice barrels.
Always be sure to check the DHS website to see how many violations a pre-school or daycare has. In the 7 months our son was at Young Scholars Preschool, Young Scholars Preschool had 8 violations. I find this completely unacceptable especially when they range from taking away food as punishment, not keeping the heat at the minimum temperature required, and more violations you can look at for yourself: http://tennessee.gov/humanservices/article/find-child-care
In close, do not send your child to Young Scholars Preschool. She puts on a good front, but as time goes on, you can see through the façade of what is supposed to be taught and fed and the school, but is not.
After all was said and done we also had to pay her out for the last 2 weeks due to no notice. She even threatened to send us to collection. If we where not in the middle of buying a new home we would have fought her in court. But that is not feasible for us at this time for us.