The Lodi location is where my husband and I took our 10-year-old for tutoring. She liked the teachers and felt like she was learning. However before the Christmas vacation recently, she had asked for some water and an employee by the name of Sherri decided to offer her a cup and water from the bathroom sink twice!!!!
She never told my husband or me about my daughter needing water, my daughter would take water sometimes, and sometimes she wouldn't. So I had no idea this had taken place. About a week ago, my daughter was eating crackers in the car and we were approaching the learning center. I told my daughter when she goes inside, ask for someone. She stated to me that they don't have regular water but they have cups and you can get water from the sink. I replied WHAT??!!! What do you mean you can get water from the sink? Then I asked her, so you mean to tell me, you went in there and asked for water and someone stated you can grab a cup and get water from the sink, and she said yes, the bathroom sink! I almost lost my whole mind. My daughter stated that Miss Sherri OFFERED her a cup and water from the BATHROOM sink!
When I got to the tutoring center, I asked Sherri if she could come to me and we discussed it. She didn't deny it, she made excuses, she lied and stated she drinks the water, and that other children that come to the establishment drink the water! I asked from the bathroom sink?!? And she gave me a quiet look like; well no... My daughter told me that Sherri brings water to work when she's there. She had a very nonchalant attitude. Like it wasn't a big deal!
This began to make sense to me so much because during Christmas my daughter was sick, she got pink eye in both eyes, she was constipated, and she was getting bumps I had never seen. 1 on her top lip, underneath her lip, stomach pains. diarrhea, headaches, and loss of appetite. I did call the doctor but excuses were made when I asked why is she sick, no one else in the home is sick and she had just gotten over RSV. I was told children get sick multiple times, especially in places like schools enclosed with a lot of bacteria sprayed around by different people. So this whole time I thought it was the school because school ended the same week she drank the water. But my daughter takes bottled purified water to school in her canister every day!
My husband and I immediately removed her from the tutoring program and I called the owner Matt Winslow and addressed this with him. He was very understanding and sympathetic to my family. Even though we appreciated his compassion, we can't get over how disturbing this experience was. This grown woman thought it was okay to offer my daughter sink water from the bathroom where people utilize it to remove waste and wash their hands! Lied to me and said she drinks the water and so do other students, and then told me that Lodi has really clean water! A tough lesson was learned for my family, just because we pay money to an establishment for services doesn't mean we will be treated with dignity and respect. We can't expect people to be decent and look out for the best interest of our children. We will never return! read more