Thank you to Smarty Pants Preschool for taking care of both of my babies! One from 13 weeks to VPK,…read moreand most recently my daughter at 4 months. There's not many people I trust and I'm so thankful for Jillian Hernandez, her family, Lauren Nicole, Makaela Redmond, and all of the SP teachers! Thank you from Chloe, our littlest smarty pants! In regards to the negative review, it is common place for many daycares to follow even school calendars. The practice of having the school close so that the staff can celebrate holidays with their own family is well known in advance and practical for keeping happy teachers for decades. Smarty Pants stayed open for me and my family during COVID lockdown so that we could work. Tuition is paid for closed holidays so that staff can be paid. I completely disagree with the one star review listed here. You pay for the quality of care you receive.

Steer clear! We enrolled our two-year-old here 10 months ago, and we have had numerous issues with…read moreJillian (one of the owners). Anytime we have brought up a question or a concern, her immediate response was to threaten to "release us" from our contract; basically, if you don't like the way she does something, she has no interest in discussing it and would be happy to leave your child without daycare (obviously, any place good has a waiting list). Which is exactly what happened to our family a couple of weeks ago. The facility electively closed the entire week of Thanksgiving and still charged tuition, and I questioned the fairness of that closure and payment: see the attached photos. Smarty Pants cashed our post-dated check a week early, "released us from our contract" the next day, and will not return our NUMEROUS attempts to reach them about why they won't return $275 they took from us. There is rapid turnover with the teachers, as well. Jillian acts like they run a non-profit and is constantly asking for "donations" (we spent $150 on our child's back-to-school supplies). Everything about this place is a money-grab, and there is no true relationship with families.

This school is just AWFUL. The staff is extremely ignorant, neglectful, and favoritism is a big…read moreproblem in this school, Mr.Gwatney says the children will get nowhere in life, he says they'll live like cavemen, and says they deserve to sit in a windowless room staring at a screen all day and he says they don't deserve to be outside, and he says they'll get cancer from eating chips.

We've moved a lot, so my kid's been to a few differnt schools: Imagine Palmer Ranch, Bay Haven, and…read moreLakewood Ranch Prep Academy. Honestly, this school is just as good. The teachers are great and always quick to respond. You can always get someone on the phone or email and get things sorted out fast. They also have a program Hawks for advansed kids. What really stands out here is how they handle communication with parents. It's way better then anywhere else. Every time I had a question, it got answered in minutes, not hour. Also, big props to the woman who answer the phone at the front desk - she's awesome! Seriously, I never seen a school do this part so good. And about grades - if a kid don't wanna learn, they won't do well anywhere. If they're motivated, they'll find a way to learn, even in the middle of no where with no books or teachers. The school's job isn't to motivate them - that's up to the parents.

We sent both of our kids to this school and we were so sad when they graduated out! It was like…read moreleaving family. The teachers are amazingly qualified and caring and the kids were very well prepared for elementary school! We love Faith Preschool!

This caring, wonderful preschool is so special with great student, teacher ratios. The preschool…read moreprovides the kind of opportunity every child should have. They have classes for younger children and a top rated VPK. Miss Wendi and her staff of caring, dedicated teachers work to provide the learning environment preschoolers need and parents want.

Excellent school with caring staff. I highly recommend Palmetto High School. The AICE program is a…read moregreat pathway to obtain Bright Futures.

THIS PLACE RUINED MY LIFE! In 2016, i was a 18 year old…read moresenior at this school. Shortly before finals my bus driver reported to administration that i smelled like cigarettes apparently. So upon arriving at school i was yanked off the bus before all the other kids and brought into the office where i was subsequently searched like a criminal. After nothing was found they still proceeded to suspend me for 10 days (during finals). It wasn't until THE DAY OF finals i got a call from the school asking me to come in to take the tests which i couldn't do because i had no way of getting there. 4 weeks before school ended they called me into the office and informed me i wasn't going to be graduating and when i asked about summer school or anyway to obtain enough credits i was told they didn't offer that and i would need to figure it out myself. Long story short this cost me my diploma. I never walked the stage or went to Prom. Im still not sure how it's even legal to suspend a legal age adult for just smelling like cigarettes! I didn't even bring a lighter or any paraphernalia onto school property! Do yourself and your child big favor and don't let them go to the school. Between the unprofessional teachers and administration and the gang activity I'd highly recommend you stay far away from this place. If they don't like you, they will find a reason to make you fail. I've been haunted by this place ever since I went there. And I was honestly shocked to see that they are still in operation. This place should be shut down. It has ruined mine and so many others lives. Because of what they did to me, I was forced to get a GED fat in certain states is not even recognized even though it is an accredited program. So I can't even work in a prison as a correctional officer or even be a lowlife mall cop. Thanks Palmetto for ruining my life.

This the best place in entire world for the kids!!!! My daughter is attending this place for 2…read moreyears now, and with the former owner we were thinking of finding something else. But everything has changed since new owner came. She absolutely loves it and does not want to stay home over the weekend. She became so mature and learned so many skills there that I can not believe that she is 4. It's always clean and nice, teachers always nice and know everything what's going on with your kid. We moved to another area now and it's long driving now BUT for next 2 years we choose our child to be happy in this place

I really can't say enough nice things about Albatross Learning Center. The teachers are very…read moreattentive to our daughter. The staff makes her day very exciting and she is learning so much. Gus has made this school a wonderful experience for our daughter! We highly recommend Albatross Learning center to all!

My daughter went to Smarty Pants 12yrs ago and now my 4yr old goes. I can't begin to tell you how…read moremuch we love Smarty Pants.Ms.Long the owner really puts alot into her centers and she has the best graduations its a full production lol. The teachers don't just work there for a check they really love what they do and that's teach our babies.You know their a great daycare/prek because the waiting list be long to get in.I will always refer people there.Smarty Pants Rock

Wow. Condescending, aggressive, short-triggered, and threatening "discharge". To the owner: what…read moreyou said did not make me feel very happy, made me feel weary about my daughter being there, and I believe you can treat your customers better. I am a brand new customer, and here is my very first interaction with the owner: To give information on our parenting schedule, I asked (to her assistant), "can you write down your email for me to send to?" The assistant was happy to help and went to a surface to write it down. Owner needlessly replied: "[the email] is very easy, you can remember it. Your daughter kind of goes to Smarty Pants Preschool, it's just Smarty Pants Preschool @ (whatever popular email domain here) -- I would think you would remember that." Business Owners: how do you expect a parent to respond? My response, "I might not remember that. You don't have to judge me." She gave me an aggressive, glowing stare. And i watched her stare, waiting for what see had next to say or for the assistant to return. Then she says slowly, "Nnooo..." I asked to the assistant (who I thought was this lady's manager, "I would like to make a complaint on your worker here." (She was also very inappropriate with me on the phone yesterday, too, but that's a different story. Hey Smarty Pants! You have my permission to publicly release that phone call and of course sensor out my daughter's name. You can keep my name. I don't think you'd ever want that phone call to represent your company, to be frank!) She jumped up with excitement and said, "I'm the owner, very nice to meet you!" (Her hand extended to shake my hand.) -- I later asked for more information, but ya know what? I'll just look at sunbiz.org and see if there's another party I can send a copy of this to. I politely refused the condescending hand shake. It's a form of abuse, it's unnecessary, and I'm sure any customer would agree it is not a way to be introduced as the manner she presented. And I'm not interested in her ego--I'm interested in my daughter being in a safe, fun, abuse-free environment and what I can do to make the best of the day care. After that, she said something around the lines of her walking to the door to discharge my daughter. She presented to me the problems she had with: - my ex yelling at me outside of the establishment - she felt that we were blocking staff to leave. I double checked, and my ex and I were at the sidewalk clearly away from obstructing the door. - she had an issue with me calling the establishment about 5 minutes after that scene to make sure they had my information for future calls. And she was quite rude... I let that slide figuring, "this poor lady probably had a hard day." (The photo is when I called them and how long the conversation lasted -- so the owner can see after she claimed I can't be "calling at 6:15".) - she expressed that she said "no" because I had "inappropriately stared at her". We ended on a better note after the short talk and me receiving what I came for. On that ending, I said, "thank you. I will let you work on what you need to work on for yourself, and I am open to take any suggestions from you." Her reply, "*I* don't have anything to work on." Here we go again! I told her again what I had said, maybe a little differently, ("...you work...for yourself...and I am open...suggestions from you.", etc) -- and she appeared less triggered that time and seemed to get that I'm just a father looking to make sure they have info they need and I do, too. She had no suggestions for me. She extended her hand for a handshake, and I respectfully refused. I get it, some people get hurt by that, but I still have to respect my space for personal touch. I reframed the situation for her: she is basically asking for a touch, and I am not consenting/agreeing to it right now. As her being the owner of the establishment, I am happy to shake her hand when she has either resolved the emotional issues that she allowed to become associated with me, or when she simply disassociates those issues from me. For now, we agreed to set this instance to the side, and I will be listening to my daughter *very*, *extra* closely to be sure the owner's stress responses are not transferring to her staff and then transferring to my child. We are new there, and I have kept my daughter there because I do not believe that will happen, and so far I believe she is safe and will really enjoy her time. The owner then (at the end) helped me remember the situation with my personal/family number. My next step is the Better Business Bureau. I thought also to go to the land lord since we have nearly a 10 year relationship (just as long as smarty pants does), but I don't see how Smarty Pants can learn and grow from talking with the land lord. The land lord and I both understand that businesses have problems, owners get stressed, and people tend to allow the hurt of their past to make them too biased for their own good.

Good use of technology and nice new and clean location. Great team of caring and attentive…read moreteachers. Knowledgeable and experienced owner has the place in great organization and layout. Also fun tools for learning and keeping kids with a variety of activities. :)