As a parent, I don't take leaving a one-star review lightly, but I believe other families deserve to know about my experience. Throughout my son's time in the daycare and VPK, I noticed what I felt was inconsistent treatment between students. My son came home on multiple occasions with scratches, bruises, and bumps, yet I was often NOT provided with an incident report or asked to sign any documentation explaining what had happened. However, when my son was involved in an incident with another child, I was promptly notified and required to sign an incident report. As a parent, I found that inconsistency very concerning (almost discriminatory) The daycare raised enough concerns about my son's behavior that I requested a behavioral specialist through the State of Florida in December 2025 to observe him in his classroom. After that observation, I felt reassured that my son was not the problem I had been led to believe. Instead it was suggested that changes be made to their teaching and praising methods. After which, instead of working with me to address my concerns, I felt that my relationship with the administration became increasingly strained. Whenever I asked questions about my son's treatment or injuries, I often felt dismissed rather than supported. At one point, I was told by Yvonne that I was "constantly being difficult" simply for advocating for my child. Every parent has the right to ask questions when their child comes home injured, and those concerns should be met with professionalism and respect. My experience with the new front office staff was disappointing. I found communication to be unprofessional, confrontational, and at times disrespectful. Rather than feeling like we were working together in my son's best interest, I often felt judged for asking reasonable questions. The final incident that confirmed my concerns occurred after my son graduated VPK. I asked if he could attend summer camp for only three weeks and was told that partial enrollment was not allowed and that he would have to attend the entire summer. Later, another parent inquired about enrolling a child of the same age for the same length of time and was told that one- or two-week enrollment was available. That inconsistency left me questioning whether families were being treated equally. Every child deserves the same level of care, attention, and fairness. Every parent deserves honest communication and respectful treatment. Unfortunately, that was not my experience, and for those reasons, I cannot recommend this daycare. read more

Highly don't recommend this Child care facility. Bring your kid here if you're okay with getting called out of work every week for unnecessary reasons. Mind you this could potentially have me fired from my workplace constantly having to leave work. The staff have very nasty attitudes and don't care about the parents who bring their children here. specifically the management and they would prefer to send kids home, than to do their job and care for the children. Which is Parent pay for. The check in and check system is a hassle and it's ridiculous. Moving my kid from this place as soon as possible. Negative stars. read more

Negative stars Here's my experience. First and foremost. When you report a case about a child, it is by law supposed to be completely anonymous. They are not supposed to share your information at all. That being said, not sure how but one of the people from the daycare made a fake profile and started harassing me because I reported my daughters incident to Dcf . My daughter was abused this last March at this daycare. She came home with a black eye and tons of unexplained bruises. When I asked about the black eye the woman at the front told me " oh, you didn't notice ?" Baffled by her response the next morning I took it to the Director in the front desk the new administrative lady was trying to take over the directors job so they were arguing and talking bad about each other to ME and when I reported the incident Let's put it this way. They went against each other and me and went through it together and approached me the next day asking if I was mad at her how unprofessional is that ? they went through it together and one of them approached me and asked why I was mad at her when it was supposed to be confidential . Which is illegal . And below you will see the pictures of my daughters injuries that happened in the 2 year old room. My child came home from kiddie campus university with ADULT HAND PRINT bruises. ( I have screenshots of conversations between me and the daycare. With the Director and the teacher that was there that day, telling me different stories when she was the one with my child the Director covered it up for her . I also know 6 other kids who's parents also reported this daycare as well. (Even a family who didn't have a clue their child was stuck under the hallway stroller for 45 mins after he crawled out of the INFANT classroom. (The teachers are telling eachother about it. The owner called the director to "rip her a new one" said, one teacher. During that incident. mind you I have screenshots of conversations between teachers admitting the incidents. But God forbid people tell their stories but the daycare made a fake fb profile harassing me for being honest and protecting these children. I would NEVER recommend this place or these people to watch your child.. unless you want your child to come home daily with bruises and the teachers all of sudden have "no idea" how it happened. But (my old "friend" at the time (18 year "friendship" who works there.. told me everything that she saw, and they told her that something happened and she called me to warn me after she left work and told me they had no idea what happened. "Maybe a kid bit her" then after I report all of this my "friend" she goes and told the director and daycare a whole lie to keep her job. Tell me how the Police did not investigate correctly. They pulled up to the meeting except they never went inside and even investigators anything . If they investigated her lie, they would've known that it was a lie because I was not with the people that she said I was with . they have cameras that delete after 7 days. (Wonder why) even employees can't see the cameras. Now don't forget the teachers know where the cameras are and they know where to not stand. To use their phones. (Came from teachers mouths ) They told you this, so they don't get caught on the phone .. (Teachers i knew told me this first hand) they ended up quitting after my report. (this was before I knew of everything)What are they hiding? If they are such a good daycare such a good daycare that they don't even teach the children but instead tell them that they are nasty and call them Horrible names) a teacher there told me they witnessed my daughter crying and saying no that's not true to the teachers that are bullying my child. Its infuriating !!! Blows my mind! by law if you question a director about camera footage they BY LAW (cop said) they have to sit down with the parent , owner and director and watch the video ALL TOGETHER. They broke many laws. And sadly cps and dcf did not follow protocol. My old so called "friend" also shared my personal medical information, so my HIPAA law information was exposed without my permission which is extremely illegal. the staff at the WHOLE Place found out they made a fake fb page to send me hurtful lies . It's Very very inappropriate and unprofessional. They care about money here not the kids. Trust me if they are even signing your name for your school readiness they did that to me as well. And many many parents and teachers on recording admitting that. There's tons of kids and parents that have come forward with their kids having injuries and having to go to counseling, including my child having meeting counseling after her abuse down below are photos of what I dealt with with this daycare after I complained about her injuries. A daycare who truly cares about your kids would never ever respond and that way trust me. They called my child horrible names and then told my child I was nasty. This place is beyond corrupt read more

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This is a wonderful preschool that truly loves their children that attend. The teachers are always informing me through an app and are available to answer any questions I have. My children love going every day so that says it all for me. read more

A year ago(2022/2021): I cannot speak more highly of this place. It's not just a daycare everyone here genuinely cares. There's so much affection and love shown towards my daughter that I feel like we wouldn't have gotten elsewhere. It's literally like her second family. Today: 01/02/2022 I pulled my daughter from this daycare last week after they've proven to be consistently neglectful. She went here for almost three years. I used to love this place. However it is due to their lack of experience, understaffed, and over populated facility that causes your childs immediate needs to go to the way side. I never had an issue up until about 6 months ago when my daughter was labeled a problem child. She's three. This was about the time when staffing shortages started becoming more prevalent with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Essentially what happened is my daughter does not fit inside this perfect box they've mentally created. She's not a soldier in war to follow orders and commands. She's a toddler, a human being, with emotions that's going to have both good and bad days and both are perfectly acceptable. Regardless I still took their concerns seriously and went to three different behavioral counselors who all saw no concerning behavior and was basically like yep, she's three but here's some tactics to help with this stage. I tried to relay these strategies to the director Debbie and each time was met with resistance and her belief that I needed to put my daughter on medication. There is no medication medically necessary for her and even if there was it is not tested on children that young. It's been tested at the age of 6 with a 22.4% success rate. I continued the weekly behavioral therapy appointments but it got to a point where they were clearly looking to wipe their hands clean. I started receiving daily calls to pick her up for no other reason than she was being disruptive. At this point I am paying for full time care for three to four hours of her time there. Let me state again, they are understaffed and over populated. With the correct teacher to student ratio this would not be an issue as every child would be given adequate attention. Fast forward to now. I was given a call two weeks ago to pick my daughter up within ten minutes of dropping her off told that she blatantly kicked a child in the nose. After talking to the teacher and my daughter it was clear that this was an accident based off my daughters immediate reaction. She cried with the hurt child, hugged him, comforted him, tried to tell him she was sorry and it was going to be okay. Children that hurt on purpose do not react that way. Quite frankly they don't give a f*** if they did it on purpose. It also did not bode well that the teacher admitted she was unable to pay attention to all the children in that moment so she did not actually see what happened. Only the after math. Last week I dropped off my daughter as normal when the director, Debbie, asked me what day care I settled on. I was confused and she said that we talked about my daughter being on a two week notice. By law the handbook you sign onto is a binding contract. The handbook specifically requires a written notice along with the a clause that permits you, the parent, to resume care until alternative arrangements are found. I stood up for my daughter and attempted to explain this to Debbie. It was a very heated argument between us both. She called me ghetto for calling her out on her own policies. I continued to tell her everything that I just outlined here, and it was then two parents walked in the door. Debbie decided she had had enough and grabbed me by my arm to forcefully remove me from the property claiming I was trespassing. I told her I would not leave until I got my daughter. AT WHICH POINT THEY REFUSED TO GIVE HER TO ME. Debbie threatened to call the police and I repeated myself and told her if someone did not bring my daughter to me I would go back and get her myself. Two teachers at this point tried to usher me out telling me don't make it any worse. I was not in the wrong. I showed Debbie her own policies that were bound by law with both of our signatures and I tried to stand up for my daughter. She got embarrassed that this was done in front of other parents and took the complete wrong action by illegally withholding my child. I eventually was given my daughter and I left. When I arrived home I noticed two big bruises on my daughter's leg and I asked her where it was from, and she said her teacher hit her. I made sure to clarify that it wasn't an accident or a friend and she cried and was adamant it was her teacher. I've since filed a police report and have reported them to ELHC for fraud as they have been collecting full time payments for part time care, as well as to OSHA, and the Florida department of children and families. read more

My son had been fine up until a week ago. I received a call that my son was not acting like his normal self during class. His sister has been away for months visiting her dad out of state, and for a 4 year old this can be overwhelming and a lot to comprehend. I received multiple calls throughout the day saying they could not handle him. Upon speaking with the directors we came up with a plan to see how his behavior would improve once his sister returned home in a week. All of a sudden I pick him up and I'm told they are giving him two weeks then I need to find another daycare. Then I am told one week. I have another conversation with the director and she says to me that they had two teachers threaten to quit and they are for profit and would rather remove my son versus losing teachers causing an issue with their staffing. Today I received a call again stating that my son needed to be picked up and they were giving me an hour. I work with clients financials, so for security purposes I cannot have my phone out. I facilitated a family to pick him up an due to unforeseen car issues they could not make it. At this time the school doesn't call back to notify me that he has not been picked up. Once I'm notified by my family member I head to pick him up. Upon entering they tell me they have decided since I did not show up within an hour that they were making his last day be tomorrow. I immediately asked the director if he harmed anyone or threatened to harm anyone. She answered no. I asked her to please direct me to where it states in that handbook that if I don't pick him up within the hour he's given a day notice of withdrawal. She could not find it in the handbook. I then asked why I was called, she stated that he was loud and screaming during nap time and they were not staffed appropriately to be able to calm him down. The director then states to me that she could call DCF as if to threaten me, when I asked her why.. she did not respond. Upon reviewing the handbook it states "Occasionally it is in the best interest of the child or the family to help them find childcare elsewhere. This option is exercised after extensive measures have been taken by family and center to meet the needs of the child within the program. If this is the case, care will be offered until alternative care is in place." I feel as though my child is being discriminated against and they are making up "rules as they go" to remove him. I would not recommend any parent to have to go through this. read more

Kiddie Campus University - Child Care & Day Care Near Me - Lutz, Florida

I rated this a 1 star ONLY because in order to leave a comment you must. My son started at this center in February 2017. It was recommenced by a co-worker of mine. This was the WORST decision we ever made for our child. My son will be 2 at the END of July, when we started he was placed with a wonderful teacher Ms. Eva. She was loving, informative, and great with the kids. Three weeks later he was moved in ANOTHER class with a teacher that I do NOT even know her name but she was ALWAYS sitting on the table on her phone, but he was there with her only 2 weeks, and THEN moved to ANOTHER class with kids who just turned 2. I didn't think much of it at the time because he is big for his age in some ways, and also is talking... well not even 3 weeks later he was then moved AGAIN into our third room with our 5th-6th teacher (since they work odd hours) come to find out my 1.5 year old was placed with 2.5-3 year olds. How and Why would this be ok?!?! Many times at drop off the child to teacher ratio was 16:1 no wonder so many injuries accrue. My son came home with diaper rash a few times, and was sick every other week. Don't get me wrong I understand this happens being around other kids for the first time, but not ever other week... come to find out kids were sharing sippy cups which you can find a license report that this center FAILED by a inspector that is on the states website. Then my child came home 4x with bite marks from a child who is KNOWN for biting, and nothing was done. The icing on cake was this past Monday 5/15/17 when my son was sent home with a HUGE black eye. No injury report, no teacher knowledge of what happened, no answers from the director/owner Debbie, so I called and filed a report with licensing because this is not acceptable and at this point NO ONE AT THIS CENTER WOULD HELP ME. All of these issues have happened one too many times. Teachers personally told me things at this center have been a mess. Not enough teachers, but the still are accepting more kids. Once I talked to licensing I was informed a 3 year old child broke his arm there a few weeks ago, and once again NO ONE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED??? At the end of the day you can't blame all the teachers when they have 15-18 2 year olds running around by themselves. I HIGHLY recommend doing your research on other centers in the area, this place was HORRIBLE and then they ended up kicking us out because they're mad i reported them! We had planned to move him due to the issues regardless, but you would think they would care and try to make things better... NOPE not here! Be smart and look around, for the amount they charge you can find better for your child!! read more

Wow sorry to hear you he such a bad experience. Both my children and my grand daughter went here and we absolutely loved it!

My kids have been going here for the last few years and it has been an amazing school! My son is graduating from VPK tomorrow night and has truly learned a lot from the wonderful teachers!! My daughter has also learned so much from them! Sadly we are moving in a few weeks and they will be going to a new school in the area. I would recommend this Daycare to anyone!!! We are sad we have to say goodbye to such amazing people!!! read more