We looked at several daycares for my infant daughter and within seconds of walking into La Petite…read moreon Highgate, we knew this was the place. Our first impression was that the daycare center was clean, has high security at the front door, and there are windows and security cameras with a huge TV to ensure maximum safety. After many months, this is still true. Everyone here values safety above all else. But the best part absolutely came down to the fantastic and wonderful teachers and the super kind director Renee. They all care about my daughter so much and bring up any concerns they have very promptly. This goes for all the teachers here, not just the infant room teachers--they all love my daughter and know her by name. I attribute my daughter's happy disposition (even though she's only five months old) due to the upbeat, sweet, kind, and excited caregivers here. She is always smiling when I sneak up on her to pick her up and I truly know she is having a good time. I trust all of the teachers and they are very prompt with the Brightwheel app as well. I always know when my daughter ate, napped, and had a diaper change. I am happy we have found a place for my daughter that I can always rely on.

We had to find a daycare quickly since my job needed me to return from maternity leave early. I was…read moreimpressed when my husband and I toured the school, and all seemed to work out well. We paid the $150 application fee, then filled out the paperwork. Our daughter started, and at first everything seemed ok. Then we noticed that the communication started to get incredibly sparse. We'd call to check in on her, and the director would tell us all was well. When we'd pick her up, we'd be told she was sick all day. And that was only the tip of the iceberg. This particular center has had 3 directors in a matter of months, and 2 assistant directors. It's a revolving door! I will say that if your child has the pleasure of being with Miss Gail, they'll be in wonderful hands. She is hands down their best employee. She's got this amazing, comforting presence, and I could tell she genuinely cared about our daughter. I wish she had been her teacher! On top of the $250/week tuition, you are better off finding another local center. There are others very close that cost a lot less and provide a lot more. So disappointed. We had been happy to have the administration we had when we initially enrolled, but the ever changing roles and a definite lack of interest showed us that it was certainly time to leave.

In the words of Vera G. from 2023: "Look elsewhere, seriously."…read more After many, many interactions with the center's current director Amy Boyette, I fully believe Amy is engaged in active covering up of abuse and neglect happening at the Children's Campus. I am in the processing of reporting this. Amy was made aware of our daughter's multiple health issues including anaphalytic responses to various foods as well as suspected celiac disease (where gluten exposure could potentially damage her intestines). Amy said we could bring own our food for our daughter, but that they could not make food accessible to her (fine, we were ok with that). Eventually our daughter grew out of several allergies which made us more at ease, but her doctors were still waiting until she was older for celiac testing. I came to find out multiple times that the staff continued to not only provide our daughter gluten meals (with bread and everything) from the school lunches by accident, but also that one of the teachers was intentionally feeding our daughter food from her own packed lunches - completely against our daughter's allergy action plan that was on file. The teacher told me she had given her sweet potato from her lunch that "only had butter on it" and I was filled with rage because our daughter at the time had a cow milk protein allergy that previously had given her very severe hives and vomiting. I informed the teacher that butter is in fact dairy. The primary teacher of the classroom said she had been trying to get the second teacher to stop feeding children in the classroom her lunches from home, but was not having success with this and Amy and the management would not step in. When I would ask Amy for a meeting to discuss the very urgent health-related concerns, she would avoid responding to my requests and just say that the problem was solved when it wasn't. She would never offer any solutions until I would point out repeatedly that the current system was not working and she was not offering new systems. I even shared information with her about how other centers have more safety-focused allergy food systems in place but she did not seem the slightest bit interested to learn more or even about how to protect my child or other children at the center. In addition to not following our daughter's allergy action plan, there were multiple days where we would pick her up and she would not have been given any fluids and the majority of her lunches where not offered to her (pouches, string cheese, etc. completely unopened). She was there for over 8 hours, on multiple occasions, with her water bottle untouched (we had to supply her own water bottle each day freshly to avoid allergy issues and the line we brought it in at was always in the same place as when we dropped her off and she would consistently be constipated from not being offered proper fluids). When I would confront the teachers about this they would cite being too busy or being pulled out of the classroom to attend other things. When I would confront Amy about this she would placate me and also continue to insinuate I was over-reacting or that my daughter just "wasn't hungry" that day (how would you know if she was hungry if you never offered her the food?) Eventually Amy said her "plan" was to set reminders her on phone to go into the classroom to remind the teachers to feed my child at the designated 4 meal times. She did this for maybe 2 days and then again things returned to being without documentation and my daughter often not being given fluids. I cannot emphasize enough that despite the center having an app for documenting diapers, meals, naps, etc. - I almost never in the 6 months my child was there had any documentation of what was happening throughout her day. There would be brief moments on days where a few items would be input, but most often we would pick her up with almost no idea of what happened that day. Teachers freely admitted to me when my daughter was an infant that safe sleep protocols were never followed, and that the meal plan is never what was published by the management. One day we arrived to drop our daughter off and the teachers were freaking out that they had been given a nearly empty bag of cereal that was supposed to feed breakfast to a room full of children. They say there is a "schedule" and that is an absolute joke because no one there is following a schedule (at least in room 2). We were given no protocol or steps to follow in checking out from our time at the center, and so my husband still has a fob to a daycare where we no longer have a child there. How many other fobs are lingering out there with adults who shouldn't have them and whose children are no longer there? I could go on and on about how horrible of experience we had at this center. We chose it because allegedly it was locally run and well liked. Found out later from staff that (allegedly) it's just run by a family in Florida who is pretty neglectful of it.

Look elsewhere, seriously…read more Our daughter began attending this daycare in the summer of 2022 and was 2 years old at the time - in the 2s class for clarification. From the moment I met her teacher, I wasn't impressed. She didn't give the kids a big happy greeting, hardly introduced herself to us and honestly, I just got a bad vibe. Within a month of attending, my daughter came home and reported she been hit on her bottom by this teacher. I reported this to the daycare director, and my concerns were dismissed, and it was obvious I wasn't taken seriously. A few months later, I came to pick up my daughter early, and walked in at quiet time (same teacher) and the teacher YELLED at a kid so loud it made me jump and I'm 32 years old. Worst of all, the very first day when the kids returned to school after Christmas break, my daughter had a horrible experience: I came to get her early that day, and everyone was just going down for quiet time (they couldn't have been down longer than 15 minutes). When I walked in the door, my daughter was wailing on her mat with tears streaming down her face. I knelt down and she ran to me, climbing into my arms begging to leave. When we stepped outside the classroom, my daughter reported the teacher had pulled her legs so hard it hurt, and that the teacher was very mad at her and needed to be nice to her. I emailed the director who said she would speak with the teacher and review the video footage. The director emailed again to say she'd reviewed the footage and she could assure me there was nothing to be concerned about, but we should meet face to face later in the week to which I agreed. At the meeting, my husband and I were shown the video where by the director's account, nothing inappropriate occurred. As I watched the video, my heart began to race as rage flooded my body. I watched with disgust as a daycare provider angrily took my (now 3 year old) child's blanket from her, grabbed her by her legs and aggressively yanked her down her mat. The teacher then walked away, leaving my daughter crying and went to sit back down - no remorse, no attempt to console, nothing. I don't recall much after the video ended. My husband says I started to yell, loudly. I remember asking the director to explain what part of that video showed the level of care and compassion parents expect their children to be shown when in another's care. The director later emailed to say, "I do sincerely apologize for the turn it took and the misrepresentation of my evaluation of the incident." We reported this to NCDHHS, who cited a violation of G.S. 110-91(10); comments: "Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child's developmental needs. On January 2, 2023, a staff member repositioned a three-year-old child on their mat by pulling the child by the legs." We moved our daughter to a different class, and within a month decided to withdraw her from the program. It's been 6 months, and she still talks about this and is scared of attending school. The emotional damage this has done to our daughter is heartbreaking. The teacher, as of our daughter's last day at the daycare, had not been terminated. NCDHHS reports the director and teacher have taken an online class which is hardly sufficient. The report can be found on: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch Search by the license number: 32001491 Visit from NCDHHS on 1/12/2023

We are halfway through our second year at RUMC Preschool and it has been a great experience! The…read morestaff are very kind and responsive, and truly care about all the preschool families. It's a small community, which I enjoy and which allows great accessibility. They also allow and encourage parents to be as involved as they would like to be. My daughters are well cared for, loved, and have thrived in the school. I'd recommend it to anyone.

Both of my sons attend this preschool and I can't say enough good things about it. All the teachers…read moreare so incredibly caring and engaging and the director (Amy) is amazing! My kids absolutely love going to school which is a big deal to me as a previous teacher. I knew preschool would be their first introduction to the school setting (even though the majority of their day is play based) and I could not be happier with our choice!

Miss Darliz in infant 1 is the sweetest. She provides excellent care for my baby and truly makes…read morePrimrose feel like a second home for our family. Although we love all the staff at Primrose, Miss Darliz shines bright and has a special place in our heart!

I'de love to give a positive review but I can't. Your child will be safe here. The after purchase…read morecustomer interaction however is non existent. We spent 70k here over five years - I expect more with that kinda spend. In year two primrose rolled out Procare (whether we wanted it or not). Procare is a private equity owned data tracking company where a myriad of data/photos/notes is entered into their database to track your child's development, parent interactions, etc. Upon exiting primrose to enter kindergarten I contacted Tony and Norma requesting that our child's data be deleted from the procare private equity companies servers. I have data privacy concerns given we are moving into an AI era. Our child's photos and notes are still in Procare. Procare and primrose have gone silent. I'de gladly amend this review when the issue has been resolved

VERY DISAPPOINTED! Our opinion of the Family Preschool is as follows:…read more We were extremely disappointed with the manner in which our family, including our son, was treated. In our opinion the treatment was discriminatory from a racial, ethnic, and gender standpoint. We do not believe that this school fosters the level of "inclusion" that they proclaim. We were compelled to withdraw our son from the school in order to protect him and ensure his well-being.

We had two children enrolled at FPS during the 2021-22 school year. Our oldest was a 5day friend…read moreand our youngest was a Treefrog (2s). Our experience with our youngest was wonderful. Teacher Kim was lovely and kind and our daughter loved going to school and being part of the FPS community. Our experience with our oldest was the complete opposite. He was a 5day friend in Teacher Hannah's gathering and his experience was awful. He's neurodivergent and in therapy to support sensory sensitivities. We proactively offered support to his teacher before school even started. Our therapists observed his class on four separate occasions and raised their own concerns about what they saw. The classroom management was nonexistent and our son was ignored often, leading to dysregulation. At one point, he went outside unsupervised and at another point, he was wandering the hall when I overheard a child ask where he'd gone. His teacher responded, "I don't know and I don't care." Ultimately, we decided to withdraw him from FPS because they are ill-equipped to care for a neurodivergent child and his teacher called him bad to his face. We also withdrew our daughter because it wasn't the right place for our family. Our son has been processing his experience at FPS in play therapy and internalized quite a bit of shame during his three months as an FPS student. We're still very angry at his treatment. We switched our son to a local public school in a mainstream classroom. He's been there for more than two months now. He's had zero incidents of dysregulation. His teachers tell us that he's calm and consistently able to self-regulate. Every issue FPS blamed on him completely disappeared in his new environment, which leads us to conclude he was never the problem and that his teacher was the issue. Because of their treatment of our son, we cannot recommend FPS to any family, especially if you have a child who is neurodivergent.

We absolutely LOVE Woodcroft! Mr. Mike and staff are always so polite and welcoming. I do think…read morethere should maybe just a pool membership. As we're new members and I'm curious of what the rest of the year looks like once the pool is no longer available. But overall amazing experience so far

Best pool in Durham!!! The location, convenience, and amenities are wonderful. They have 3…read morelifeguards, a diving board, an awesome slide, and a kiddie pool area with fountains. The concessions stand offers alcoholic beverages and a lot of drink & food choices. The two large pavilions are great for parties and can be reserved. Membership is year-round, so they do hold events for kids, families, and seniors throughout the year and have the clubhouse to support gatherings. Our son loved the summer camps when he was younger and price was truly affordable.

My daughter goes to the learning experience and she cries every time it's time go and I love that…read moreshe has found a place that lets her be herself. The director and assistant director are both amazing and make the enrolling process easy. Also her teachers Ms N and Ms S shows me the value of having my child enrolled at the learning experience. They treat her with care

Love this day care! They are the best :) My two year old has so much fun, the staff are friendly;…read moreand its CLEAN!