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    Little Steps Christian Pre-School

    4.5 (26 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 5:30 pm

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    This school is such a special place! Our son asks everyday "is today a school day?"…read moreWe have spent 3 years here so far and have nothing but great things to say. The staff is wonderful and attentive, the space is so conducive to curiosity and play and it really does feel like a small community there. My son has made some great friends here and so have I. I can't wait to send my daughter here next year!

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    4.4(11 reviews)
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    Have not yet started - but had our kid on the waitlist since before he was born and today we got…read moreoffered a place at the Beachside location. The waitlist is long (because many people want to go here), but it is possible to get your preferred location from the outset. I'm just posting this review because I see someone below criticizing the school administrators for their waitlist.

    Do not waste your money going on the waiting list for this preschool. The way they fill spots in…read morethis school is that they essentially make you put your kid into the less desirable "bayside" location which is literally on maybe the busiest cross section in Pacific Beach and la jolla with constant traffic smog and noise all day within few feet of the playground and a very thin fence that a runaway car would easily plow through. After you kid spends some time there and they have a replacement for them in the less desirable location, they offer to transfer your kid to the better located seaside location. We have been on waiting list for seaside location for much longer than some others who decided to put their kid in bayside and now they are being moved to seaside (we are happy for them and sympathize that their kid did the time in bayside). But we are no longer are planning to put our kids in either of these 2 schools as we are not comfortable with the ethics of these types of business practices. Just beware if you are applying and spending time and money going on waiting list for this preschool. Do not do it unless you are willing to first put your kid in the "bayside" or "roadside" location. This is not at all a reflection of teachers and workers there whom i am sure are great we just feel it is deceiving to take peoples money and time to put them on waiting list for a school that they will essentially never get to go to unless they are willing to send their kid to another less desirable school first ... this should be clearly explained prior to application and fees.

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