Parents beware!!
My son has been in attendance in your facility for almost 5 years since he was 4 months old. It was a place where he formed good friendships, and the staff at the time really cared about the children and their development. Over the past year, we've continued to see repeated teacher turn over, lack of staffing, closures, and the new staff being bought in either does not follow what should be standard practices to keep kids safe, engage, and develop children or they frankly don't care about their wellbeing. My concerns, and those of other parents continue to be met with animosity and contempt. Often with blame being placed on the children, rather than the adults who should be guiding and caring for them. Within the past few months it has become apparent that neglect, abuse, and inappropriate practices makes it unsafe for children to remain in this facility. No child should ever be forcibly held down to nap, an occurrence that has happened atleast twice that I am aware of with my child and never addressed in an appropriate manner. Additionally, teachers have left unsafe items within children reach such as pepper spray with toddlers, unattended children while teachers are on their cell phones or not engaging and watching the children to ensure they are safe, staff of all levels talking negatively about other kids, parents, and staff within earshot of the children and parents, and teachers using inappropriate language directly at children on occasion.
Due to the continued issues of neglect and abuse my son has received from the staff within the center in recent months (of which I listed only a small fraction,) as well as continued lack of understanding or improvements to correct the issues that have been impacting not only my child but other children within the center. It is no longer safe for my son or frankly others to be in the care of your facility,
I am happy to discuss with corporate my concerns, and suggest that follow-up with other recent de-enrolled students parents be done if it has not already taken place. This was a very hard decision but the place we loved and felt was a second family for our son is no longer there, and my hope is change will be made to bring it back to a safe nurturing place for children to grow and prosper. read more