I put my son in TLE a few months ago and pulled him after 2 weeks. The director and assistant director were great, but I was unaware that the cameras they have in the building were only live streaming and not recording. Being a first time parent, I've already have paranoia about leaving my child in another person's hands, but I would feel better knowing if something were to ever happen I can go back on the camera's to see. With that said, I went early one day to talk to the director regarding this, and while she was in the back I decided to watch the live feed while in her office because my son was still eating lunch. I witnessed one of the teachers aggressively speaking to the kids while feeding them hot food, aggressively speaking to the kids that wouldn't eat the food, and kept complaining on how she couldn't take it anymore. The age range was 12-18 months and as we're all aware is an age where they can't express themselves and being patient is the best thing you can do to get through the day. She obviously was not cut out for this job. So as I'm watching this unravel, I pull the director in the office to show her what was going on and she seemed as shocked as I was so I went and got my son and told her to give me a call later to talk about what happened. She calls me a little later and informs me that there were some issues in the class room that was unaware was happening and that she was going to coach this particular teacher and put her in another classroom. SO below I've listed why I would not take my son back here and what you may be cautious about as well.
1. Had I not been there that day watching this happen, how long would this have gone on and at what point would this teacher have snapped and possibly put her hands on the students.
2. Had she put her hands on the students, where is the evidence had he come home with a bruise if they don't have recording video.
3. The reason I put my kid in a daycare is to not have to come and sit and watch him and his every move. so if this is the only way i know he's safe or if a situation was to happen and know what is going on then it defeats the purpose of putting him in daycare. I understand the director has other things to do and can't watch the live feed all day, but I as a parent also can't take off of work to watch my kid either, so who's monitoring what happens in the classroom.
4. What do you have to hide if you don't have your video's recording. They say it's against the law, but I've been to a few other daycare's that actually let you watch the children live on your phone and they have the feed recording for 30-60 days back. Those are the one's I trust because they obviously have nothing to hide.
5. The fact that they only put her in another classroom and didn't fire her is mind boggling in itself. She was obviously not cut out for this job, and she's a liability to the organization. I don't trust that they follow a specific protocol on incidences that may happen with their teachers.
6. Also, when I went in that morning the front door was ajar, and had someone walk in and taken my child there were no camera's recording to show who would have come in there.
7. My husband went in a few days later to pick up the rest of my son's belongings and this is after we told them we were pulling him from the school, and the key fab still worked on the doors. This just shows they're safety isn't as up to par as they make it out to be.
Initially I loved this school and I am not the one to write reviews. This is also a long time that I've been going back and forth on if I should, but these are things I would like to know as a parent going into trusting someone else with my child. I have nothing bad to say about the directors or most of the staff, it's just upsetting how they handled this particular incident and just thought it was important that other parents are aware. read more