I did not think I would be writing this First day! Today was the very first day of school ever for…read moremy son. He is 4 going to turn 5 on Sept. 1st to make him eligible for either pre-k or kindergarten. After taking a tour it was decided he would be placed in the kindergarten class based upon his age. I feel personally he is too young considering he has never been away from me before and we are not from Florida. The tour deceived me to be honest. When my husband and i took him to school there was nothing normal about it. Nothing welcoming about it. Coming from New York this was something we were just not used to considering even the other schools the children were attending in our neighborhood had meet n greets with their teachers. I don't even know the teachers name at Grace Community. Bizarre. The people we saw today were all different from when we took the tour back in April. But he was so excited. Sat down and said hello to everyone but clearly overwhelmed by all the kids. He didn't even cry he was so excited. 90 minutes later we received a call that he was just having too much fun it was distracting. It's the first day. I honestly find it disturbing that a school that even has a daycare cannot control my child who isn't hyper and doesn't behave badly ever in that short of amount of time. I heard no mention of a tantrum or anything. Never heard of such a thing. Maybe talk to me about it after school if it's such a problem? They inform me that he was laughing and wrote on another child's paper. He is 4! Oh my goodness How horrible! I think of The horror stories I have heard about bullying and kids beating other kids from other parents and my kid wrote on another kids paper. Hope the other kid is alright! I am told that how they handle this is I have to come in for the next couple of days to work with him when they get paid weekly to work with children. And if this doesn't work, he will be suspended at 4 years old. My jaw dropped I picked him up. This was not going to happen. He was labeled the bad boy in front of other kids who told me my child was bad because they don't know any better and they absorb their surroundings. I realize we are living in a world where children are rushed to become robots or whatever they are trying to do but they are kids. Sorry he was excited, maybe smiled, laughed and is cute. He is 4 years old! He is extremely animated. My son can read, I have been working with him a lot. He needs to socialize that's the biggest thing. What ever happened to compassion. A little girl pointed and told me he was bad. Nice. Definitely made an example of my son within the first hour of school for him ever. They gave me not one indication of him behaving badly. I don't like to call children "Bad" but I am well aware of when a child is behaving badly. I babysat my entire upbringing for multiple families. I've met the wild into everything boy. He grew up to be just fine and he wasn't "Bad" and he was way more hyper than my son. Trust me I am well aware of a kid that you cannot control. That isn't my son. It was the first day of school ever for him. These people just don't care. Perhaps we could have discussed putting him in pre k. Instead they are trying to get rid of you because they want children who will just sit there and keep their mouths shut. This is not the right fit for anyone who truly cares for their child and wants their kids to thrive. So run far away. I am heartbroken for my son and truly disgusted. It is hard enough not being from here let alone trying to raise a little boy in a world completely different from the world you were raised in. FYI considering another child was suspended in another review for literally nothing other than being an innocent precious child, Very telling. I am so sorry to that other parent that had to deal with that also. Just awful. After leaving a review on google along with many other terrible reviews, the (owner) wrote a response that claims they have to keep the other children safe. Be that as it may, they gave me absolutely no explanation of my son being dangerous to anyone. He plays and interacts with other children just fine. This is absolutely crazy. 45 kids to a class with one teacher is completely outrageous. Doing more research and all I see is that this "school" if you even want to call it one is not DCF accredited but by some organization the founder is a member of. There was no explanation for that outrageous response. They r pretending to be a school. Im stopping payment for the 90 minutes you had my child. I sincerely regret not listening to other moms! You are an abomination to child care and early childhood education . Should be ashamed I am reporting you. I assumed a Christian school would be more empathetic. I assumed wrong.

We are so happy with Grace Community! My daughter loves it there, she is always happy, and her…read moreteachers are always sweet. I don't know how they do that everyday! God bless them and everyone at Grace. We are blessed to be there.

Awful. Kids are not safe here. Director is very rude to parents when parents are concerned about…read moretheir child being hurt.

deana's a great school! they welcomed us with open arms! all teachers are amazing! an my son just…read moreloves it!

My son loves this Preschool. He was at a school before this and it was horrible. We brought him…read morehere and he knew way more than he did from his previous school within a week. The teachers are amazing. The ladies in the front are great. My son is always excited to see his teachers everyday. ​

We have been on the wait list for this facility. It is located right down the road from our home…read moreand is a new facility. I got a phone call from them and I missed the call as I was on a business trip. I sent the voicemail and number to my wife and she returned the call first thing the next business less than 24 hours after the initial call. She was told they spot was no longer available. This frustrated me immensely. I made time and called them back. I spoke to Lays - The assistant director. I expressed the situation..I am on a business trip. You called me at 1000AM and my wife called back the next business day @ 7AM to pay and take the spot. She said Its our company policy to call down the list and not give an allotted amount of time (such as 24 hours to return the call). I said that will not due get me to your director. I spoke to Wendy - the director and she said that it the OWNER's policy to manage the business this way. I told her get me to the owner. She gave me another number to call. advised for her to give my number to the owner as well. I called the number provided and left a two messages with no return. Wendy and Lays also, more than likely, never passed on my number to the owner. The worst thing about this not only do they just go down their waitlist. If they call you and you don't answer (because your more than likely working) They actually remove you from the waitlist in total. We had to call to put her back on the list and there was 22 kids on the list. Thankfully, our number 1 option for a daycare called us as our spot became available. I dont recommend as the owner treats you as a number and teaches her employees to do the same.

I absolutely love this preschool!!! The ladies here are super awesome! My daughter is very happy…read morehere. I highly recommend.

Absolutely terrible! The director, Maria, is incredibly rude and not child friendly or civil in…read moregeneral. I used to drop my daughter off in the morning and they would not say good morning to her or look at her, rather snarl and make her feel unwelcome. This is how they treated a two year old. When I would go inside Maria would always be rude, brief, and most of the time too busy talking on her cell phone to even acknowledge your presence. I don't know what they are doing or how they are running a daycare, but stay away. Don't subject your children to this. If she behaved this way in front of parents who knows how she is when alone with the children.

Everyone there is very nice. Our granddaughter has been going for over 2 years and really loves…read moreit. They do a lot of activities and she's made a lot of friends!

My son went to this daycare for 2 months. He seemed to like it until last week. I was pulling down…read morethe street and he started crying said no I'm scared I'm scared. My son is physically disabled, he's 3, cannot walk so I thought maybe other kids being kids were "mowing over him" whatever, no big deal just wanted to tell the ladies to keep an eye on it. I told his teacher she said ok ok Mom. Owner walks in, mid conversation and was clearly angry and says "nothing happened, no no, nothing happened" so I said no I didn't think you're understanding, I'm NOT accusing anyone of anything just wanted him watched bc SOMETHING clearly scared him(day prior) " no I've been in daycare 15 years, I have cameras all over, nothing happened" " you can take him home"..... Wait, what??? So AGAIN I said I don't think you're understanding. He was just so angry he didn't even hear me, anyway I got in my car, nearly in tears, got home, 15 min later went to pull him out. THIS IS MY CHILD and I have EVERY RIGHT TO QUESTION a concern of HIS!! when we were leaving Mr Temper was coming out the door, soon as my son HEARD HIM he stopped "hopping" that's how he gets around) plugged his ears and said I scared, I scared" Well that's a big red flag for me and his DAUGHTER apologized for his behavior several times. Something is off Stay away

Would never take our kids there again. Staff is not nice. The kids said they fed them very little,…read moreand very tiny portions Our child said that she had to go poop while they were outside for recess, they ignored her , she pooped her pants ,and they blamed that on her. She never does that. They said they have to wait until all the kids come in because they dont had enough help to send someone in there with her, so she had to sit there and poop her pants because recess was not over yet. Be prepared in the beginning of the year to buy enough Kleenex, ( 3 big boxes per kid, and enough paper for 5 kids at your expense, per kid. They want you paying for everything. Also they dont know how to prepare kids forBBK. Not trained. They are lost.

They are cheap for a reason. I removed my son after I noticed the kids being unattended to and…read morewhen I brought my concerns to the owner she basically called me a liar. I would never recommend unless you were desperate. They are very unprofessional and now do not want to send me my tax documents.

terrible ownership. we registered our son at one of the daycares and then were told they fired the…read moreinfant teacher and refused to give us our deposit back. They demanded we go to a different location, just unacceptable business operations. I would never recommend this place.

The new leadership at this location is incredible. They are passionate and so easy to communicate…read morewith. The school is also making a lot of updates that are great for families.

5 stars all around! Great staff, loving , CLEAN, small and intimate yet full of energy and genuine…read morecare. So thankful I found SCA!

We enrolled our 3 year old after seeing all positive reviews on Facebook and a video on Facebook…read morethat was a few years old showing 3 year olds reading site words. We were disappointed in our experience. The director was notified of issues we were having and became defensive. She later denied having been notified of said issues. School lacks structure and teachers often witnessed yelling at the children.