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    4.7 (26 reviews)

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    Gisela C.

    My child went here for more than a year, it was great at first. The teachers, Ms. Wendy & Ms. Celina in her infant room was the reason I chose this place. They always had smiles on their faces, took the time to address us, and we're just all around personable. They seem to genuinely care about the kids. Once my child switched to toddler is where it all changed. Some of the girls are great but some don't even say a word and look upset/frustrated most of the time. I get it, toddlers are tough but c'mon. In this group, my child was bitten 3 times in a 2 weeks span. As a childcare administrator myself, I understand that incidents like this occur especially with this age group. I feel with it being 3 times that it could have been prevented after the 1st or even 2nd time but yet it still occurred. The director told me countless times that they are doing "their best". Yet it still kept on occurring after multiple times of my husband and I telling them to separate the children. The girls in the room and on the phone calls assured us that my child would not be near the child that bites. Which obviously was not followed through. This could easily have been prevented if they have had separated the children. I also told them that it would be okay for them to put my child into another group to keep her safe but this was not done. (This is easily done, as they do it for ratio purposes when they send people on lunch/breaks). After speaking with Pam after the 3rd incident on 8/1 she let me know she was dismissing the biting child from the program with a "2 week" notice as it states in their handbook. With that said, I asked her how was she going to prevent this from happening again during this 2 week span and all she could say was " we will try our best", again not reassuring us of any safety. The following day 8/2 my child went to daycare and my husband picked her up from school. He also addressed his concerns with the staff. At this time, Judy the owner of the company slandered my child by saying " well your child isn't a perfect child, she bites too" in front of all the children and staff. (mind you, My child has never bitten any child before that we know of). She then proceeded to ask staff to pull out my daughters file to verify. We put in our 2 week notice Monday, 8/6 to discontinue My child's program. On Tuesday, 8/7 we receive the letter stating our last day will be Friday, 8/10 with no option to us and no time to find any other childcare or other alternatives. On top of this, this school does not have air conditioning so we would pick our child up from extreme heat inside her room. We brought it up to staff member, Jamie and she stated "the directors told me I can choose to be cool and comfortable or have a paycheck". With has not resolved the heat issue. This is not the first time staff have said negative things about their management. Honestly, Most teachers here are wonderful, the school is adorable, rooms are nice, but some management here need better customer service skills, in my opinion. If you have a safety concern for your child at any daycare it should be automatically addressed, prevented, and you need to be assured that your child will safe. Photos attached do not even do it justice.

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    When Are thy Gonna Shut down. :( </3?

    August 28, 2026, will be our last day with children. We will be here in September, cleaning and selling everything we have for Miss Judy's retirement fund.

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