My husband and I personally did not have a great experience with our son attending back in 2018-2019. Our son was 4 I believe at that time. I had never planned to share my experience and let it go. I was just cleaning out my email and saw prior emails from Tami, Alyssa and other staff. It reminded me how full of anger and disappointment this establishment caused our family.
This school is not equip to handle any child who may be on a special need spectrum or who has ADHD in any way shape or form.
When my husband and I interviewed the house (word of mouth good things) we had let them know our son had been through alot due to my ex-husband. Our son was dealing with very fresh emotional wounds, anxiety, then undiagnosed ADHD, some PTSD from witnessing DV. We specifically let them know his triggers, what he has been through, what he had unfortunately been exposed to, all the steps we had been doing to try to help him. He was in play therapy, he was been screened for proper meds. However, at 4 years old he had times where he struggled. His biggest issues is being rushed and shutting down. You cannot push him when hes shut down, he is going to act out because you are overwhelming him. Sometimes he just needed to do his own thing.
Anyway, the very first teacher he had was great! She did not last very long. She was only there for a small amount of time then left. They change staff around ALOT. Our son then had another teacher Ms. Maria. She too had absolutely no experience with children who have unique situations. Rather than work with him, if he ever had any issues, she ignored him until he "got over it". I get it that, however that's not how your job works. Youre supposed to aid children with redirection.
I was CONSTANTLY notified that I needed to come pick up my child. They knew I had fled and abandoned and entire life and relocated and just secured a new job. Doing this was extremely risky and a complete hardship. The reason was because they continued to push my child until he acted out by swatting them away, telling them to stop, no or what have you. They considered this hitting teachers rather than recognizing they were overloading him and making him more upset. Things that as a teacher who is supposed to take CEU's and enough credits to become a teacher, you should know this.
A good portion of the staff that greats people in the morning such as Anita are beyond rude. Everything is inconvenient. Whether she is the only person standing there or not, she will not lift a damn finger to help you. She will cut you off mid talking to tell you NO.
If you forget your childs lunch, your childs lunch falls on the floor, your child is OUT OF LUCK. They DO NOT ORDER EXTRA MEALS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. I had this exact situation come up. Something happened with my son's lunch. They were supposed to check if they could accommodate a hot lunch for him, but did not. Come lunch time, I get a call at work there is no lunch for him. I needed to again RACE from work IN OAKDALE to get there to swing a drive through to grab him a lunch. This is how they operate. Unprofessional.
This place makes you feel like your child is a menace, a disgrace, a horrible and uncontrollable child. I literally cried, and FEARED my son going into TK/K because of how they talked about him and made him out to seem. But to EVERYONE ELSE he was and still is the most kind, loving, helpful and caring child you could meet. Not a person that meets him doesnt congratulate me on having such a polite and well mannered boy.
Once our son reached TK/K, I never received a single phone call about his behavior. He was never sent home from school. I CONSTANTLY messaged his teacher at Stroud Elementary 2x a day until she told me to relax, he is totally fine. She had him again for K as well and I still had absolutely no problems. This year come 1st grade, again absolutely no behavioral issues and he has maintained a A+ grade average on all report cards.
This place is toxic, its harmful and it makes you feel like a failure of a parent when you really arent. They never once offered me any help, any support, any guidance. If anything Tami's daughter Alyssa tried to relate by telling me her son was essentially out of control for awhile and it took her time etc. My son was never even at that caliber. Once I left there I could see how just disgusting this place was. The House Modesto wanted to take my money & wanted to tell me my kid is acting out and to come get him.
It came down to them telling me he was being basically expelled from their program. It was the funniest thing I could have ever heard. This kid still tells people "I got kicked out of my preschool!" and he laughs. I literally have to step in and explain that, The House Modesto cannot handle children who have ADHD or mild emotional issues despite saying they are equip and being told in length before hand the entire situation.
I would never, ever ever recommend this place to ANYONE. read more