"First of all, I appreciate that my children have a safe environment to go to while I am at work. I have had my kids here for a few years now. I love the staff(Ms. Orlina, Ms. Maryann, Mr. Steve, Ms. Duanne, Ms Anna and Ms. Samantha and all the others, thank you all!) that have been there to help my children grow and develop. I also am happy with the care the teachers provide my kids with. I am just disappointed in the fact that the school is understaffed and the teacher to child ratio is completely a mess. Lately if I am even 2 minutes late, my children get turned away and I have to make other accommodations for them prior to going to work. The school and staff should understand and have empathy that things happen. Especially with small children. So if you are running late as long as you communicate this with a staff member or the Director, there should be some type of arrangements that should/could be made. Not just turn away children that have attended your school for the past few years."
"Overall teachers and staff are great!"
"La Petite has taught my daughter to speak spanish."
"My child seems happy to go there and leaves happy. Only concern is teachers not having enough patience to handle the kids appropriately. Teachers need to not scream at kids, and learn how to better get them to listen."
"I love Teacher April! She is an amazing caregiver and a great leader as well. I truly feel she should be the director because she is so polite and kind and personable. She truly cares about my children. I am not happy with the director, Orlinga. It confuses me how she has been the director for a couple decades when she is very unfriendly to myself and the children. I have heard her yell at my children, which I find unprofessional for a caregiver and director to do. I also am having issues with the after school teacher. Mr. Daniel, I believe. I have been told almost every day that he yells at my children and for ridiculous reasons like my son wanting to get a drink of water. My child also had an issue with someone bullying him. Mr. Daniel told my son to not worry about and dismissed it. Ms. April helped me right away to fix the issue and we haven't had a single incident since. Part of me wants to move them to another La Petite just because of the director and after school teacher, but Ms. April makes me want to stay because she is a gem and this school is walking distance away for us."
"The morning director is very rude she doesnt greet my children nicely or at all."
"I have had a terrible experience. My child originally was going to the La Petite in Homestead and they were absolutely amazing so when I found out there was a La Petite closer to my house I was excited but was quickly disappointed. My child has come home with a black eye-to which no one told me anything about. My child was not taking naps-to which her teacher NEVER communicated with me. Her belongings were constantly lost and no one knew where they were. I would never recommend this daycare to anyone. When your talking about your CHILD, I’m entrusting you with her and there is no communication on what is going on with my child."
"my older kids would come home singing and my younger 2 do not sing at all"
"Ms. Cordova is wonderful! She seems to know everything about every student and she is SO happy to share what she knows about them."
"All the teachers are great but We love Ms April the most. She's was my son's preschool teacher and has become a great part of leadership at Redlands location."
"I love this Location! Ms.April is amazing and I love the communication from her and most of the other staff. I have enrolled my child here and after a short few weeks of being here he stopped using potty in his pants. I believe my children are happy here. The communication and friendliness could improve a bit from the director and some of the other staff. The director (Orlina) is unprofessional and is more about proving you wrong than trying to help you when addressing or solving an issue. Ms. April is professional and inviting as well as always trying to help me find solutions to my concerns that I actually thought she was the director. This is something I will continue to pursue with corporate because as I have observed I am not the only parent having issues with the main director. Aside from that I do recommend this location because your children do feel comfortable,their needs are met and they are well taken care of. I trust this place with my children."
“We’d like to apologize for your negative experience at our school. We’d like to learn more about your specific situation - please call us at 800-527-3848. We look forward to hearing from you.”
"The staff has always been great, friendly and more important, my child is very comfortable with them. He is happy there."
"The teachers where great it’s just the prices that were high. "
"Caring and loving daycare! Everyone is so friendly and my daughter is well taken care of, she loves it and she will continue coming to this daycare. "
"So far its been really good..no complaints!"
A rep from La Petite Academy - 5701 , LearningCareGroupCL, has responded:
“We appreciate you bringing this to our attention. We work to promote a safe, warm and welcoming environment at our locations. Please call our Customer Service Team at 800-527-3848 so we can work to resolve this issue with the school.”