"We have had such a great experience at La Petite Academy My son has been very happy since the day he joined. The teachers are very good they are very caring towards each child. I used to get updates frequently during the day. They also have live cameras so I could see my son whenever I wanted. The director Benita Wassom and her management team is super awesome! She made the enrollment process so easy for us and was very supportive every step of the way. I would highly recommend La Petite Academy for child care and schooling."

"I can imagine it’s tricky having a full staff but at times I am concerned there’s not enough teachers for a classroom. My child happened to start right before summer time which seems to be a busier time with more kids. I do feel comfortable and I deeply appreciate any communication regarding my child’s development and social interactions."

"The staff is very informative and friendly."

"wonderful curriculum with very diverse activities the teachers care and are very nurturing also"

"They have alot to offer. The staff is very welcoming."

"I’ve enjoyed the staff, curriculum and atmosphere since enrollment."

"We've been blessed to have several loving and caring teachers and the director and assistant director are great with both the kids and parents."

"My son has learned so much. I am lucky to have him in this daycare"

"We have had a WONDERFUL experience here at the Crosslands location. Angie runs such a happy, warm, safe, communitive place. Every teach Jack (our 1yr old) has had (has been in 3 different classroom depending on his age) has been so warm & attentative. We are only leaving because we are moving. I can't say enough great things about this facility. I love everyone that works there and so does Jack!"

"I’ve waited several days to write a review because I needed that time to organize my thoughts about what happened to my son. I am a therapist and have worked as an investigator at CPS as well as in multiple daycares, so I write this review with insight into what is appropriate and safe for children. My kiddo is 18 months old and on the small side for his age. He has height but most of the kids in his class were probably at least 5 pounds heavier than him. This was his first time to be in a daycare setting. He’s a pandemic kid that has never been kept outside the home and always by family, so to say that this environment was new is an understatement. He was having a difficult transition and, yes, he cried quite a bit. All of that being said, my son was regularly harmed by other children in his toddler class with little to no intervention on the part of staff. Multiple people were watching the daycare cameras, myself included, and witnessed my son get thrown to the ground, shoved down, and pushed out of chairs by two different children MANY times. Sometimes he may have been crying before these incidents would happen, sometimes he wouldn’t be crying until after he was on the ground. These two children would go up to him, even if he were happy and playing in a center, and push him down. They would grab him around his waist or in such a way that they were able to toss him onto the floor. He was shoved out of chairs, when multiple others were available, and he did not have a toy the other child wanted (completely without provocation). My son followed the staff around because, from what we could tell, he felt safer around them, but they did not keep him from being pushed around and in most cases, did not comfort him after it happened. Often the staff would just pick him up and put him on a mat and walk away from him. It was as if he were being sat in time out for being bullied, like it was his fault. They even went so far as to say, “Maybe the other kids pick on him because he cries so much,” like that excuses the kids’ behavior or the teachers’ complacency. But these two children went after him even when he was not crying. It seems to me that the reason my son cried so much is because he was being bullied and pushed around then ignored and did not feel safe. In addition, we were never notified that he was being thrown around so much, that he was having issues with other children. We received no incident reports, not even when he was bit so hard that he bled. Staff were reportedly not even aware that he had been bitten. When I went to pick my son up on his last day, he was there for only 2.5 hours and had been thrown to the ground no less than 8-10 times. My son was tormented while he was there. I watched a child slap another child in the face multiple times while I was in the room and staff were not even aware it was going on. It certainly did not seem that the lead staff in that class cared about my son. It also seems that she was not providing management with information regarding how aggressive some of these children are. It seems like he was an inconvenience for them. That they could not be bothered to create a bond with him. I understand that they have many children in that room and that it is a difficult age group. I did not expect him to have constant one on one staff interaction, but I expected that he would be protected, treated with love, shown he’s important, and taught appropriate social interactions. It was made very clear to me that if a child is not the main teacher’s favorite or struggles at all, they will not be treated equally. The daycare really needs to reconsider how many kids are in that room if the staff are unable to provide adequate supervision and safety or maybe they should reconsider who they have in that room with those children."

"Overall it’s been a decent experience. I do think leaders can communicate changes better with parents. I’d prefer overcommunication than under communication."

"We were at a school previously that we did not care for and moved to La Petite because we liked the area and we loved the interaction with Ms. Tiffany via zoom (during Covid so no touring in person). We have appreciated all of the Covid safety and the cleanliness this school provides. It is always a warm and welcoming place and we love that. We love being able to use the camera during the day to see what our daughter is doing and feel like we are a small part of her day. There were some things that were frustrating initially but that was in large part due to not being able to find staffing (like the rest of the world) so no fault of the school but things have gotten better and we appreciate all the hard work the administration and team does to care for our kiddo!"

"Very nice people. Impressed with how engaged people are with our child."

"Great teachers, friendly staff, our daughter always comes home with something new she learned and had really come out of her shell."

"I love the school and staff, the staff is so caring and thoughtful. I love that Mia loves going there which means she gets treated with love and care! Great place ,hands up to all the staff for your hard work caring for these little people!!"