"We absolutely loved the last three years we have spent. Since the retirement of Prudence and the staff that stepped up to help until a new director was found was unbelievable. Yet those staff members are no longer there as they were rushed out the door. The staff was inclusive and the director knew every child. I never see the new director interacting or speaking to parents unless we make an attempt to reach her. In addition, the lack of summer activities is absurd. Few activities are paid for and most are local parks or splash parks. I am sure they are under budget at the children’s expense!"
"Please reconsider before sending your child here. I made the mistake of sending my 4 year old here for a few months. The atmosphere is chaotic, as it’s one open space and the classes are separated by shelves. That’s the part I was able to look past. What I couldn’t look past was the lack of supervision in my sons classroom. At drop off, you almost never see a teacher unless it’s after 8am. They’re all in the back of the building and don’t even greet the kids who are being dropped off. Later in the afternoon, my son was often in the back of the room with the school aged kids who are allowed to be on their personal phones and iPads. He came home telling me about watching Fortnite and other inappropriate videos for his age with these kids. Again, a supervision issue. Right before we took him out of this daycare, he came home telling me how another kid punched him and how the teacher saw it and the other kid got in trouble. When I emailed the teacher and asked why I didn’t get an incident report, she denied that it ever happen. 2 days later, we randomly got an incident report over it. The caregivers also refer to kids who are in trouble as “going to jail”, which I find incredibly inappropriate. There’s no communication on how your child is doing in class, when something goes wrong, etc. Oh, and the week before we pulled our son out, he was switched to another classroom and wasn’t given a new place to put his things because we had already given a two week notice. Not okay to punish a 4 year old and not give him a cubbie because he’s going to a new daycare."
"We have really enjoyed our time here. The teachers are very sweet and attentive. Our son always has a smile when we drop him off and pick him up. During times that we have come unexpectedly or for scheduled visits he is having fun and the other children also seem happy and engaged. We would love more correspondence and pictures from time to time of his days there, but I am happy that they are busy actually caring and interacting with him instead of always just taking pictures and writing emails, so that is acceptable. We had also hoped for a little more progress in potty training from there end, but our stubborn little guy may just not cooperate."
"We’ve been generally happy with the care our daughter has received over the years"
"It’s been a great school and our son has grown so much since he started there"
"Staff is kind. They always seem to be understaffed and not able to follow the curriculum I pay for. I wish the children didn’t spend all day on their personal devises they take to school and did actual activities instead like the summer camp was stating they would"
"So amazing!! I never worry that my child will be exposed to her allergy they are very good at keeping her safe"
"I feel that the staff genuinely cares for my daughter. My only concern-albeit a minor one-is that after being a stay-at-home dad for almost three years with her, she is more advanced than the curriculum."
"I would like to see a better kindergarten teacher. They used to have a great one but have not found a replacement yet. I really don't like the current teachers and I do not know they are properly qualified."
"I love this school. Everyone is friendly and respectful. My child is shy and they respect his boundaries and help him feel comfortable and safe. Ms. Lola. Mrs Kathy and the other teachers are very attentive to my child and make him feel special. Mr Jason and Ms Prudence are the best and easy to talk to."
"This preschool was similarly priced to the nearby facilities but the nearby facilities are much much nicer than this building and in much better condition. Also the price is similar to Goddard school but Goddard has smart boards and an indoor gymnasium as well as a much nicer building, basically everything looked much nicer at Goddard and they also have a high quality staff."
"1.I rang the bell about 3 times and waited about 5 minutes outside until someone came to the door. I thought to myself maybe they aren't expecting me.2.The school it looked a little cluttered and messy.3.While I was signing in one of the care givers was speaking so loud and told the children shut your mouths I'm talking not you. While I was in the office the care giver said it again shut your mouths. I felt very uneasy about the tone she used and how she said it to the kids.4.While I waited to fill out the info on the iPad, I told the director that my son has autism and if they ever had and autistic child or have any enrolled. She said no they didn't have any enrolled and that she didn't have the staff to look after an autistic child but that she was looking for another 2 teachers but people are lazy and don't want to work. It was just a horrible experience."
"Considering how small the facility is, we spend nearly 2 hours doing unnecessary things. We had our child with us and he too got very bored."
"Drop off is the busiest and I feel like some of the teachers are more overwhelmed than others. It certainly seems like the 2-3 years olds are more rambunctious than the older kids so maybe splitting them up instead of keeping them all together in such a tight space might be more effective. Most of the time the older 3 years olds are trying to escape so why not put them in with the 4 years olds and see how that goes. Also the ever changing helper in the early Preschool is somewhat frustrating since it doesn't add stability to the classroom or for the kids."
"Drop off is the busiest and I feel like some of the teachers are more overwhelmed than others. It certainly seems like the 2-3 years olds are more rambunctious than the older kids so maybe splitting them up instead of keeping them all together in such a tight space might be more effective. Most of the time the older 3 years olds are trying to escape so why not put them in with the 4 years olds and see how that goes. Also the ever changing helper in the early Preschool is somewhat frustrating since it doesn't add stability to the classroom or for the kids."
A rep from La Petite Academy - 348 S, LearningCareGroupCL, has responded:
“We set a high standard for ourselves, and we’re so sorry to hear this was not met in your interaction with our school. Please call us at 800-527-3848 so we can discuss this matter in more detail. ”