"Initial experience was great with management, teachers, and in general overall. Long-standing director left and two directors in the interim have been poor with rebuilding morale and teacher support and it is evident to the families."
"We've had a positive experience so far. Our child seems excited to go to school everyday and his teachers are excited to see him, making dropoff easier on Mama. Although I wish we got more photo/activity tag updates more frequently than once or twice a month. Sometimes the classroom still seems dirty in the morning."
"Generally speaking, it has been positive. We know our child is cared for and safe at school and that our child enjoys going to school. Aside from this, the expectations set during our intake meetings and initial tour have fallen short, thus why we are considering other schools."
"The new director, Carie, is not welcoming when children and parents enter the building. I would like the director to be more engaging and have better relationships with parents. She has never asked me about how my kids have been doing in their respective classrooms. The infant cottage administrator does not have consistent rules for all families. The rules change for each family, which I believe is unfair. We need to see written rules and have them implemented across all children."
"Overpriced daycare service"
"I like the sense of community built into the Young School - the open space system with cottages, and piazza with a (pretend) fire station."
"Started good, but has gone downhill as staff continues to change. Little to no interest from hospital director and teachers stating they are going to start disciplining children more because they need it."
"Great for social development but not for getting ready for kindergarten. There are a bunch of baby sitters but not teachers at the school, my kids need a change to ensure they are ready for K. Things have calmed down but months ago asking me to keep my kids home once a week for staff issues is utterly unacceptable."
"My two year old daughter is very happy to come to school each day and enjoys interacting with her classmates and teachers. I enjoy the daily food and activity updates on SproutAbout and being able to watch her on livestream. The Young School has been a positive experience for my child."
"Our child gets sick evert time we drop her off. It's very frustrating bc we're paying for full time care but one of us has to compromise our career to stay home on sick days"
"Great until the new Director started a few months ago"
"It's generally been great. Missing Brittany Shimoda! She was such a friendly face in the mornings. Looking to see how Catie continue to make the school even better!"
"We’ve been with the young school for 3.5 years so far with two children. Our experience started out amazing but has definitely gone downhill since covid and the change in ownership. My biggest concern is teacher turnover. It’s impossible to continue to receive the high quality care and education when the classroom lacks consistency. This is one of the more expensive daycares in the area and I used to be absolutely fine paying that price because it showed in the care and education and I, unfortunately, no longer feel that way."
"Declining since we started"
"The teacher turnover has gotten ridiculous. What makes it worse is that it’s the good teachers that are leaving. The school and specifically my first child’s teachers were much more engaged with me and my child. The quality for my youngest is noticeably worse than what my first child received during infant and twos class."