I am sad to say that we had to leave this program as we became extremely disturbed by their employment practices. The daycare workers make minimum wage and do not receive significant benefits. I have no idea what kind of training they receive, if any. One of my children has a peanut allergy. Her epi was lost and the staff that was caring for told us they were never trained in administering them. She also got lice 3 times in a year. I took her out of after school there and she hasn't gotten lice once. The administrator admits that she has turnover and when we asked her why she could not respond. She does not appear to feel that this is an issue. My baby daughter had 6 different daycare workers in 12 months. They do listen to your concerns but nothing significant is done. They are not organized in their communication. The grounds are BEAUTIFUL and that I think is what can be deceiving. For $1200 a month at other schools in town the teachers are educated, paid fairly, and receive training. The school is so big that it truly appears they are going for quantity over quality. I have heard lots of other horror stories which I will not repeat because I did not witness these things personally....but I wouldn't be surprised. My suggestion would be to focus on improving quality of staff by offering a fair wage and benefits as well as providing training in some method of child care that they aspire to.
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