Originally I was a parent...then I became an employee. I do not recommed. As a parent the start up process was AMAZING. As a parent I saw a few disgruntled employees but my kids teachers were good. Discipline (or lack of) was a real bad issue in the after school care. \r
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Then I became an employee and saw why there was such a high turnover. To say the staff was treated miserably is an understatement. Some of the staff was good at shielding the kids from the drama but not all. It did affect alot of the children. The director is a very unstable person with quite a few issues. Then I found out through the grapevine the director had been involved in some bad business involving a charity where they ultimately ended up getting charged in court with stealing a car. She paid everyone barely above minimum wage, including a college graduate teacher. Supplies were never provided appropriately. In fact, next time you are there open some of the books and you will see that nearly half of them are torn and missing inside. \r
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She does have NAEYC accreditation but i don't know how. They require certain square footage per child etc etc.and a particular curriculum. She doesn't. Measure the room and count the children. She does not meet most of the minimum standards for accreditation. When NAEYC comes for schedules visits she arranges children accordingly and makes fakes calendars and plans etc. She even had unhealthy age groups mixed together. She had a severely autistic child in attendance and no one was properly trained to help this child. He was left unsupervised and managed to escape his room many times. The teacher couldn't leave the other children to go chase him so it left many teachers in an undesirable and unsafe position. He was well loved and children enjoyed their time with him but again, no one was trained to work with him.\r
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Other things that urked me were things like we were not able to give any of the kids second helpings on meals because there were never enough. The cook never used gloves and I saw her taste test foods all the time by sticking her fingers in them. She would cough while cooking at not cover her mouth. Supplies were low. I had a few times I had to change diapers bare handed as there were no gloves available! The cars/vans for after school care had no air conditioning and she had at one point people driving who did not have a CDL license. The building was old and torn up. The lifeguard when I was there would only show up some times.\r
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I left with my children peacefully and without harm. I did have a balance but relatively low. Then I find out she takes me to court for three times the amount I owed. Come to find out she altered records and presented the court with false information. Thankfully I had old statements and was able to win in court after proving she had been lying. I was making payments on the account and brought it down to less than $100 and the judge gave them the option to continue to let me make payments or enter a judgement....they entered a judgement...after I had already paid almost the entire balance in full. Now they are trying to garnish my wages for $80! Money I had already made arrangements to pay! I found out through other parents that she has done this to them too. I'm not the only one she altered records and took to court.\r
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November 2012 she got word another local daycare was potentially shutting down. She made an investment deal to help keep the ""doors open"" at this daycare only to turn around days later and shut it down completely. She greeted parents at the door by saying ""get your belongings and get out. If you want daycare you need to go to Starling"" which left many parents in the dark and confused. She purposefully eliminated competition.\r
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While you will find some good teachers, I would NOT recommend this daycare for the purpose of bad business! When you walk in that door your children only look like $ signs to her.\r
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