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| - I fought myself long an hard about writing a review for this school. After sitting with both owners who tried to justify the treatment of my child, I changed my mind about not sharing my experience with other parents who plan to enroll their children in this school. My son attended this school for a total of 4 months- and I'm not even sure if I can say it was a full four months. While at this school I had multiple issues with different things that were brought to my attention by my child and then a few things I stumbled upon myself. I could spend a ton of my time on here telling you how angry I am as a parent but what I'd like to share instead is the two incidents that I CANNOT get over when i think about the safety of my child. My son was threatened by another four year old in his classroom. The child was reprimanded for a scissor incident that occurred the day prior. The next day the child asked my son if he could use his pair of scissors. When my son told him no, he told my child he was going to- and I quote- "cut his neck." I walked passed multiple adults that evening and NOT A SINGLE ONE mentioned this incident to me, nor was it on his daily report. When I first brought it to the attention of the director Kim she apologized profusely for the fact that no one brought it to my attention. Upon my decision to leave, I requested a meeting with the owner where I was greeted by the owner and her husband. During this encounter Kim flat out lied and said that my son was not a direct victim of this incident but had overheard this happening to another child. Still confused as to why she would apologize if my son wasn't the main target of this other child in this incident... also confused as to why she honestly thinks I believe my son could have made up a story in such detail if it had nothing to do with him. The incident that occurred that was the final straw for me, happened just last Wednesday. I went to pick my child up, and when I got there he was sitting in clothes that he had an accident in. He was not soaking, but damp, which to me means that he had been sitting in soiled clothes for at least an hour. He smelled of pee and I could clearly see that his clothes were wet. When I picked him up there were THREE adults that were in the room, one of which my child told he had an accident yet NONE of these grown women thought to change my child or assist him into the CLEAN AND DRY clothes I had left in his cubby for similar incidents. These "wonderful" cameras they have in place serve no purpose as the only thing they are good for, are for the owner to justify what happens to your child while in their care. At our very long sit down, where I expressed my many concerns, I requested my last payment back. At first, I was only offered one weeks worth of my payment and the owners husband told me "I have to understand because he has people to pay" as if my child were just another paycheck attending their school and not acknowledging the fact that it was a huge inconvenience for me to pull my child from their center, pay an enrollment fee for him to attend another school and still pay my tuition for a two week period. Eventually, after I gave the owners husband the ultimatum of returning my money or me writing the review to reveal what really goes on inside this school, he agreed to refund my money.... that still was not enough for me. So here I am, writing my true feelings about how my child was handled. They promise quality care, safety, and a loving environment. Instead, you get a crap situation and a justification as to why you're questioning your child's safety. Don't even get me started about their bogus "state food program" that they claim to follow so closely or how my son came home beside himself because he had little to nothing to eat and felt sick enough to put himself to bed by 630. Anyway, after a long discussion with the owners, and the director I decided to pull my son from the school immediately and enroll him elsewhere. They advised they'd do me "favor" of "waiving my two week notice." Yeah... what a courtesy. You're paying what you would to put your child in a mainstream school. Save yourself the trouble and place them somewhere where you can leave them everyday and not question whether or not they are comfortable. I'm also not looking for a response from the owner. I see other reviews where she justifies the negative opinions of other parents. Save it. Nothing you can say can make me feel better about this experience. Thanks.
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