La Petite Academy

My son always had bruises or cuts or scrapes and no incident reports, place is dirty, and while my son was enrolled (6 months) hand, foot, mouth went around TWICE! The turn around rate there is horrible as well, when my son left after 6 months, there were only 3 original staff members there from when he started. My son went through 4 new teachers during his stay. That’s just not right.

Do NOT send your child here!!! The staff seem nice, but they will lie to your face. They can be very mean to the children, even the toddlers, and scream at them. The children who don’t nap are forced to lay on the cots and yelled at if they move. The children are not allowed to get up to use the bathroom during nap time, which caused my child to have several accidents at school when he does not have them anywhere else. They frequently break the 10 – 1 ratio which they claim to uphold. Several times children escaped into the parking lot, witnessed by parents and staff, and then they lie about it if you ask. They also have outbreaks of lice and do not report it to the parents. I do not recommend this place to anyone. Everything is sugar-​coated and a complete façade! The staff turn over so quickly you don’t know who is working there from one week to the next. Only one teacher actually follows the curriculum prescribed by the academy. Instead of firing a horrible teacher, they promoted her to lead teacher! They also allow abhorrent behavior from the children. It took months of bullying and awful behavior from several children, that I witnessed myself, before the child was kicked out of the school. I repeat, do NOT send your children here!

*Infant room review only*
I recently moved my son to a daycare closer to home for convenience. But, I wanted to write a review simply because I feel like a lot of daycares on Unilocal don’t have reviews, and I know as a first-​time parent it is so hard to know what a daycare is like and you often have to rely on the reviews from other people OR word of mouth.
My husband and I started looking for daycares way too late in the game and found that many daycares near our house were already full. We found the La Petite location had one opening and we took the spot immediately. As a first-​time mom I was really nervous leaving my three-​month-​old son at a daycare that I barely even knew, here are my pros and cons about this location…
Pros:
*I really liked and felt comfortable with the morning and nighttime infant room teachers. I felt like they knew how to handle babies and were caring and gentle — I never saw them frustrated or upset even when they were taking care of many babies at one time. My son always smiled at them every time we picked him up and dropped him off. I feel like this is the MOST important part of a daycare.
*I like the nighttime manager and most of the staff there. Though some could put more effort into a professional appearance.
*They are flexible with your schedule.
*I liked the director, however I know she recently left so I can’t speak of the new director as I never saw or met her.
Cons:
*It always felt dirty or grimy (and it smells a little, but I guess that’s to be expected?), especially the outside of the building which always bugged me a little bit. I always immediately took my son home and gave them a bath after daycare. But I’m a bit of a neat freak so I had to let that slide and eventually it didn’t bother me over time.
*There was one evening when I went to pick up my son and a woman was in there that I had never seen before (it almost felt like she was just some stranger off the street) looking over my son, while he was crying. No other teacher was in there. That was an isolated incident, and the only time I experienced something like that.
*The infant toys looked old and very well used.

Picking out a day care can be one of the hardest things a parent has to do. I can honestly say that this place is great! They helped potty train my kids, were invested in their learning, and genuinely cared about their well being. These people love being around kids and it shows.

My kids recently transferred to this location! It is much smaller in the amount of kids it can handle, which to me is nice! The staff are super friendly and my kids adjusted to this location with no problems!
This location is super organized and keeping my toddler and school ager busy!!!