Happy Hearts Children’s Center

I am a parent and don’t know where to start. Ok! Here are the issues I saw while my child was enrolled. They are cheapest money wise but also cheapest in the care as well. Not a place where you can leave your child and consider in safe hands.
1. Safety: yesterday when i came to pick my kiddo i heard the receptionist talking to a teacher, that one of the teachers left student alone in class and rest of class was out in playground for good one hour and they never noticed that 2 children were missing, and to add salt to injury they were laughing about it, and when i tried to confront them, they shoed me away as it was not my child so not my business. this is a severe safety concern for parent and should be for administration. Recently my child is getting aggressive and started hitting others, when asked where he is learning this, mentioning «if somebody hits you then you should hit back stronger»
2. Food: They wash disposable glasses, plates and forks to re-​use them. They write name of students on each one and reuse. Who reuse disposable? My child complains about the taste of juice. He says it taste more like water and transparent like water. I guess they mix water to make it double. Mostly they provide canned food to children which are against the law. Also serving is done without gloves and not following state laws.
3. Within one month three teachers changed in my son’s class. Director is nosy and keeps on firing teachers every other day and hire under pay staff/​teachers. If she hire below par, un qualified teachers at lower rates do not expect they know what they are doing and then she insults them and fire them. The lady on front desk told me that one of the teacher was fired and ordered to leave same day when she tried to give two week
nobody can say anything against directors will!!.

They say, you get what you pay for and in this case, they are right. Their motto Quantity over Quality. Cheap cost yet unprofessional (owner) and uneducated staff, crowded classrooms (over 20 kids to 2 teachers), meals lacking nutritional value (bread and butter for breakfast?) and plenty of Virginia Department of Social Services Violations (
). The owners only cares about the money not the education and child’s growth. When she meets you she is nice but once you are enrolled she doesn’t care about your or your child. She also has no clue what her staff is doing during the day nor does she know where they assigned and when. Their daily report is a mess, the teachers done fill it out in its entirety and half the teachers hardly speak clear English or have all their credentials, yet they are teaching children. I suggest you save yourself the frustration and spend a few extra dollars on a quality, structured daycare experience for your child.