The Prep

Absolutely horrible experience for my 3 year old son– Numerous safety and ethical violations occurred. My son was left outside alone with other students while the teacher went inside for materials without another teachers supervision. She did apologize and admitted what she did was not ok– she said she felt unable to call for a second teacher bc others dont like to be calked to help– what!!! He fell and injured his head– he was 3 years old; he immediately developed a concussion and post concussive syndrome with weightloss of over 10% of his bodyweight. He was sleeping 15 – 16 hrs a day ! We had to keep him out of school per our doctor’s request for 3 months until he gained weight and stopped having nausea!
Secondly, Several teachers (at least two) could be heard yelling loudly at the preschoolers daily. One morning I heard a baby room teacher yell «Shut up ur r not dying!» To a crying infant in a stroller as they walked the babies around! I questioned my sons director about numerous bruises around his upper arms that he told me was from a teacher «squeezing his arm». I asked to see video and they would not agree to that. They told me they have no way to review the video feed.
Many phone calls and emails went unanswered and the attitude of the director was quite dismissive and negative. My friend also pulled her daughter out after complaining several times that her infant daughter was not being wiped after bowel movements properly; her complaints went unanswered, without any positive results.
Save your money. Could be such a great school
If they put more into finding good, well trained, positive, caring staff and training them… it seems they have great classrooms and modern teaching tools, but caring about ethics, safety and especially the kids is by far the most important thing! Major changes needed here,

The Prep school is new, modern, and clean. The school uses tadpoles which is a system where you receive daily reports and photos all day. This is perfect for helicopter parents such as myself. My son is 11 months old as in the infant room. He struggled to adjust at the beginning but after a month he adjusted well and does not cry when I drop him off. We like it and feel like the teachers take adequate care of the children. It is still a daycare and the school is understaffed. There is the state requirement of I think 1 adult for every four children. Parents if you want to have one on one attention at a daycare with your child. it is not going to happen– it is a daycare and attention must be shared between other children. Overall we are very happy and looked at other places such as Primrose Eldorado, Merryhill, The Goddard School, Top of The World, and Primrose Stonebrooke. I would consider Primrose Eldorado as my second choice. The school has a nature center area and age appropriate playgrounds as well as a splash pad. I see the staff use sanitizer diligently as well as gloves. I feel good about this place and hope that you do too! My doctor brings her kids here.(I copied this review from my other review at
, no sense in retyping my thoughts)

I can’t say enough about the Prep School is McKinney. Our son, 21 months, absolutely loves this place. He literally runs into the school to his classroom. This place is state of the art and so clean. The Prep just opened in November, but the teachers are very experienced and I actually feel like my son learns so much… it’s not just a daycare. They also have decent food here and don’t feed your kids a bunch of junk. I’m so happy that we found this school.