Children’s Lighthouse

My kids have been here exactly a year. There were some struggles at the beginning. Some instability at the beginning and lack of communication. But it’s a new day here and there’s a new director who’s been with them for a long time. I never saw the old director on the floors and making rounds like Ms. Jen. I think it’s important for upper management to have a report with their staff and know them by name. It seems to be happening now. The teachers and management know me and my kids by name which is very nice. The new director has been very accommodating to our needs which is a huge difference from the previous one. My kids love their new class and teachers. My kids enjoy coming to school now. No place is perfect and there’s things that I see them tweaking. It’s way better now then it was a month and half ago. Kuddos to the new team.

First and foremost, the staff are very nice and I trust them with my children for whatever it’s worth. My only concerns/​complaints is the lack of accountability from owners/​directors. Can’t 100% fault the teachers with your concerns if owners don’t Make sure the people they hire are doing what they are supposed to do.
In reference to toddler room and under…
1. Each month a lesson plan is pasted all on the walls, themes change, etc… but I hardley see my child being taught nor have they shown any signs of learning anything outside of normal child development. Yes I teach my child at home but if they spend more time there because I work full time then they should at least show they are learning something. Sign language… yea right… I have randomly asked the teachers how do you do it or what is the song for the month so I can reinforce at home… and I get an i don’t know… but dont worry arts and crafts will always be done… at this point, it seems like a glorified daycare that cost almost 1k a month… so with that being said my next complaint is the lack of reliable staff or better staffing management. They have issues with maintaining ratio. Teachers are often pulled to different rooms or there are too many toddlers/​infants for one teacher… especially in the mornings. For example, I dropped my kids off and there was 1 teacher for 6 kids already there. (they didn’t all arrive at the same time… kids were already settled in).this happens several times a week…
If adequate staff were available maybe just maybe there would be enough time to teach what is being advertised. it’s embarrassing when you meet other kids who have schools who teach them more and the kids show it… I’m sure the teachers are great but classroom mgmt and teaching don’t seem to go hand in hand.
Also the daily forms are poorly filled out… why have so much space and only fill out eat, sleep, pee and poop areas. I have heard of schools that provide weekly forms to show what child learned and how they are interacting… would be nice…
No school is perfect which is why my children stay but I hv considered pulling them and putting into a montessori school. It’s a battle between camera vs learning.
Don’t think I’m the only parent that has felt this way. Other toddlers have left for this reason from what I have heard…

If you believe in the value of family moralS, STAY AWAY FROM «THESE PEOPLE». They (upper management staff) persuades kids to question their sexuality. I’d rather pay a drug addict to watch my children. I pay for «care» not their concern of what sex my child is/​was born as. This is the problem with people in positions that are more dedicated to a shitty company than do the right thing for the babies. God forbid the same sex couples should boycott them, even though they can’t reproduce? The stupidity in this establishment is higher than a daycare should be, really. I pulled my children, my sisters and brother pulled my nieces and nephews too. If they’d rather cater to one group to neglect another, I’d never support them. And if anybody gives me the time of day I’d continue to inform the public to stay away. Word of mouth is one of the worst things a business can have against them but I don’t think this place cares for «straight parents» business. If you value your child’s future, stay away please. If your same sex people enjoy the world you fought for and may time reveal people in those relationships should not be allowed to be parents, I mean they couldn’t do it themselves so who made that decision the kids would be in a good home with that type of «family»? Kids are already confused and I couldn’t imagine trying to grow to be a normal regular tax paying citizen being exposed to 2 mothers/​fathers. I don’t really know why this business even tried to accommodate such a stupid and senseless request, but as a result of that. They’ll never see another dime from me or my family. Hope they get more business from people that shouldn’t have had a kid placed in their custody. This place is what’s wrong with our times today. This is my opinion not yours, I won’t read anything you write so, enjoy and stfu

For some reason, my first review did not show up completely. Decent pre-​k program which uses Hooked On Phonics. They’re not very proactive with concerns – the staff seems to not take confrontations (even calm ones, not at all aggressive) on parental concerns very well which you would think be a part of their job. Summer program is not well thought out although it appears that way with their ‘calendar’ full of events. Every time I picked up my child, the kids would be running around doing nothing with the day care worker looking tired and annoyed – can’t blame them, but this is child care. My kid always told me they do nothing after their scheduled ‘activity’ which would typically last no more than a couple hours with the exception of field trips. Not at all impressed with the way they handle the babies. I would never bring my 1 year old here.

We enrolled our child here recently and we are extremely disappointed with the school. Being that this was our childs first experience with daycare, we were patient enough to give it a few weeks before deciding if it was good or not. Basically, my child was frieghtened by the «teacher». Everytime we would bring her name up at home our child would go hide and say «I don’t like ms.____, she’s so mean». I would watch the monitors ALL day and nothing was done to comfort my child when she was crying. My child even told me her teacher would tell her to «be quiet and stop crying» instead of trying to comfort her. Also, no effort was made to encourage a «new» child to eat during snack and lunch. You would think they would understand and care enough to realize she’s scared and needs some positive reinforcement. Also, this class seemed extremely boring!!! children sit at tables for long periods of time throughout the day with absolutely NOTHING to do!!! just sitting at a cleared table! NO teaching, no teacher interaction as far as playing with the children. On a lucky day, maybe some music and forcing the children to «dance around» on a rug! This was a TERRIBLE experience for us and now my child is terrified of the word «school». We have decided to wait at least a few months and hope she forgets this experience before trying another school.

My daughter went to this daycare from age 9 months to 6 years. They treated her like she was their own over all those years. Her last and favorite teacher was Mrs. Melba. Because they day care was so close to my home and was the only one I’d ever used, I took for granted the level of care and attention my daughter received. When I moved her to other locations twice over the years for convenience, I quickly put her back in Children’s lighthouse after seeing the difference in quality of care. My daughter learned so much here and they always handled me and her with the highest level of professionalism. I highly recommend this center.

Our children went here 2 years and we pulled them out because of VERBAL abuse from a teacher. Don’t take your children to this school. The school will do anything to protect this teacher. They believe it didn’t happen at there school. The teacher is still employed. They also treat their employees like CRAP-​overworking them and expecting them to come in when they are sick. They are in the business of rehiring employees who they previously fired or they just move them to another one of their other Lighthouse schools.

Our daughter has been going here for almost 1 yr. She has learned so much and continues to surprise us on an everday basis. We are very pleased with the attention and service we get from the staff. Everyone is nice, polite and speaks everytime you see them (even at 6:30am they are happy to see us). When I walk out the door after dropping her off, I am comfortable and confident that I have left her in the care of those that put her well being first.