Pierce College Child Development Center

I don’t know what previous reviewers like in this CDC, but I have had VERY BAD experience with this Child Care in 2014. First of all, Director and his stuff is very rude and unprofessional. And I’m in doubt that they have any education in child care. One day, when I came to pick up my daughter earlier than usual, I saw a heartbreaking picture: she was left unattended sitting alone near the fence and crying loudly. There was no any teachers around, only interns who supposed to help teachers. When I asked them what happened, why is my daughter crying alone and left unattended, the answer was shocking for me: «We don’t talk with kids who are crying!» … And I had a lot of issues like this, for example, one boy take off the underwear from my daughter and was laughing on her! Where’s the teachers?! I reported immediately to director and teacher about this, but they don’t care! They just covering each other! The teachers here CAN NOT provide an adequate supervision, and children play by themselves! It was Summer 2014, and my daughter had to go to Kindergarten at Fall. What I have to say about education here — it’s very poor! Before she was used to go to WVOC free child care, and she’s got very strong preparedness for Kindergarten. After Pierce CDC she lost a lot of knowledge. They teaching them like a babies! Nobody from pre-​K kids didn’t know the alphabet and couldn’t count to 20 (this is required to know when your child go to Kindergarten). Sorry, but I’ll never return here, even it’s very convenient for me because I am student of the Pierce College. So, if you decided to put your child here — forget about quality of education and ALWAYS check how is your child doing. Be AWARE.

My 3 year old daughter started here in September. She LOVES it. I had a hard time warming her up to the fact that she was going to start school. She’s a home body, but after the first day here she looks forward to returning the next day. The staff here are awesome!

I love this preschool for my son! He had a difficult time transitioning and all of the staff have been so supportive! They have coached me through parenting and my son has blossomed so much at this center. They know what they are doing!
It helps a lot to have some kind of child care for my son while going to school. Eligibility is determined by income and employment. You also have a higher chance of being accepted if you are a student.