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[quote=Anonymous]Stay Away! We initially planned to have our 3 year old up for their full day, 5 day a week program. We were very interested in this school since it opened. However, I have to say the more we learned the more we decided to walk away – and the more our kid was happy we walked away. Before I get into my experiences, I would like everyone considering this school to take a look at the Virginia Department of Social Services Licensing and Inspection website. After reviewing the violations, you will find that both locations have been cited for some very common sense items. For example - cleaning supplies weren't locked away, and were accessible to children. Or even more disturbing - Vinci received a violation for not making sure that BOTH staff and children washed their hands with soap and water after using the potty. Another violation for not cleaning the child diapering station after use. Gross and common sense! The list goes on - staff medication weren't locked up and also children were not permitted to have a second helping of food. These are all from May 2018 - their last inspection. Now for my experience – we showed up for the orientation for new parents. This orientation was completely unorganized. I met the lady who would be our child’s teacher. She had just started working at this facility 2 weeks prior – red flag for high-turnover. In her defense, she seems very nice and knowledgeable, but still a bit disconcerting. In addition to the above, the owner Ms. Yang, owner and Ms. Otwell, the Alexandria VA Director lacked the ability lacked the ability to defuse and rectify a reasonable dispute with us. For some reason Ms. Yang and Ms. Otwell thought it would be a good idea to put dangerous spike strips in the drive way of a preschool. It seems like a bad idea to me to put red spike strips on a red driveway when you have a lot of kids running around. Additionally, there isn’t adequate signage to warn both kids, pedestrians and walkers of these strips and it creates a hazardous environment at a preschool. Trying to explain this to the owners was like talking to a brick wall. I mirror the other reviewers – in that the owner and director are unprofessional and disorganized, not very modest. They both appear to be in over their head. [/quote]
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