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[quote=Anonymous]My five month old is there. So far I'm mostly pleased. His class is small and there are always the correct number of teachers on hand. I've stopped by at all kinds of odd hours and always found the teachers to be appropriately interacting with the kids. The room is clean - in fact I always seem to show up for pick-up as they are cleaning (kids outside). My son comes home tired (in a good way) and happy.  When my son was ill, I was very happy with how they handled it - it impressed me that the teacher had spent enough time with my son in only two weeks there to notice and describe when he was just not himself.

I say 'mostly' happy because I had read the negative inspection reports of their other center on the state Web site and I feel like I'm always doubting my otherwise good impression because of it. That's probably more a reflection of me than them and I haven't found anything of real concern. I DID walk in on the owner addressing (a bit more loudly than I'd like) what she saw as a lack of engagement by the teachers. I appreciated her quick action - I hadn't noticed a problem myself - but thought she could have handled it more professionally and was a touch concerned that she'd felt she needed intervene at all. (I will say I noticed the staff heeding her direction after that!) She and I discussed the incident immediately and I'm comfortable with how she listened to my concerns and explained the situation.

One thing that I do find a little frustrating is that the supporting teachers don't all speak english proficiently. I actually think it's good for my son to hear Spanish often and from a native speaker - but would like to be able to communicate with each of them more easily myself. (The head teacher is proficient if not fluent and does most of the daily reporting.) That said, I see how a couple of his teachers really enjoy my son and communicate with him in non-verbal ways that warm my heart. That is what I hold on to when I drop him off.

Which is a very long way to say that I don't think the schools is perfect (I'm not sure any is) but it's good enough for us for now. I believe my son is safe and that his caretakers genuinely care about him - and that's what I need to know most.  [/quote]

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