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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've toured Gateway CDC and I have to say that many things I saw alarmed me. Perhaps the bizarrest thing of all was that there are two mini-rooms in the front of the building that are set up to be much nicer than the rest of the facility. If you peer in the window, this is all you will see. It looks as it's the learning space for a toddler group. When you enter & tour, you find that space actually used for the infants & toddlers has no space for tummy time, crawling, or playing. The cribs are all packed together with a narrow path leading to the changing station. The only child I saw who was awake and out of her crib was in  one of two high chairs being fed. The other babies who were awake were left in their cribs - unattended, some crying, some not. I don't think this was an exception - the physical layout of the space made it clear that the staff have no place to put a baby or a toddler who is awake & not eating. There is no opportunity for physical development.

When I asked about the nice space in the front, thinking that perhaps story time would take place there, they said it's only for display and it's not accessible to the children. So, they seem overcrowded and in need of more space, they have more space available that happens to be very nice, and they're not using it. Why? None of the possible explanations sound good to me. What I saw was not good and what I didn't see but seemed likely was worse. [/quote]

Hi PP. Were you meaning to post in the infant care thread? [/quote]

Gateway CDC does elementary before/after care, so I think it's appropriate to post about them in this thread.   Gateway is a seriously terrible option,  would never send my kids there. [/quote]

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