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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am another parent wth a child in the toddler class at Lynbrook.  I've posted to the list serve, but some of these comments are quite disturbing and I feel like this is worth repeating.  BTW, what happened was one teacher went inside and somehow the other teacher thought she had taken the 4 children with her for a potty break.  Each teacher thought the other had the children.  That is why they did not know they were gone and whey they were not looking for them.  These are not evil people.  They simply made a mistake that could have had terrible consequences, but did not.  Anyway, here is what I posted:

Many of you have heard about the incident at my kids' daycare, Lynbrook MCCA, on Monday afternoon.  Four toddlers wandered away from the playground and it appears that the teachers did not know the children were missing until a neighbor brought them back.  My son was not among the 4 missing kids, but he is in that classroom.  My daughter also attends the before and aftercare program at Lynbrook.  Those of us who are parents are rightfully sickened about the thought of what could have happened.  We are also so, so grateful that no harm came to the children.
I have seen a lot of list serve traffic and even media attention to this incident, and I feel the compelled to speak out in defense of Lynbrook.  This is the third daycare my children have attended, and, unfortunately, a child has gone missing for a period at each one.  It is a terrible, inexcusable thing, but it does happen.  In my opinion, Lynbrook responded appropriately.  The school self-reported to the licensing board and Child Protective Services.  The teachers on duty at the time of the incident were fired.  Officials from the school and MCCA were at the school yesterday evening to respond to parental concerns.  Today the school is holding staff meetings to review safety procedures and consider other measures that would prevent something like this from ever happening again.  Monday's incident, of course, should not and could not have happened if school policies and procedures were being followed correctly.
Lynbrook is not perfect- I don't think any childcare facility is.  But, it is a warm and loving place.  My children are happy there and I have never felt them to be in danger.  The teachers are wonderful people.  One of my son's teachers has been there taking care of the community's children for over forty years!  I understand that parents and other members of the community are rightfully upset, but I have had a positive experience at the school.  I have not felt that my children were neglected, but rather that they are being cared for by responsible and loving individuals.
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I cannot believe the people that are chiming in talking about how great Lynbrook is. They have no excuse!!

In my LO's daycare, if one teacher needs to go to the bathroom, they call the front desk and a floater is sent to take the place of that teacher. There is NO reason that a teacher should go inside and assume that the other teacher has her eye on 8 toddlers. There is NO reason that one teacher should take a break inside when the other teacher doesn't know.

The only reason you are coming to the defense of this place is because your child wasn't one of the ones lost. If you knew that your 2 year old was wandering around the streets without anyone knowing, you would be pretty sickened. Sickened to the point of not coming to the defense of these teachers!

And you say that all of the daycares have had kids missing. What kind of daycares are you sending your kids to??? Sure, there may be an instance where a kid wanders away for a minute. But there is NO way that our teachers would be unaware of a kid missing for the amount of time it would take for a toddler to walk 2 blocks. Further, how can you be so unaware that you don't know that FOUR KIDS are missing.

This is not just simple human error. This is negligence. I don't care if you are one of the lucky ones to not have a problem. The center was NEGLIGENT! [/quote]

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