La Petite Academy on S. Western

I used to go here I'm now 14

As a grandparent and guardian of my 7 yr old . We have been blessed to be at LaPetite. They have worked with us through biting, teething , and even bullying in the school age room. As a single grand parent they worked with me through diaper costs, field trip costs and all of my Co Pays. They are understanding and kind and lo e my child as if she was their own. Thank you for all the hard work you do , you are truly underestimated, you have all kinds of fun projects a and lessons

They have been nothing but amazing to myself and my daughter. My daughter attended from 6 months old to now 5 years old. She has now started kindergarten so she no longer goes there, but I would recommend them to anyone! My daughter has ADHD and they worked with us numerous times when there were issues. My daughter loved all of her teachers and I can never thank them enough for how well they taught her and how patient they were with her!!!!! You guys are amazing and we will miss you.

While in the beginning my kids had a good time here, the beginning of this year it went downhill. My son who is two was bitten a lot, when he first came to this daycare, to the point where it became learned behavior that myself and my family have been trying to fix. I understand they have policies when it comes to biting, that children need to be picked up after so many attempts but they have not helped when it comes to helping with situations, when it was learned behavior at their school. I was even argued with and told that it wasn’t learned behavior and he had started biting before he was bitten. I have all incident reports of him being bitten almost every single day when he had first come here. Was even told by HIS teachers that he picked it up from when he was being bit. One of his teachers recently informed me that he wasn’t even biting just placing his mouth on her and would kiss her arm and someone higher up told her to document it as a bite? How does that make sense? My son is also lactose intolerant, I had informed them of this, which should have explained his stomach issues but was told I had to have a doctors note for them to stop giving him dairy. So it was constant calling to have him picked up after they continued to give him milk until I was able to get into see his pediatrician to give me a note to state for them NOT to. His pediatrician informed me they should’ve stopped when I mentioned it the first time and waited for the doctors note like every other daycare does. One of the teachers there was actually aggressive with all the toddlers and two year olds. I had watched her slam my son down on to his nap mat, I would watch him everyday on the live stream. I immediately called up there and to have him checked up on to make sure he was okay until I could get there to pick him up or someone else pick him up. I was then told that she didn’t slam him down and the video makes things look worse than they are? The teacher then messaged me only the SproutAbout app passive aggressive telling me that she didn’t and to message her if I had an issue. When she stopped working there, whether she was fired or she quit, it was relief from other staff members telling me about how horrible and aggressive she was with the kids? Why would you hire someone that treats our children poorly? We put our trust in you to take care of our children and to nurture them and engage with them. Not treat them like they’re an inconvenience because we can’t stay home with them like we would like to. My daughter dealt with a lot of bullying while there in the school age classroom. Especially when it came to a higher ups son, WHO HIT HER IN FACE REALLY HARD FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN TO BE MEAN. He’s told her to shut up and calls her names everyday. Not one incident report for him physically assaulting her, I had to make them write a report about her getting hit in the face. Why wasn’t I contacted when it happened, she informed me she kept asking for me and to call me. A teacher who no longer works there even informed me they aren’t allowed to write incident reports when it comes to the boy. She told me it happens a lot and he has zero repercussions because his mom works there. How is that fair? I’ve already called corporate in regards to my daughter. I will say if they unenroll your child, they will tell you their DM won’t let them refund you. Corporate said otherwise, so you’ll have to jump through some hoops to get your money back. They have a very large turnover rate, and when you walk in, it is constant yelling from the staff at the children to get them to listen. They don’t help solve issues that are going on, they don’t work with you if you’re a single parent, they don’t care if you’re on the verge of losing your job from having to constantly leave, they don’t care if you use your grocery money to pay them and go without because the DM apparently only cares about the money. There are a few good teachers, the very few I’m extremely grateful for here, but the good ones unfortunately can’t make up for the bad ones.

My son has gone here for two years and we love it! All of his teachers have been wonderful and so caring! This place feels like family!

My kids have been attending La Petite for a little over 3 years now. The teachers have been absolutely wonderful in taking care of my kids, one of whom can be a bit of a challenge. They have been an instrumental part of helping me raise my children as a single mother, they are a part of my tribe and we would always work as a team when it came to my kids. I am not sure where all these negative comments come from because I have never experienced that myself and my kids have gone through the twos class all the way to the school age. Any time there was an issue the director would get it handled, and there honestly weren't a lot of issues, just small behavioral stuff with other children. The addition of the cameras was welcomed, as I could monitor how they were interacting with their peers and teachers. Their curriculum from 2-5 years has always been spot on for getting my youngest ready for Kindergarten and they have awesome activities for the older kids during the summer. My kids have been surrounded by the most amazing ladies that I ever could have asked for and I am so appreciative to them for loving my babies. Today is our last day in the center due to my oldest aging out and I am going to miss them so much. They truly do love my kids like their own, and as a mom, that's all I could ever ask for in a child care center.

This is by far the very worst day care I have ever seen. They have a camera that you can view anytime I encourage parents to take advantage of it and watch your kids for a couple of days. The little toddlers eat all alone there is no one in the room. They try to tell you that the workers are out of view of the camera which is a total lie. You can see for yourself if you walk in the place and look in the room. There is nowhere for the staff to go except out of the two doors. My baby has came home with so many injuries. It's so sad to watch the cameras. They didn't get a drink for hours and hours one day and then the next day they didn't either I had to quit watching them. So please check other places when deciding upon care for your child. I can't wait till the day this place is closed. Listen to your kids if they cry when uou drop them off there is a reason for it. WATCH THE CAMERAS SEE FOR YOURSELF

Leah is a godsend with my infant! I am so amazed by the quality of this facility, it's employees and director. They update me on everything on an app throughout the day and provide a live feed for parents to watch. They provide diapers and wipes for $10 a week and because she is on a different formula I do send her bottles pre-made, which allows me even more peace of mind actually.