Austin Academy For Kids is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 1680 East Main Street, Austin, Arkansas AR. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Austin Academy for Kids has highly polarized reviews. Two parents praised the caring staff and personal attention, while five parents reported serious safety and care concerns including neglected medical orders, inadequate supervision, unprofessional staff behavior, and retaliation against complaints.
They choose to skip my premature babies feeds that were medically ordered. And when I confronted the assistant manager she said "well they did it to my baby too" with a shrug. They also had my then 2 year old so traumatized I couldnt even drive by the place without her crying. All her teacher did was scream at her. They are an awful establishment. Don't trust them with your kids they dont care about the children - just the money.
STOP!!!! Look no further this is the place to take your children. We had the pleasure of taking 2 of our children, would've been 3 but we moved here for their entire lives. I never once didn't feel I wasn't valued or they didn't care about my children, if they were sick they would ask if they were feeling better. If they had a fun vacation they would ask how it went. The staff recognized me by face alone even though I typically didn't pickup or dropoff children (wife handled that as her work started later). They were a huge part of our lives and I'm sad to leave them behind as we moved. But I will vouch for anyone to take their kids here especially if you're looking for them to be well cared for and for you to be appreciated as a parent.
DO NOT TRUST THEM WITH YOUR KIDS! They allow people to come in high and drunk to take care of kids and when you bring it up, they kick your kids out in retaliation. They also fired many teachers bc they reported violations to DHS. They do not care about taking care of children, only the money that comes in but don't hold their own "teachers" accountable. Edited to add: They will also claim you harrass the teachers if you check on your kids thru the parent portal app once a day and they (the owner) will make up false accusations against anyone who reports and even threaten anyone with legal actions to try to intimidate you. They will also refuse and make slanderous claims to get out of paying the money they owe people. The assistant director will also stalk you on social media to try to get dirt on you.
Do NOT subject your children here! Please I warn you. My son was bitten 5 TIMES IN 2 days!!!!!! He was bitten once one day and 4 TIMES the next! These children are not watched the way they are supposed to be! Not only that but they allowed his bottom to go from fine to horribly raw in the short time of being there for 1 day! The only way for it to get that bad is to not change a diaper. Parents please be aware!
We had a very bad experience at this daycare and very much regret entrusting them with our son. I highly recommend choosing another establishment.