Berlin Ymca At Willard Before/After Care is a before or after school daycare daycare located at 1088 Norton Rd, Berlin, Connecticut CT. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Reviews are highly polarized, ranging from 5-star praise to 1-star complaints. Positive reviews highlight wonderful programs, great staff, cleanliness, and affordability. Negative reviews cite unprofessional and rude staff, inadequate teacher qualifications, excessive iPad use, and concerns about profit-driven changes under new management.
If you are thinking of putting your child(ren) in the McGee Middle YMCA program in Berlin, DONT. Horrible, keep your children away from this place. The director, cindy, is nothing but a liar (from experience with my child) she is so rude and fake. As for the other staff... "teachers" thy are uneducated..... in the worst way. They yell at the young children and have no common sense. Their attitudes SUCK! Especially the baby "teacher" Angela. So very rude and nasty. The one real teacher they had (preschool side) quit due to how the staff were behaving. Just overall unprofessional and uneducated. The director told me herself she can not count on the staff and she is just hiring people for the sake of having a person in the room. They have iPads going all day to keep the kids entertained and no actual is teaching going on. I did call the boss who is above cindy and she did NOTHING. I am by no means a "review-leaver"...... but this place is just a hot mess! Do your child and yourself a favor and take them anywhere else!!
Honestly, they are wonderful! They truly have a great program for the kids. I always am getting goodies sent home to show appreciation/save memories. They are also so diligent about cleaning and making a safe environment for the kids. Every time I went in my son was having a great time and the kids in his room were content for the most part. I would recommend this to anyone who needs a great day care on a budget. :)
The staff is amazing and I can not say enough great things about the work they do, but it appears since a change in Directors has taken place. The YMCA is focusing less on child development for children transitioning to Kindergarten and more on increasing enrollment for profit. 4-5 year old children should not be lumped into 3 year olds during classroom activities.
The staff in the classroom of 2 years old kids and office director really rude and unprofessional. Find a better daycare, I took my kid to a better place, where they have better staff and better attitude. Appearances are deceptive here. I'm telling you by experiences.
My son just started last week and he loves it here. Great staff!