Bright Beginnings Preschool is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 4801 N Citrus Ave, Crystal River, Florida FL. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Bright Beginnings has highly praised teachers who are caring, attentive, and dedicated to student learning and development. However, multiple parents report significant issues with director Michelle and administrative staff, citing poor communication, rudeness, and problematic handling of custody and access matters.
This placed crashed when they fired the director. They failed to notify anyone of the change. Then, less than a month later they closed their doors without notice. Some parents recieved letters stating how hard of a decision it was and how they prayed over it, when they picked up their kids from daycare. Others parents, myself included,were given no notice at all. No email, phone call, nothing. I found out through a Facebook post. Staff found out from parents!!!I cannot believe they run a church with how they did this community! Not an ounce of care or compassion in their bones! Disgraceful!
Shouldn’t even get one star. How can a school that is lead by a church do this to so many families. Tallman and the higher up people are horrible. Tallman is very rude. Wanted to argue with me over a Facebook comment about how she supposedly never said something when she did. But wasn’t concerned about how in that same comment I said I didn’t feel comfortable with my child around her. That just shows the kind of person she is. Jane from the church that was never background check was allowing any one into the school and never checked anyone’s id. As well with tallman. If they are willing to do this to multiple family of young children what are they going to do with the actually elementary side.
My kindergartner had 5 teachers in one year, and I wish I was exaggerating. I already planned on pulling them for the upcoming school year and my gut was right. Daycare closed down with no notice. Elementary stayed open - obviously to keep that scholarship money. Unfortunately. Doors wide open, never checked IDs. Made the entire community angry AND wants me to keep my older babies there? No way. It’s a recipe for disaster and we’re getting very far away from it. My kindergartener is going on to teacher #6 at another school. And my 4 year old lost ALL of his friends in one day, he’s heartbroken. She’s heartbroken. And we’re out tuition money. Whatever they tell you on future tours, don’t trust it 🤍
The teachers are amazing, the classrooms are standard and promote learning. Staff have refused my daughter access to my granddaughters records, have refused my daughter pick up in the past and have been at the least substandard in solving any problem or issue that has come up. My granddaughter was placed in this daycare by her father and his girlfriend while my daughter was away in the military. She has been back a couple of years now. This daycare administration has refused records, pick up, allowed a girlfriend more access than my daughter. Refused to adhere to a 50/50 custody order and that’s just the start of the problems at this center. Michelle does NOT know how to communicate, listen or follow a court order. If your child has parents living in separate homes, DO NOT use this daycare. They do not care about boundaries, orders, or respect if you are not their friend, parent who signed up, or their favorite choice you will be treated like you are an outsider to your own child. Faith based school with no knowledge of appropriate etiquette when dealing with blended families. Thank God my granddaughter is no longer part of that circus!!!
The teachers here are absolutely amazing, my daughter loves her teachers in every class room she has ever been in. My issue with this daycare is the Director and Assistant Director. I do not like the attitude they have given me since the start. My daughter was sent here while I was away for the military by her dad and step mom and the attitude kinda just started the first time I picked up my daughter. The assistant director has said things to my daughters step mom trying to start things and turn messages or emails into things that they are not and when I tried having a talk with the main director she wanted to give me attitude and just defend her coworker and not even let me speak and find a solution to the problem so I am so glad my child is leaving this daycare soon. The directors are what have ruined my experience at this daycare