Foothill Preschool

I love this school, the Director and the teachers! My son has been attending Foothill Preschool since he was 5 months old. He started at the Infant Center with Ms Kathy. She is incredible and loved him like he was her own son. She still attends his birthday parties! The teachers at this school are like family to us! The Director, Ella, is incredibly thoughtful and always remembers every single event going on in the family's' lives. She is so caring and her heart is incredible! Ms Jen and Ms Anitra are the Pre-K teachers and have taught my son, and both of my step-daughters. We are so grateful to have been at this school and I will be sad to leave it as my youngest starts Kindergarten.

Our 6 year old went to Foothill until he was just under 5 years old. It was great the teachers where so kind and with Cal Poly ECE students working they developed great ways to teach the kids every week. He loved it there. We now have a 1 year old going as well. The teachers are great and he loves going. I would highly recommend this school to anyone. It is hard to get into so keep that in mind.

Our daughter went her a few years ago and we loved it so after we adopted our 2nd child we called and secured our son a spot. Wow how times have changed. Ella seems like she is checked out and just doesn't care anymore and the teachers complain about doing their jobs and act like they are doing you a major favor by doing even their basic job. Every day last week I was called to pick my child up early, each day for a different stupid excuse. Why am I paying them if they just send him home for being a 2 year old boy. Answer is that as of today we aren't, we found someone who actually wants to do the job we are paying them for.

As a parent I feel it's my responsibility to inform other parents of our experience at this daycare/preschool. Our little 2 year old was injured on his second day of daycare at this school. We do not know how it happened because the supervisors on staff all claimed to had not seen him fall & we were never notified when his head began to swell (due to the injury). I picked him up promptly after my workday ended and I found him with a swollen head (horrifyingly-so, in my opinion as his mother). I called it to the attention of his teacher and asked her what happened. It seemed like it was the first time she was noticing that he looked odd. After asking a bunch of questions about if he fell, or if he was bit by a spider (which she did confirm they had a problem with), or what he ate, I rushed down the street to the ER at Sierra Vista. After waiting quite a while in the ER to get seen we finally had a CT scan done and it turned out he had a skull fracture and a subdural hematoma. After all this, I have to say we were very lucky that he was not fatally or permanently injured. The police & CPS were both notified and are conducting their investigation of the childcare facility. While we as parents recognize and accept that accidents happen (especially with toddlers), it is our responsibility to also inform other parents so they can provide the best care for their children. I really believe the school didn't intentionally hurt our baby, but he was also unsupervised and even neglected (to the degree that they didn't see his head swelling) for some time. Please help spread the word to anyone who is going to or thinking about going to this preschool. Thanks! P.S. My son's accident took place on Sept. 2nd, 2010

I would not recommend this school. I was a teacher in the infant room and was appalled at how the babies were not given the attention they deserved. The facility was dirty and and toys on the playground were not safe. Unfortunately, the director was not open to my suggestions and would not hire more staff so that teachers could provide quality care to the children.