Garden City Child Development Center

I feel that this school is over working the teachers. The school does not give the teacher the proper time to create and update the lesson plans. The school does not give the teachers the proper support to do their job effectively, this in turn over working then to the point of the teachers will start making critical mistakes. These mistakes can greatly affect the learning for the students. Your child could be in a classroom with an over worked teacher that has lost their love for their job and not give the student the care and understanding that the child needs. It seems the principle Susan is not properly supporting the teachers there and breeds a negative atmosphere which could form bad relation with the staff. This is not just my opinion this is information that I received from a teacher working there. The teacher complain about losing their prep time to get their school work ready for the students. The teachers are forced to work extra long hours away from their families work late into the evening and even the weekends just to keep up with the demand that is put on them. I have heard from some of the teachers that it has become a competition to see who can have the class with the higher grades and passing kids. The teachers there are constantly fearing they will lose their jobs if they do not pass enough student and the grades are not high enough. I have been told from a teacher there that the principle is also having teachers do her job for certain things, These things are what makes a teacher not effective at their job, this type of stress can break their resolve to do a good job. This principle “Susan” seems to have her favorite teachers there and if you are not on her list you, meaning the other teachers you get the short end of the stick. This type of atmosphere is not what you want your child to be in for their learning. Having unhappy and over worked staff will flow down to the students, suffering from unhappy and over worked teachers. I hear from teacher at this school about how unhappy they are and how they feel they are not respected by the principle. This will can build for resentfull staff members and that will lead to teacher that do not do a good job for the student. This could in turn lead to teachers feeling like they have to just give student higher grades out of fear of the principle. You have teachers there stealing work and credit from other teachers just to make them look better than the other to protect their jobs. This is supposed to be a safe haven for our children to grow and learn not a competition to see who can out do the other just to stay in the principles good grace and keep their job. If you could hear the horror stories from the teachers there, and the stress they are under at this school there would be no way you would ever drop off your child there in their care. I am so glad my child is no longer at this, and I use the term loosely “school”.

No idea about the school, but the park is very nice. It's clean and very well kept. Good variety of safe playground equipment.

My son loves the teachers there.

Emma old school