Jcc School For The Early Years

⭐⭐ 2 stars The York JCC facilities are consistently clean and the programs (especially for kids) are genuinely excellent; that’s why I stayed a member Unfortunately, the membership/billing department completely soured my experience. I’ve never once missed or been late on a payment, yet when a single payment failed because I’d received a new credit card (a completely normal life event), they slapped me with a $15 returned-payment fee and flatly refused to waive it as a one-time courtesy. For $15 they chose to lose a, reliable member who honestly, barely even used the facility. It’s disappointing to see a community organization prioritize rigid policy over basic goodwill. I won’t be renewing and will be taking my membership elsewhere.

Overall, it’s a good gym, but it closes very frequently. Between American holidays and Jewish holidays, it’s often either closed entirely or operating on reduced hours—most commonly 12–5. It also closes a lot for “inclement weather” when PA Fitness, just two blocks away, remains open. This is frustrating given that the membership costs over $80 a month; every day the gym is closed effectively increases the cost per day of my membership.

Well, it's been 12 years since the JCC took out a no trespass order against me. My only 'crime' was to witness, over the course of one year, more than half a dozen instances where staff of the JCC daycare mistreated, both physically and verbally, young children under their care. My mistake was in trusting the then director, Randy Freeman, to do the right thing. What I should have done was to call Childline and let them handle it. Randy found none of emails of complaint valid, even relating to instances of mistreatment where I had other witnesses. The JCC was going through renovations as the time and they didn't want anything to jeopardize them, so they made up some nonsense about me. I'm not perfect; however, I stand behind my words and actions always. I recently thought about requesting the JCC remove the trespass order so I can go back. I need the pool like I need oxygen. However, after perusing pictures of the staff and the board, I decided I didn't wish to ever see these people again. 'Everyone is welcome'. Yea, except the righteous Jewish disabled war veteran. What a bunch of hypocrites. I'm a former police officer in the Israel National Police Force.

Pros: * Pool, & gym * fitness classes * swimming lessons & open swim * kids summer camps discovery & J camp specialty camps * Miss Warkenda, Holly & Braxton are great with the kids & offer great programs too throughout the year * SEY program (preschool) is phenomenal especially the caring, wonderful teachers my kiddo had. Miss Diane & Miss Amy really prepared my kiddo for Kindergarten & beyond. We ❤️ & will miss them next year. Now the Cons: Reason for 3 star review. * My main gripe with the JCC & why I'm giving them 3 stars is bc they need better procedures/protocols/communication/staff training put in place for the 1 hr summer camps in the gym in regards to pick up & drop off & in general in regards to child safety, elopement. They should be emailing each family before camp to touch base with them in regards to said protocols. Each child & parent should be checked in & checked out on a clipboard etc. If families have any questions for JCC staff that are pressing & time sensitive they should wait until all children are picked up 1st before approaching staff to avoid distracting staff. If questions can wait & aren't urgent that emailing is preferable. The end of camp is not the time to be having conversations that can cause distractions & prevent staff from properly doing their jobs. THE CHILDREN SHOULD ALWAYS COME FIRST!!!! ALWAYS. No exceptions. CHILD SAFETY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PARAMOUNT FROM THE GET GO! If they had stricter polices, & protocols put in place my kid would have never made it out of the gym. I wasn't late for pick up & showed up when camp was supposed to end only to find him missing, jcc staff confused & lacking an apology or explanation bc they never noticed he was missing in the 1st place, & finding out on my own that they ended camp early without notifying parents. Apology & explanation came the next day though. Apparently "lack of sleep (3 hrs) & parents distracting staff" as the reason this happend. How does a 3 year old make it past 1 staff member let alone 6 & end up in the parking lot without someone noticing? This should have never happend. 3 gym staff/3 front desk staff. He could have gotten hit by a car. Disclaimer: This incident happend 3 years ago & was not recent. The JCC has since updated their security system & I'm hoping they made improvements to keep kids safer. I'm not sure what improvements they've made but... it goes without saying that it seems to me that the JCC needs to focus on more staff training, having stricter protocols put in place.

This gym is the most high tech cutting edge fitness facility I have ever been in.iIf I lived in York I would join today. So incredible. Thank you very much for such a quality facility.. The sculpture in the lobby touches me to the core.