Kiddie Academy - P/S

Staff is very rude… Mel the director of the academy is very rude to kids as well as parents. Select teachers are also rude to the kids. Certain teachers do not grasp the concept of what a APPROPRIATE school relationship is with parents (over stepping boundaries) Very little diversity with staff… send your children somewhere else

We love kiddie academy ! Our son is thriving at the Vacaville location and he absolutely loves the staff. The staff really make the child feel loved and cared for. The staff is also very kind to the parents and leaves us in the loop about events / upcoming things for the classroom. 10/10 recommend kiddie academy

I was scheduled for a school tour today at 3:30. As soon as I arrived, my child and I weren’t greeted. I verified that I was there for my 3 year old daughter. First question I was asked was “Is she potty trained” I stated she is considered preverbal and neurodivergent, she sits on the potty and goes but has some difficulties letting one know when she needs to go. The lady asks “what’s preverbal” I educated her that it means she has some words but not a lot of functional communication. The lady then tells me that I would need to have my daughter’s ABA therapist with her at school everyday because they have too many kids on the spectrum and can’t accommodate more. Nothing after that. I walked to my car and cried. I’m not mad..more so hurt and disappointed with my short experience here. We didn’t get the chance to tour at all after that. The lady stated she could give me a packet just in case. I declined. I didn’t want to waste hers or my time. The short encounter already made my daughter and I feel so unwelcome.

If I could leave zero stars I would. If I could leave negative stars I would. This place is a total SCAM. To begin with they KNOWINGLY and willingly took $1400 EXTRA and are NOT willing to refund me and make things right. They send out letters saying they raise their tuitions which is fine, whatever. What they don’t do is send out a letter or even change it in their system saying they lowered it back. They say parents should “know” they adjusted their prices and ask for it to be lowered back down to what they are charging the new parents. I wouldn’t have known I was being charged extra until I asked for pricing to send my daughter and noticed the tuition was different on the paperwork the director gave me. I told her the prices weren’t updated and she said they were accurate and they have been charging me extra. She would change it for the following week of tuition. Ive contacted the credit bureau and nothing. I left a negative review for the feedback they ask for and the director called me. She said there was nothing she could do even though she was the one who knew the prices and still chose to charge me extra every week. Who knows how many parents they do this to and how many parents don’t know and are being charged extra because they’re “supposed to know” with no information to state they lowered it. The first red flag should have been their teacher turnovers. By the time my son had got there the assistant director had quit. The new assistant director was there for a couple weeks in and out. She finally left and there was another new assistant director. The room overflow ratio was crazy and over allowment because all the teachers were quitting or wouldn’t show up. By the time my son left kiddie academy over the course of two years there were maybe 3 teachers left that were the original teachers. The teachers that were there always had attitude problems and wouldn’t even say hi to parents walking in unless they liked your child. There’s not much parking in front of the school and what parking is there is taken up by the teachers and the director who I think should park farther away because theyre there all day and there are little children being picked up and dropped off all day. My son would cry saying he didnt want to go everyday. We just thought he didn’t like learning. Nope. They would single him out even when something bad happened to him by another kid. They would somehow flip the story and make it my sons fault. They would always send him home after anything he did saying they can’t have those “situations” there. Meanwhile when something happened to my son no disciplinary action took place for the other students. The teachers are constantly yelling and cursing at the students. The building always smells like pee. Fast forward my son is now in kindergarten and he LOVES it. So it isnt education my son hates. He just hated the environment that kiddie academy has and I don’t blame him. I wish I would’ve spent the extra money they were charging me and sent him to the learning experience. The learning experience is so nice and thats were all the teachers who quit go to. Needless to say I won’t be sending my daughter to kiddie academy and Im hoping this review can save a couple kiddos from going there too.

The teachers have a schedule that keeps the kids active and engaged. The teachers do not seem stressed out and seem to really enjoy their jobs.