Kidz Academy

Would not recommend to anyone. This daycare is one of the worst ran I have ever encountered. Will send your child home multiple times a week, and demand child needs to be put on medication. This daycare did this to not one, but two of my children. To find out that it was happening to multiple other parents/children as well was my eye opener. The owner of this daycare needs to sell because clearly she has no heart in it anymore. Do not send your child here.

My son attended daycare here from age 1 to almost 4. At first things were great. He is bigger than kids his age so he was usually moved up classes ahead of others his age. From the beginning, this happened, and I didn't mind as long as they understood that he was, in fact, not the same age as the other kids in the class. He had a few AMAZING teachers that worked so well with him and understood his issues with sensory and ADHD. When he turned two and had switched rooms again to another teacher - Amy, she ended up sending him home 2-3 times a week for toddler diarrhea. We went so far as getting testing and a doctor note from the gastroenterologist saying that it was not contagious and that he was fine. Still, he was sent home 2-3 times a week. This teacher would also complain that my son was not listening or was being bad. He was also sent home for a rash, that was a rug burn from daycare, a mosquito bite, diaper rash, and a few other things. Finally, we had them switch teachers, and, guess what? Never sent home again. Then my son moved up to preschool, which is combined of 3-6 year olds. He had a great teacher there-Courtney, but she decided to leave to another daycare. He was switched to a new teacher-Tawanna and my son started peeing himself every single day and starting hitting his friends. This was NEVER an issue before and he was fully potty trained for a long time before this. I did have a talk with the owner and her response was maybe the teacher is preparing him for school. My son just turned 3 and he is not a 5-6 year old, so he is not going to sit still that long to do activities like that. However, I said ok and tried it, but still it continued. Finally the teacher was fired, as I suspect I am not the only one that had an issue with her. I heard from the other teachers that she was confronted by other parents and it wasn't good. So, remember that two year old teacher that send him home 2-3 times a week - Amy? Unfortunately, she had moved up to the preschool age rooms and my son was put back into her class. Now we have more issues with being sent home as my son is continuing to hit others due to the trauma from the previous teacher. We had meetings with this teacher and the owner. We agreed that he would NOT be sent home for this behavior and would be disciplined, but it seems that this teacher cannot handle it. A few times he was sent home based on lies yet another teacher told-Chrystal. She said he was hitting others, when he was not and they even checked the cameras. Once he got sent home for slobbering on himself, and she said he was spitting. They ended up sending him home again and again. Until this last time, they decided he would be suspended for a week. A three-year-old suspended for a week. He has no idea that is why he is home because he is three years old. This is a punishment for us as parents. We have even taken him to the doctor for this behavior and brought back the information to the daycare since they said they were willing to work on it with us. But no, we have just continued to pay more and more money for the time that he is not actually in daycare and that we must leave from work to pick him up. Also, he was punished at home when these things occurred and rewarded when he was good. But trauma takes time to get over, and I believe they should have been way more understanding, considering one of their employees caused it! When my son was suspended for a week we decided that had to be the end. While Kidz Academy has amazing teachers that really do care, they let bad ones continue to work there and create problems. Most of the good teachers have left due to their own reasons.

My daughter is thriving and is very happy here. The staff are all sweet and kind.

We have been in daycare since 6 weeks old for both of my kids. No history of having any issues at a daycare until this one. 9 months after not having any problems, we get a call stating our son has been suspended along with all the other boys in his class due to a teacher walking out of the classroom of 2 year olds because they wouldn’t listen. At least once a week, I was called stating I needed to pick up my kid due to pushing or hitting then would show us footage of it happening- a toy was taken from him or he was hip checked then our son noticed nothing was done about it so he would react, as a two year old. Hitting is absolutely behavior that should not be tolerated but why wasn’t the teacher correcting the problem until it escalated? Owner stated “well, your kid doesn’t listen and the teacher needs to focus on the kids who do listen.. this starts at home so clearly this was allowed at home” (it has never been tolerated at home). Also, I asked how is my child being corrected and she stated “that happens at home”. I stated he will not learn if not corrected in the moment, he will forget about it by the time he goes home. He is two, he doesn’t know the difference between me coming to pick him up at 12 pm or 5pm. I have left work more this week than anything and he doesn’t understand. It is more of a punishment to me as a working mom. She said “it’s our policy to send the kid home immediately after the kid hits, his second chance is when the parent takes an hour to come and get their kid that is their second chance to be good then they go home” ( I have never taken longer than 30 mins to come and get my kid as I work down the road). Also, the teacher fully understood the situation and even would agree that he was not understanding the correction if he was just sent home. Another day passes, the owner informs my husband “he won’t sit down and color when other kids will” she ended the conversation with “I suggest a conversation with his primary care doctor as this is not how little boys should act, evaluate for medication”. She met with my husband and told him “he is the only kid that is doing this” then the director, Carla, stated he wasn’t the only kid doing this. Come to find out , we learned from other parents she told a family they need to get their kids medicated and were asked to leave the daycare. We gave the primary care appointment a chance, the doctor stated “I highly recommend changing daycares, he is a normal healthy two year old boy… if he doesn’t want to color, he doesn’t want to sit down and color, offer something else to do.” I reported back to her, she had nothing to say but “oh ok”. This day, we stated he will no longer be attending after a certain day and requested a closing balance. This took her 2 weeks to get it when she stated she will work on it today. Lastly, she mishandled our money, we made a payment of $800.00 and she stated we payed “$80.00”. I calmly met with the owner and explained to her the check stated 800, and that is what was shown in the bank statements, the owner stated in front of the director “I’d love to see that” she called me later on that night stating that”oh I have here in my receipt book it says 800 but I need proof from your bank as soon as you can” no apologies or anything. Teacher wise, Mrs. Colotta has been the greatest blessing. Everyone who has attended there that we know, has nothing but great things to say about her. She has worked with kids for a long time and she understands each kid is different. Never once have we felt our son was singled out by her. She has showed our son so much patience and compassion. I truly felt safe as a mom leaving my son with her. I cannot thank her enough, I highly recommend her. My son tested into school and due to Mrs. Colotta working with him- he did excellent on the test. If my family ever expands and she is under a different place of employment I would 100% go to her. Mrs. Carla, the director always told us this was normal two year old boy behavior. She reassured us, she has sat with me many times.

My daughter really enjoys going here. The center is very clean, the staff is friendly. We get sent home with a paper that goes over her day (what she ate, how she was, nap, etc.) and her teacher texts updates occasionally and allows you to communicate if needed throughout the day. 10/10 recommend Kidz Academy.