R. W. Brown Community Center is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 1701 N 8th St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PA. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
R.W. Brown Community Center receives mixed reviews. Most parents praise the staff's kindness, patience, and support for children with special needs, noting the facility is clean and well-equipped with amenities like a swimming pool and gymnasium. However, some parents reported unprofessional conduct from staff and concerns about the center's ability to handle children with behavioral challenges.
I can’t thank Caitlin Butrica, Lynn, Brian Dawkins and their exceptional team of kind leaders from this organization. They have been extremely helpful with providing a very generous grant to my daughter. My 7yr old daughter has autism, non-verbal, and epileptic. The kindness, and patience this organization has shown while I search for activities that would be beneficial to a child who is disabled bring much joy to my heart!
Disrespectful staff and unprofessionalism I my child was fighting a cold and i was taking the necessary steps to making her well. Once her fever broke I brought her back to school. Both teachers ( ms Rose and ms Sheena) were well aware of everything that was going on. I gave them the intructions of calling me if her fever had returned which it did. They called me as instructed but here's where my experience went left with the facility. After calling me to come pick up my child, ms Sheena attempted to hang up the phone but failed to do so properly allowing me to hear her and rose talking about me negatively and criticising my parenting. I confronted them along with their supervisor and they were very apologetic however the whole ordeal: the unprofessional conduct and carelessness not to mention the hurt, left me with a bad taste and I removed my child from their care. I believe the staff should spend more time caring for the children and less time gossiping and tearing down other mothers esteem when they're doing their best. I wouldn't recommend.
This is a great center for middle-class families who need child care. R.W. Brown is open year round caring for toddlers up to teenagers. The center features an indoor swimming pool, a gymnasium, and to outside play areas.
This school is one of the best schools in Philadelphia my children went there for years and they kept up with the development of my children even when they were not in the program I love it Hands down one of a kind
Not equipped to deal with kids who have behavior problems, they’ll just send them home because they can. This school has changed and not in a good way
Keystone STARS
Level 4 out of 4
STAR 4
This rating is part of the state's Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). Trained evaluators assess staff qualifications, learning environment, curriculum, and family engagement — standards that go beyond basic licensing requirements.
Level 1: Meets basic licensing standards.
Level 2: Exceeds licensing with some quality improvements in place.
Level 3: Demonstrates strong practices in curriculum and staff development.
Level 4: High quality across most assessed areas.