Schoolhouse Preschool And D/C is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 626 1st Ave. South, Great Falls, Montana MT. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Schoolhouse Preschool and Daycare has highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise the owner's care, educational progress, and staff friendliness. Negative reviews describe serious concerns including inadequate hygiene, verbal abuse, physical injuries, neglect of infants, and bullying with no resolution.
My child went here years ago, and that only happened because nowhere else could take them. Started as a newborn and went over a 1-2 year period. My child would constantly get sores across their neck as if it had been slit. Always healed during breaks away from daycare. It appeared as if spit up was just left there until it ate through the skin. Keeping it clean and dry was all it took to fix it. I would hear employees screaming at children and threatening their own with violence in front of the others during nap times. My child would get bite marks constantly "from another kid". They knew it was happening and never stopped it. Said a kid liked to bully if a toy they wanted was touched, but an employee was arrested for biting kids right after my child was taken out. So, who knows? My baby came home with fingerprint bruises on their legs from being held too hard during diaper changes. Some employees were nice and would offer candy for potty training, but other employees would scream at the kids for getting candy for the same behavior another rewarded for. I showed up to pick up my child, and they'd just been left in a high chair crying in the food area while two employees were watching TV with an older child. No food in front of my child or anything, just left and ignored. I watched from the doorway, and they were blatantly ignoring her cries. All of this was brought to the owner's attention. Nothing ever really improved. I offered to come work for her to help, and she rejected that. I didn't have other options until I was able to just pull my child out to be a SAHM. Always show up at random times to check on your children no matter which daycare they are in. On the plus side, the owner was always professional when speaking with me, my kid didn't die, and they were willing to open early and close late to work with parents. One employee did send me a cute pic of my child napping that I still cherish.
I love sending my 2 year old daughter to the School House!!! She has learned her days of the week, abcs, counts to 20 and is potty trained after just a few months of going there 4 days each week! Love the family that owns it, they truly love and care about the children that attend! I highly recommend!!
I lived almost next door to this daycare for 5 years. The instructors scream at the kids all day. To the point I could hear them over my TV living two houses away. The cursing has actually improved but they still yell. I dont know the reasons but I have seen government vehicles out there a few times as well. I recommend hanging out in the area during a recess and listening for yourself before considering them.
Had no idea they condoned cussing in front of the children until I heard it for my own self , was brought to their attention and they said “oh , ok” ?
I always have great experience with this daycare. Betty seems to always making kids things especially like x mas stockings. The staff are wonderful. My twins are always happy to and from there. Awesome daycare. I wouldn't have it any other way.