Compare La Petite Academy - 14040 Bear Valley Road

"Good teacher my son loves going there , issues we had they help resolved them quick , really good school"

"As someone who has worked here, I can advise you to beware and to please never bring your children here. This is not a safe environment for your little ones what so ever. I have 5+ years in educational childcare settings/school districts so I have seen it all, but this is by far the worst. When I first started here I was shocked to hear the way my coworkers spoke to the children saying things like “What are you color blind?!” “Don’t be so stupid!” “You want me to take you to the restroom?!”. Over time I had to involve licensing because I saw my coworkers cuss and yell unnecessarily at the children as well as seeing pinching, grabbing the children forcefully/pushing them, slap their bottoms and the list can go on with how nightmare-like this place gets. Of course licensing did nothing because they put on an act and sent all the kind teachers on early breaks when they were asking questions so they emailed me the case was closed because they didn’t witness it when they went to inspect. Before I even went to licensing I informed my supervisors Kecia Loving and Jeanette whom yelled at me accusing me of lying that I was making all these accusations up. I soon discovered they knew exactly what was going on with certain coworkers and pushed it under the rug or turned a blind eye. My coworkers began to become very catty and it felt like they were upset by my methods as well as anyone who knew how to work with kids with proper kindness and patience. I would mostly assist in the school agers classroom with Elizabeth Martinez and where do I begin..I could automatically tell she has anger issues, but never would come to think she would verbally harass/bully me. She started to become extremely rude (more than she already was) when this job is based on communication for the children. She would making comments to other workers that I wad trying to take over ‘her’ classroom and long story short she started to say things like “get the f*** away from me before I flip the f*** out.” She was also a recovering alcoholic who came high everyday to work which isn’t an excuse to act this way, but again it just shows hoe unprofessionally ugly these people are. I was in shock at her behavior and eventually went to my supervisor who again made me feel at fault or as if I was being dramatic that for months my coworker was wrongfully treating the children and I. At this point I knew where my heart was and it was for the children so I tried to keep reaching out to licensing and pushing through for the children, but there was only so much I could do with how toxic my coworkers were making this job it felt like working with mean high school girls that would gossip about anyone that was nice or even about the kids or families worked with. Save yourself the time, money, and your children’s trauma. There are copious instances in this place than you can imagine, so please please keep your little ones safe and take them somewhere that has genuine loving quality care!!
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