"It is important for children to have consistency. We have had a rotation of several teachers throughout one school year over the past several years. Thankfully they have all been great, but it always leaves parents with a sense of unease at who might come next, and it's hard for children to build that relationship over and over again, especially if the child is more introverted. Investing in retaining good teachers would instill a sense of reliability and structure to the program. Changes that have been made since the new director has come have been well received. Thank you all for what you do for our kids."

"Ms. Jennifer, Ms. Esther, & Ms. Sandra are all amazing"

"It is a great school for my child because of the early education she is recieving and a great social enviorment for her to interact with other students and the teachers."

"Following the hiring of the Director and Assistant Director there has been a staff turnover at an alarming rate. The school is frequently understaffed and unable to provide consistent structure for the students. My family is changing schools to ensure our children are best prepared to enter preschool and have consistent teachers who can track their progress and relay information back to us."

"When we first enrolled the teachers were all welcoming, inclusive, and educated through either the school's system or through their own education/ college. After a near-complete turnover of the school, I still don't know who my child's teacher is for the day, my child is moved constantly from one classroom to another- most often down in age groups instead of to older classrooms, and i get no information on what they are working on. After my first child left to go to elementary school, my second child constantly asked when they could also go to a new school. When asked why, my three-year-old said because I don't like my school. After that statement, I had no choice but to start looking deeper into what they were experiencing during the day and looking into other options for their care."

"We have legal custody of our granddaughter because of her parents' substance abuse issues. They are not to see our grandaughter. The director/asst. director recently informed us that our granddaughter was not herself. We investigated the situation and have found out the the paternal grandparents are permitting the unfit parents to see our granddaughter. We so appreciate their care and concern for our granddaughter's well being."

"I walked in there on last week for a tour and I fell in love with the school. The teachers are great, the center was clean and the children seem happy. The director is very pleasant,nice and really knows each and every child needs. I will recommend everyone to go to lapetite. "

"I absolutely love this daycare! The director truly cares about the children and goes out of her way to make sure the feel comfortable . It's like my extended family. I truly love my child here. Thank you for all you do to make her feel so comfortable and love going to school every day!"

"My son and daughter just started here at La.Petite Academy a couple of months ago. I was extremely hard for my because they were both home with a nanny. This is the first time we ever used a daycare. I must say my kids have adjusted well! The director and assistant director are both amazing. They have gone out of their way to make sure my family feels comfortable and loved. My children absolutely love coming to this daycare. My husband I could not be more happier! Thank La Petite for putting us at ease. "

"The school does an excellent job with flexible scheduling (flex pass). My children are very happy to go to school, which to me gives the most valuable feedback."

"Went on a tour of this center a couple days ago. Classrooms are dirty, teachers aren’t friendly (beside this one male teacher who greeted us with a smileand “good evening” followed by a handshake, he introduced himself but I unfortunately forgot his name), and the managers seem fake. Considering all of that the tuition is outrageously high, definitely NOT enrolling...."

"We've been sending our daughter to this center for 2 years now. Both years she had Mr. Alvin as a teacher, who is by far the BEST teacher in the center. So even though we read and heard that this plave indergoes a lot of managment changes and staff changes we were content because he is such a great teacher..fast forward a couple month, Niema and Esther took Mr. Alvin out of the class half way through the school year to put him in another class without informing the parents!! The teacher that they replaced him with seemed to be okay at first glance. Then my daughter began to come home with red marks on her arm! I thought that maybe she fell and they forgot to tell us but when i asked her what happened she told me that the new teacher (Mr. David) grabbed her arm before nap time, during outside time and during story time then squeezed it because she was being "bad"! I couldn't believe my ears! Right away i called and spoke to Niema the director. Up to this point we have had no big problems with her, but when i spoke with her she seemed waaaay to calm for my liking, not to mention she accused my child of lying and making up the whole ordeal even though my daughter has clear red marks on her arm! They can be asured that CPS will be called! Hopefully the corperate office sees this and fiers David for physical harming a child, and Niema for allowing such a sicko to continue to be around children and not giving him the boot herself, or atleast reporting him!"

"We have had our three children in this center for over 3 years and NEVER have we seen such horrible management! Their is a lot of management changes, as well as teachers leaving. Outside of Mr. Alvin, this center has some of the the worst childcare providers we've ever seen. The lack of drive and nonchalant attitude the management has obviously trickled down to the rest of the center's staff members. They don't care about the children at all, i walked in multiple times on teachers dragging children by their arm. The only one who still seems to actually be there for the children benefit is Mr. Alvin. It's very unfortunate that this company has yet to see the potential in this young man. Niema and Esther are by far the worst management ever! STAY AWAY FROM THIS CENTER!
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"The first 3 classes were great- infant, toddler 1 , toddler 2. Everything the centre was doing we approved of. There was all around consistency and quality. But since he moved to early pre-school, things started going downhill very fast to the point we don’t recommend this centre to anyone, and we ourselves are contemplating leaving it."

"Management undergoes a lot of changes, and fails to communicate when they take teachers out of classrooms! Mr. Alvin the best teacher in there, was our child's teacher for a little over a year. We were happy, even though the management was constantly changing as well as teachers in other rooms because Mr. Alvin was our child's teacher. That was until one of the teachers in another room left due (most likely due to the poor management) and without communicating anything to parents they took Mr. Alvin out of our child's class and put him in the other class, leaving our child with a stranger! Some new hire whom my husband and I have never seen nor been introduced to. The most upsetting part is that Niema and Esther (the managers of the facility) sent nothing out about any changes taking place. It's been a couple month now and I've still yet to be introduced to this new teacher or receive anything on if/when Mr. Alvin will be coming back. Mr. Alvin was the only reason why we were staying and now he is not there, strongly considering leaving... "