FIRST UNITED METHODIST PRSCHL

We started out very pleased with this facility. It was a good opportunity for our child to be around other kids and adults before being in a more formal school setting, helped get her on a regular schedule, etc. However we soon started having a lot of problems/complaints that I didn't feel were sufficiently addressed. On multiple occasions she was picked up by her grandmother in the afternoon with snot crusted all the way from her nose to her mouth, which to me was inexcusable. Their ratio is 4 kids to 1adult, so it shouldn't have been that hard to keep 4 noses clean at any given time.

Our othe big issue stemmed from lack of supervision. They told us our child bit another child but then could not give us any details about it. I asked who saw it happen, no one saw it happen. I asked how did you know she did it. They said she and another child were fussing and next thing you know he had a bite mark. Kids bite themselves all the time. I was more concerned that they let the fussing escalate to a point that it could have come to biting. I'm not convinced she did it as she has never bitten anyone else. The final straw had to do with pottying. She went to school for the first time in regular underwear and the staff was instructed that she had to be taken apprx every 30-45 minutes starting out. Over an 8 hour day her daily sheet showed 2 bathroom trips. Both of those were marked "wet". She had an accident before I left that morning and only had one more extra pair in her bag, so I believe they let her sit in wet panties for an extended time. When we talked to the director about our concerns she was very nice and offered to move her to another room, but they rotate teachers so often we didn't feel like that was a solution. We were also told that part of the problem was getting people to work there for the pay, but I thought that was a terrible excuse. You get paid $x to do x duties. I mean, a McDonalds employee can't say, I won't make fries b/c I only make minimum wage--this shouldn't be any different. It was not a positive experience for my child there.