Kindercare Learning Center

Horrible horrible horrible corporation and director. I had to pull my children immediately and my son often asks me to make sure I'm not taking him back to his old class.

We removed our child from the private K in 2010 to enroll him in public school because it was clear he was receiving much less than the facility promised, what we paid for, or what he would need to succeed. Once in the public school system, the deficiencies of KinderCare s curriculum became more than obvious. While KC s kids did letter books for the entire year, the public school kids were reading, doing science, social studies and more complex math. Although my son has made great strides at overcoming our giant mistake of keeping him at KC, my son will be going into the first grade below average according to his kindergarten teacher. She only recommended he proceed because he has the intelligence to catch up eventually. I wonder everyday what kind of long-term damage has been done by my mistake of leaving him in this school as long as I did.

My child attended this K, and our issue was that the school made claims that turned out to be false, and these claims were the basis of us selecting KinderCare over FREE public school. They claimed that there is 6 hours of Learning Time (directly stated on multiple flyers). I don't think that a 2.5 hour nap, snack, playground, or hand washing qualify for learning time. Also, every time I would pick up my child during the 'Kindergarten schedule' they were NEVER doing what the schedule indicated that they should be doing. My thinking was that it had to be equal or better education with 6 hours of learning time and the smaller teacher to child ratio, but once I started to make surprise visits, I questioned whether they were even receiving the instruction time of a public school. They also claimed to be aligned with public school curriculum & weren't.

I am also a parent of a child previously enrolled in this same KC's Kindergarten program and agree with the first comment. My child was reported to be "exceeding expecations" on all three report cards during the year, yet tested average to below average on the non-Kindercare readiness exams. It's my responsbility as a parent to deal with that, but the comment posted below is clearly a personal attack rather than a review of the school and therefore has no merit on this site. Fact is, the facility itself is nice, and when it opened was a place that fulfilled it's promise. However it has steadily declined because of increased focus on the almighty dollar and decreased attention to the educational well-being of the children. It is unfortunate, because there are well-meaining teachers at that facility, but they have left over time due to the suffocating atmophere that has developed.

if your child graduated this year from Kindercare they would not be in public school yet so how can they be severely behind. sounds like you need to spend more time studying with your child and less time writing letters and gossiping. All children learn at different rates and your child might need extra help