First Friends P Reschool

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Like other parents reviews at a glance this school seems to be ideal however the lack of well trained so call "teachers" and the owners ambition to get more students than the school can handle turns this place in a disaster. The person at the front desk is so rude and the owner is never there. My daughter was in this school from June to September. The first two months were OK, because I used to picked her up early in the afternoon. At the beginning of the school year my daughter got a different teacher almost every day. She was separated from all her friends and began the crying again, this so call " teachers " don't have any background in children psychology but the worse part was her last day of school. that day I picked her up later than the usual time and I found her wearing a different set of clothes, no socks or shoes and wet, I looked around the person in charge of no more than 6 children was mopping the classroom letting the kids play on the wet areas. I asked why my daughter's clothes were change and why she was barefooted, she told me my daughter did not ask to go to the bathroom and nobody told her to call me about being shoeless. I found her answer not valid considering my child never has mistakes of this kind. I went to complaint with the director about the situation, however I was told this location does not have a Director and the worst part nobody was in charge that afternoon. Later that night I gave a bath to my child and I saw a bruise on her back I ask her what happened she only said she felt at school but no report was issued about the accident. I called the State to report the incident however they only investigate the complain. I found out lately by other parents that a child months back dislocated his shoulder in the playground area and nobody knew or saw what happened. Pretty scary.....

My child attended this school and at a glance the school looked great. The first day my child attended this school the teacher lost him coming in from recess and locked him outside in the play ground area, then after washing the other kids hands she then noticed my child was not there in the room, an other teacher found him and brought him back to his class room. The second day my child attended this school he was crying saying he wanted his mommy (separation anxiety, being that it was my childs first time attending preschool away from me) the way they resolved this situation was that the teacher left my child crying on the floor by the cubby bins and she was with the other kids and left my child there on the dirty floor and my child cried them self to sleep, where she left my child there until i picked my child up at the time i was suppose to be there. The classroom only has one teacher and she said to me that she could not leave the rest of the kids to attend to my child, so she left my child there crying on the floor. She could have notified another aid or director to help calm my child then return him with the group but none of that was done, not even a mat was given to my child to nap on she just left my child crying on the dirty carpet. needless to say my child never returned back. I highly do not recommend this school. They do not have the right amount of staff to handle the amount of children attending, and the situations that arise.

My daughter has been going to this school for a year now and my niece was there for three years. I love this school! The teachers are great and the learning is exceptional. My daughter come home everyday with something new. I would recommend this school to anyone looking. There is usually a waiting list so if you know when they need to start I would call a few months in advance. It is well worth it.