West Jordan Child Center

06/04/2008 Posted by MomAtWork

My 2 year old teacher is the best. She always has a clean, orderly class with happy children. My child says her name and wants to see her and is excited to go to school. The teacher always greets her and gives her a hug. All the kids lover her. She does great preschool projects and teaches spanish and english, reads. They only get tv twice a week for an hour. She teaches them potty training and was successful. They drink from a cup, not a sippy and are successful. I have to say the teacher makes a center good. They have a policy to always keep the kids clean and hair in place. Parents I've talked to said the same. I watched an older class the other day where one of the older boys literally flew accross the table to start a fight and the teacher had to hold him down by the arms - and she had the class in order within 60 seconds and the kids calmed down, including the instigator, and a call into the office for assistance in a non panicked tone, and didn't even need me to help. I was impressed. This center spends the money to send the teachers to extra classes unlike other centers. They also have the largest space per child anywhere in the city, for extra room to play and run around. (About 4 times larger than any other day care rooms in the city). Separated outside play centers for each class, and inside play center area for rainy days. Day care by nature will spread germs no matter how careful they are. They do tell you to take home all dirty clothes daily, and nap blankets weekly. They put fresh sheets on the pads daily. They vacuum daily, which is better than some care centers I've seen. Because they pay more for the teachers- we get better care here.

Pros: Investment in teacher ongoing training, Space, Clean, Price, Constant video monitoring of all classes, modern space

Cons: Double door but not keypad locked

06/03/2008 Posted by MotherandFather

I have only been there a month and can't wait for the notice to end, they require months notice to squeeze money out of you they don't deserve and I cannot afford to pay them while my kids attend a different school or else I would. The infant class seems to be the only qualified care givers there and even then it is iffy. They lost track of my older child twice when I went to pick him up they didnt know where he was. Talk about being scared that you leave you child in their hands and they lose him. My younger child has been sick every week like clock work since I have been going. Every Thursday and Friday have to take off from something he caught from there. My older is afraid to go to school now since he used to go to a nice one in VA but we moved and started this one on recommendation. Boy was that a mistake. The are not clean at all. The put napping blanket in a big pile with all germs festering on them and don't tell you to take them home once a week to clean like normal centers do. The don't give enough drinks to children even when they have been playing hard. My older son always looks dehydrated when I get him home in the evenings. I have accident reports almost everyday to sign for my older child, like they aren't watching him until he comes crying to him with a bruise. My younger comes home with marks and I ask the center what happened and they can't tell me. There so called security they have there is typing in a number on a computer to check child in and out. They allow children to walk the halls without supervision and the front office is so into themselves they don't notice who goes in and out. I hate this place and warn parents never to send their children there. I have never had such a bad experience as this place gives me. Too many children and not enough proper supervision. They have 14 yr olds (or look a minimum of) watching children when not enough teachers are on hand in the afternoon. You pay hard earned money and get fear in return.

Cons: lose track of children, dehydrate child, little/no supervision, unfriendly staff, never see true teacher, unclean