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January 2024 by Yingrui L
Very nice teacher and very nice program. They motivated my little kids to explore and learn. We switched from all starz at okelly to here. My son is much happier here.
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November 2023 by Vu Nguyen
Edited for full details:Poor communication from the office staff/owners:When my son transitioned from formula to whole milk, which the school provides, we discussed with the teacher that we would no longer be packing milk. The next day the teacher was absent so the stand-in's weren't sure if he should be having whole milk; They asked the office and the office staff said they would call us for clarification. Instead of calling, they just gave my son water that day, when milk is his main source of calories. They said to us at pick up "We gave him water because we didn't want him to starve".When I spoke to the owners they said they were not aware this ever happened. I asked who would be in charge of notifying them of these incidents and they said the office staff. I asked why the office staff would ever tell the owners if they made this kind of mistake and they said 'We have great communication with our office', yet they remained unaware of this incident until I brought it up.My son has been bitten 4 times by the same child. When he was bit the first time we were not notified in any way. He came home with deep red marks on his arm. After sending photos and asking what happened we received information days later. When I spoke to the owners they tried to excuse the poor communication by stating they had fired the teacher for not filling out incident reports. However, the teacher did fill out an incident report for this and the office signed off on it. We were told that when a bite occurs the child will be shadowed, but my son was bitten two days in a row from the same child. They said teachers don't have time to shadow the child enough (which to me implies they are short staffed).When I mentioned how we have no insight into the classrooms because there are no cameras for viewing, they mention that teachers take pictures through the day and update the app with the children's activities. So I am to believe the teachers don't have the bandwidth to shadow a repeat biter, but have time to take photos of every child and get on a tablet to update parents on each child's activities through the day?Which brings me to the next point: The office/owners do not appear to communicate clearly with the teachers and seem to treat them very poorly. The teacher in my son's room was well liked by my son and we often saw her alone in the full classroom. After firing her its unfortunate they would try to blame poor communication on her when it was the office that failed to call us on two major incidents.Another teacher in my son's previous classroom was also fired due to an administrative error around vacation.The teachers were the only good thing about this school and they seem to be either thrown under the bus or fired instead of addressing the core issue, which is communication from the office.
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November 2023 by Russell Guilfoile
Great experience at Goddard. Everyone is kind and caring and really committed to the children.
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October 2023 by Dharmesh patel
Very neat and clean. Plenty of kid activities and learning. We have used this facility for my younger kid when he was 1+ year. We worried to put my kid after Covid situation. But The staff were very professional and handling cleanness with efficiently. We were very pleased with all their handling at that time. Highly recommended center in Apex area.
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October 2023 by Rujuta Trivedi
Very professional, very good teachers, nice education.
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December 2022 by Sherin Kalappurayil
My kids love going to Goddard (green level) location. The teachers are super nice and really care about the kids. The admin and owners do an amazing job making everybody feel welcome. They seem to treat their teachers well
