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July 2025 by tiffany pham
My son has been attending Immanuel Lutheran Day School since he was two years old. He is almost four now and the care he gets at this day care is great. He has had many great teachers who I can trust has his best interest in mind. There are so many loving and caring teachers here.
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February 2025 by James\u0026Maggie De Los Santos
If you have an issue they ignore you and don't respond back with resolution. My daughter is very hurt.
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October 2023 by Brooke B.
Makes me so sad to write this review, because when I first enrolled my infant daughter (at the time - 2019) this place was absolutely wonderful. Unfortunately, so much changed for the worse. The teachers in the infant room had been there for years and were very caring, responsive, and responsible. The director and office staff at the time were also very welcoming, responsive, and dedicated to all the children and families. We felt so at home. Covid came along, and we pulled our child out of ILDS to stay at home with a nanny. During our time gone the director left, and a new director took her place. After Covid slowed down (around Jan 2021), we returned and things seemed to have changed from how we knew the place. There was a lack of structure, management, or compassion coming from the new director and then ultimately to the staff. I understood that staff were not able to take time off and were getting little support and respect from the new director and upper management. A lot of staff ended up leaving, even long-time employees, many of whom were the people whom I identified as the star players in making ILDS so wonderful when we first attended. We witnessed teachers yelling at kids, my child being transferred in and out of different rooms, or watched by different teachers with no consistency (especially at a pre-toddler age when it's so important). The director claimed that she was an expert in potty training and that my child was ready, but ultimately she or other staff weren't there to assist with helping her with the toilet. My child constantly came home with bite marks from other kids. There was a case of hand-foot-mouth going around, and when asking the director/management what precautions they were taking (also this was post-Covid keep in mind), nobody responded after several attempts. This was only one of several cases where my family felt unheard or taken care of. We ultimately decided to leave. We heard later that the director had unfortunately passed away and was replaced by a staff member whom I knew as the mother to one of the kids attending there who was my daughter's age (ironically the kid that bit my child several times). I don't know currently how well ILDS is doing. I hope the board recognizes what potential ILDS has assisted in rebuilding the place back to its former integrity.
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January 2023 by Nicole Rozzen
My son started at ILDS about a year ago after having a bad experience at another daycare. I never thought I’d see the day where he happily runs into any daycare. It is not the fanciest facility, but all of the teachers have been GREAT. We have not experienced any teacher turnover in the classes he has been in. It means the world to me knowing I am leaving him somewhere that genuinely cares about him!
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January 2023 by Mary Jo E.
Worked here for 7 months. The teachers are all fantastic, love being involved with the kids, and will do their best for all children in all developmental stages. The big negative is how the director handles situations and treats some employees/parents. Like any daycare, you run into kids being injured. Every daycare has rules and regulations they stand by due to licensing, this director though does not always follow them. When a parent and/or teacher were concerned that a child was displaying too much physical harm to other children, the director would discard their concerns and almost ignore them completely. To the parents, she would make them feel as if this aggressive behavior and incidents were completely normal and okay. Even after asking her to talk with said children's parents about behavioral therapy, she would ignore their concerns. She is very bubbly and excited naturally when trying to show a welcoming front to parents coming in or when she is in a great mood. But she can be very passive aggressive and continuous joker to her employees. Even after being told it's not appropriate she continues to do it. She has also been known to talk disrespectfully about her employees behind their backs and act a completely different way in front of them. These situations have all been reported to the board and are up to their discretion on how they handle the situation. Like any daycare you will run into problems and things you don't agree with, but for myself and child, this wasn't a right fit and that's okay.
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June 2022 by Mariah Young
This school is awesome! My kids are always eager to tell me what they’ve learned and how much fun they had. I feel they are safe and nurtured here! I love the staff and highly recommend this care center!
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April 2022 by Kevin S.
My wife and I relocated to the area in January and knew it would be difficult to find care in the middle of the school year. We were pleasantly surprised to find that they had immediate availability for our preschooler and infant when the other schools in the area all had at least a few months wait list. What we've personally observed since enrolling are teachers yelling and belittling the children under their care, teachers on their cell phones sitting in the back of the room ignoring the children, and a leadership team that is absolutely clueless as to what is actually taking place in the classrooms. There are a few teachers present that seem to really care for the children and work hard to make it the best environment possible, but they are greatly outnumbered by staff that are either incompetent, under trained, checked out, or are otherwise a hazard to the children in their care.
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January 2022 by Mariah Williams
This school is awesome! My kids are always eager to tell me what they’ve learned and how much fun they had. I feel they are safe and nurtured here! I love the staff and highly recommend this care center!
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January 2021 by Tiffanie Kankel
This school is absolutely amazing, and are all more like a family. They care about your child and it's so nice knowing that while i'm working my daughter is in great hands. I honestly cannot be more thankful for the wonderful teachers at Immanuel.
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January 2020 by Jennifer Horsak
Our child attended the daycare for about 9 months.I hate to be one of the only reviews that gives them one star but I waited almost a year to post this - we had high hopes going into this especially in the newborn to three month room. The teachers in the newborn room are fantastic and organized, they were really attentive. After he was moved to the 4 to 6 month room that is when things went downhill. The Director was very unprofessional and wanted to scold us- the parents as children. The Director refused to move my child to the next level with an age appropriate group, she said it was okay to have a 16 month old with 4-6 month olds, "he would become the leader of the group" - what about my son's education? They say they have a curriculum but not really. They generally don't take children under 18 months out for walks/strolls and are couped up all day. I will say that some of the teachers are caring and do love the children but there were some that were questionable/lazy. One of the teacher's husbands would be in the same room as my son and another kid at the end of the day. Why was he there? Has he been background checked? On another day, a different teacher was staring at my son crying and did not move to console him or anything, just watched. It was until she saw me enter the room she redirected him to a toy. Several times my son was not fed his meals and I couldn't understand why he was so hungry and grumpy until the next day I found his pre-packed meal leftover from the previous day. I feel like we tried, we had a meeting with Director and she insured us that my boy was happy and they love him and she will address all of our concerns. Great- I thought something positive would come out of that. A few weeks later it seemed there was always something going on. As a first time mom I thought I may be over thinking these issues but after talking to other daycare providers and other moms, I had a right to be concerned. Overall, I am extremely disappointed and saddened that this place so easily dismissed us, basically told us to leave and told other teachers to treat us with disdain.In our final meeting with the Director, she told us that if we were not confident in the care provided, we should seek daycare elsewhere. And that's what we did.
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January 2017 by Nicole Tennant
We chose Immanuel Day School because it's a small, loving, faith based teaching school. My children have loved their time as toddlers here. They came home each day singing a new song! They attend the after care program and it's wonderful to know they are picked up and taken here to finish their day. The Director has an open door and will listen to parents. Communication is key to success! I'm glad we chose ILDS as their home away from home.
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January 2017 by Marci Clanin
I love ILDS and only wish we had gotten here sooner! We moved to Pflugerville and put our daughter in daycare at ILDS and absolutely love it. She has the best time, she tells us about all the things she has learned, and she is excited to go to school. The teachers and staff are fantastic. They are totally committed to making this school feel like a family environment and they have been successful! Our son is in the after school care program and they help him with homework. He loves it because then he doesn't have to do homework at home! I would give a million star review if it would let me.
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January 2017 by Tricia Lewis
I've had two children attend this school. While my children can be challenging at times, the teachers and administrators at this school are patient, kind and thoughtful with their reactions and interactions with the children and us (the parents). We are very glad that we chose ILDS!
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January 2017 by Shana Whiteley
My kiddo started ILDS in pre-K. Five years later... we are still enjoying the benefits of the after school and summer camp programs. Clean. Safe. Great staff!
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January 2017 by Tom Ferguson
Great historical church. Our Cub Scouts Pack 685 just moved here for our new home.
