West Chester Area Day Care Center

As the other reviewer stated, there are lots of volunteers here, so if you are looking for non-professional child care, this is the place. The daytime teachers are OK, but the free for all starts when they leave. Lots of part time, untrained staff, high turn over with this group. The tuition is inexpensive, and this is a case of you get what you pay for.

The communication between care givers and parents when present, is horrible. If you ask specific questions, you will usually get an answer but they don't like to be questioned. If you don't ask questions, you'll never hear from them. I think this shows how much they just don't care.

They seem way too concerned about the things they shouldn't have to - for example, there was a letter sent out to all the parents stating that they need to put the kids in child seats while in the car. Yeah, we know that. Why don't you worry about keeping my daughter from getting bit 4 times a week instead of worrying about what I do with my kids when I leave?

My husband's friend said when they had their kids enrolled there, they gave them popcorn as an afternoon snack - to 2 year olds! Hello, first on the list of choking hazards.

PROS: cheap tuition, serve breakfast and lunch
CONS: Untrained staff, poor communication, old equipment/toys, no vacation credits or sibling discounts.

Posted 11/27/07 | Report Abuse

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I volunteered here with a friend while attending West Chester University. The good thing about this day care is a lot of students have supervised volunteer time here so they teach the children a lot of new skills. For instance, a friend and I went to read Spanish to the children and teach them some words. The workers here seemed really nice and the children were happy. It has a spacious and clean play area and a lot of nice toys. The best part is, the children seem to learn a lot and have good supervision at this center.

Posted 10/17/05 | Report Abuse

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