Little Country School House

Posted: January 10, 2024

This school is HORRIBLE. Staff is rude. I had been called about my just turned three year old running out the CUBICLE (they have no doors for the toddler rooms) and had a incident where he bit another kid which I understand and offered to come help staff with his behavior. To which Brittany refused and said to pick him up. Then I got several calls each week to come pick him up each for various reason as little as the just having a typical toddler moment tantrum and they did not want to deal with it. This last time I was called I was at work and could not leave at the moment and she called my mother and told her “I called the mother and she does not care about him to pick him up” as any other parent I was livid as the reason I wake up and go to work is because of my child. Yes I confronted her about the situation and did not curse or even raise my voice but received a message saying they are terminating his care and isn’t allowed back. They only care about the money most of the staff is rude and uninviting. I’ve had to talk to them SEVERAL times about making sure to tell him to go potty but they would allow him to come home in soiled diapers as if he was never told to go to the bathroom. It definitely explains why they were one of the very few daycares without a waiting list. If it’s easy it probably isn’t worth it!

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Posted: February 1, 2023

When picking my four-year-old daughter up from the school I always appreciated watching her play and socialize with the other kids. We moved to the area, and I began doing the same thing when she started at Little Country Schoolhouse. In only my third time picking up my daughter, the teacher not knowing I was there, proceeded to stick her finger in my daughters face while screaming at her to keep quiet. We immediately removed our daughter from the school. We spoke to the school's owner, who confirmed the event took place after a camera review. We soon realized the owner was willing to discuss the matter with us not to provide a remedy but to be sure she could try to collect as much of the future payments from us as possible. Grotesque behavior, that after seeking to write this review I find is a commonly held belief from other parents unfortunate enough to enroll their children here.

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Posted: November 22, 2022

The directors are inconsiderate and unaccommodating. They made it clear that they are more concerned about making money than teaching and caring for children. They raised tuition twice in less than 6 months, and even though tuition is higher than most other daycares in the area, the parents are required to bring in basic supplies every month that the daycare should be supplying (ie. 6 rolls of paper towel per child per month). There is significant teacher turnover, likely because of the management. We did not feel supported as a family except for by a few of the teachers. We know multiple other families that have left already and others that are unhappy with the care but can't get out because the wait list for other daycares is too long. I would not recommend sending your child here.

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Posted: October 11, 2020

My comments keep getting removed from Google reviews, but my daughter attended for over a year. Due to the lack of supervision in the 1 1/2-2 year old classrooms my daughter was left with a black eye and permanent scarring near her eyelid from what they called an “accident” involving a shelf. Also, the potty training room is horrible. I would often arrive to a classroom full of kids with no teacher, as the one teacher they had would usually have to take someone to the restroom, which was located outside of the classroom. I reported this to the front desk several times, which usually took forever, because they often had no one at the desk during pick up times either. The younger rooms sometimes had more coverage, but that was due to floaters who changed almost daily. Please do your children a favor and place them somewhere safe with consistent supervision. It’s been nearly two years since the accident and I still haven’t forgiven myself for sending my child here. I am reminded every day when I look at her, and I hate that she has to live the rest of her life scarred by the school’s negligence.

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Posted: May 20, 2019

I have three children and have homeschooled or sent all three to private school. This school provides a great learning and loving environment

Posted: March 16, 2019

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Posted: March 16, 2019

As someone else mentioned, the toddler room is terrible. Constant rotation of teachers, who don’t keep the kids cleaned. I picked up my child dirty more times than not. When I mentioned it to one of the directors, she said they had a teacher change and to tell them if it happened again. When I did, I was told that I shouldn’t “complain” and to take my child to the doctor for a runny nose. They even had a therapist evaluate our child for another issue without our consent. I have that in writing from them, too. When we pushed back and said, it’s not her nose, it’s your staff, our experience with the three directors went downhill from there. We loved the PreK room for our older child, but since that first issue, they started nitpicking what my older child was doing & giving ‘informative’ calls. We had at least three of those calls in four weeks. When I asked why they starting calling when they never did before our first issue, they said “He’s not in trouble. This is just to inform you.” I knew exactly what they were doing. They were trying to push us out via my older child. In that same conversation I asked about the policy notice for leaving and that was it. Later that night, in an e-mail, I was accused of yelling at her about it. There’s no way that could have happened bc I was in the hospital visiting my mom during that conversation – with four other people and the doctor in the room. I didn’t even think anything of that conversation until the other director sent me that nasty e-mail the same night stating that she was letting us go bc I “threatened” to leave. As a parent, and a customer, it is my right to ask about the policy for leaving. I was not yelling on the phone about anything. I was literally going to give notice the next day & she wanted to take the upper hand and accuse me. The main director and her daughter (another director) do not communicate effectively. The third director, who told me to tell them about my concerns, was clearly misrepresenting all of our conversations to them. They twisted everything around and it’s no sense in defending myself though, when they know they can get someone else in there quickly. They say they care about the entire family, but if you ask them for answers to valid questions and concerns, they turn it around and make it the parents’ faults. I can’t believe I ever paid them a penny. I don’t recommend them.

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Posted: June 25, 2017

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Posted: June 25, 2017

My daughter and son have both benefitted from being part of the LCSH family over the past few years. We are a military family and this is our third move with kids. LCSH has been the best experience we have had with childcare in 8 yrs. They are compassionate, empathetic and connected to the kids they teach daily. My daughter started shy and not super social at 3 yrs old. She has graduated pre-k now a confident friendly child ready to take on kindergarten and the adventure of another military move. She has learned to be a student, friend, member of a community, swimmer, gymnast,... I could go on. We loved each of her teachers. They became like family to us. I would have definitely stayed on for KG at LCSH. My son goes to the school age program. They are so accommodating! Even when parents like me overlook Election Day until the last minute. He has a great time in the summer and on school breaks. Highly recommended!

Posted: June 25, 2017

Posted: February 13, 2017

LCSH has been such a great foundation for both of my boys. My oldest is now in 2nd grade at the local elementary school and is at the top of his class. I attribute this success to LCSH. My youngest is currently a student 2 days a week and loves to go to 'The Fun Place'. I look forward to seeing all the projects and artwork he has completed.
LCSH is a safe, clean, bright, fun and exciting place to call home when you and your child are apart.

Posted: November 19, 2015

I do not recommend Little Country Schoolhouse. The toddler room is chaotic. They do not have a consistent teacher for the classroom. Multiple children have been bitten and their only response is that it is a phase at this age group. They supposedly have a "biting" policy and I suspect they don't follow it. Especially since I spoke with another parent in the same class and their child had been bitten and scratched 4 times as well. This parent was just as frustrated and spoke to the office ladies (which they said they were monitoring the room), but this mom didn’t have any other options because there is no availability elsewhere.

I had to email the director multiple times to express my concerns of not being notified of a bite and also trying to be forced to sign a form saying my child was the “biter”. Once I expressed my concerns about my child being bitten, the director informed me that we had different philosophies and perhaps that I should withdraw my child due to the fact that I wanted the “biter” separated and closely monitored when around my child due to the fact that she had been bitten multiple times. She even said that I was lucky that my child was not the “biter” because the other parent had to have their child suspended for 3 days. I find it very difficult to feel lucky, especially since my child was the one coming home with bruises. She was bit so hard that she had a bruise for 3 days and she was wearing a sweater the day she was bitten.

The director did release me of my 4 week notice contract, but I had to inform her of my decision within that day. I suspect she wanted me to inform her of my decision within the day, so I wouldn't have time to look for other childcare. (Knowing that all reasonable day care centers are booked solid with no openings).

Little did she know that I already had our name on a waiting list ever since my child moved up to the toddler room. I am so thankful I was able to remove my child from this childcare center.

I feel sorry for those parents who feel stuck, because they have to work and they don't have any other options. I know for a fact there is at least one other parent that doesn't feel 100% safe leaving their little one in that room. Don’t send your toddler to this daycare unless you are okay with not knowing if your child will be bitten because it is a phase at that age group.

Posted: February 5, 2015

Take heed to all the reviews that say this school does not know how to handle boys! They do not have the skill or even the desire to deal with normal, active little boys. The decision-making director is not available for face to face meetings and denies requests for phone conversations. As for Pre-K classes - save your money! The Pre-K teacher leaves the classroom to tend to the school-age children during the summer -- RIGHT BEFORE YOUR CHILD IS TO START KINDERGARTEN! So the Pre-K children are left with basically a babysitter to run wild all summer - not my idea of kindergarten preparation.