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1) Turnover has been CRAZY!! Since DD#2 was born, DD has had 3 new teachers. That's only 4 short months!! I know daycares have high turnover but this seems rediculous to me. Plus I found out yesterday 2 more teachers gave their notice.
2) DD has been getting very red/sore in her privates. We took her to the pedi to make sure it wasn't an infection. It wasn't but she told us it was due to not wiping properly...she is only 3. Prior to this I asked her teachers to try to help her or even wipe for her. I find out yesterday from another teacher who I trust, that one of DD's teacher's complained about our request. Saying she doesn't get paid enough to wipe butts. HELLO!?! You're a teacher of preschoolers, they still need help!!
3) DD has peed her pants 3 times this week. She's been potty trained since July and hasn't had this many accidents since July let alone in a week. We think this might be b/c of the new teachers and that either they don't take her often enough or she doesn't trust them to tell them she has to go.
4) Both DD and another parent that I know told me that a kid in the class hits/kicks/chokes on a regular basis. The other parent even said something to the director but nothing has been done. I've noticed that DD's anger has gotten worse and I think it might be from this kid. When she gets mad, she hits the follow and screams. She's never done this before.
5) Security. The center is part of a church on the second/third floors. For over a year they've talked about installing a security system but still hasn't happened. There are stairs next to the bathrooms and I found out that the kids go to the bathroom alone with the teacher standing between the room and the bathroom. However, I've seen them get distracted and not keep an eye on the kid in the bathroom. Who's saying no one is coming up those stairs or that the kid wouldn't just walk out?!? Also with security, there have been days when I pick up DD and there is a stranger in the room that I've never seen or met before. Turns out it's a new teacher but there's no one there to tell me who this person is or if they are legit.
So what do you guys think?
It will be tough for your older one, but in my opinion, it's worth it in the long run.
My thought is how urgent do you feel you need to act?
For me there are only two licensed daycares in the vicinity, so changing for me is not easy AT ALL! I would take my list of concerns to the Director and try to encourage change before taking the kids out, but in your situation it might be severe enough that the change is warrented immediately.
If I did go in I would also come up with the concessions for change and give a date, like if by in a month I haven't seen any rememdies, I am moving on. I think that enforces a sense of urgency and will help you gage how serious they are.
I would give the director the benefit of the doubt, even though you've heard he/she hasn't done anything. There might be things that have been done, they just haven't been effective and the director doesn't know that. Address your concerns with the director, especially the security issue and the problem child. That's really unacceptable.
If things don't settle down or action isn't being taken while you find another place, then you know you made the right choice in moving. If you can't find another place or there just aren't any options, it seems like you're going to need to be going to the director constantly to make sure he/she is on top of things, although that doesn't sound like fun.
Good luck.
For the kid being violent, they have a plan in place and are also seeking outside help. I guess from the state?!? Then if these steps don't help, she said they are going to ask the family to remove the child from the program.
Security, they are activity looking for a security system. As far as the back stairs, the door to the outside is locked. However, I still expressed my concern about children wandering out into the hall by themselves. She stated that the doors have been open b/c the building is old and the heating is located in that room so it gets very hot. We suggested that instead of opening the doors to the hall that they open the doors that lead into the 2 year old room. She liked that idea, so we'll see if they put it into place.
DH and I briefly talked afterwards. We're going to give it about a month or so but I've still contacted another center. We live near the capital of our state so there are tons of centers. It's just finding one that's at a convient location that is in our price range.
My DD gets really red too. If it helps you at all, I started letting DD go commando at night, it seems to help with the redness.
I'm trying to get DH to seriously think about pulling them before things get worse and before DD#2 gets into the stranger anxiety...she's only 4 months right now. I don't know what to do to get him to change his mind. He is picking the kids up tomorrow b/c I have to stay late at work so maybe he'll see a little of what I see.
Yesterday, DD#1 didn't even want to talk to me about her day. She kept changing the subject or answering my questions with one word. Finally she told me that she didn't want to talk about it.
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