My sister was excited to start taking her daughter to Poppy's house after all the great reviews. Our daughters are only 3 months apart in age and although I have a great daycare, I too began to look into Poppy's so that they could attend school together.
It's hard for me to find time during the day to visit, so yes perhaps it was my fault for showing up unexpected but I voiced that from the start, ""I apologize for showing up at the end of the day. I know you are busy. Would it be alright for me to wait so I could get a quick look at what her classroom will look like, the cafeteria. or meet her teacher?"" I was addressed by the receptionist, I suppose. A young girl with no professional demeanor what so ever. ""uhh Yeah.. hold on, hold on, okayyy?"" She spoke to all of the parents this way.
I also witnessed three children run out of the facility! She called for another teacher to go and get them because their parents had NOT signed them out!
I saw two teachers standing around conversing about personal matters, so I politely asked if they could help me. They both looked at me like I was being outrageously rude, scoffed and said, ""Uh... someone will be with you.."" and walked off!
I decided to wait a few more minutes until Finally the receptionist guided me into the next room and said, ""Ok, I can show you around now, I guess...."" And right after that she disappeared again. I have no idea where she went or for what but I didn't stick around to find out.
My sister came home after the second day and called me to tell me that they only feed the children dry cereal for breakfast, and so far all of the lunches have been fried foods! Not only that but they serve lunch at 10:30 and expect the kids to nap at 11. This means if you don't pick your child up until 5:30 or 6:30 he/she will most likely be starving by then after going 7-8 hours without a significant meal. Her daughter was cranky due to the odd feeding and nap times.
I think I'll stick with my daycare, and my niece will be attending next week as well.
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