La Petite Academy of Miamisburg - Miamisburg, Ohio

Charlotte B. (.

I went here. Oh my god, it was awful. PLEASE, never bring your kids here, no matter the situation. This place was so so very abusive.
Multiple times I was grabbed very hard and even pushed, and my first memory of it I was in preschool.
I was very constantly yelled at, even for small things like dropping a toy I had in my hand.
Teachers would constantly break rules like FaceTiming people in the middle of class, not paying attention to the kids, and telling us to not tell anyone.
I never told my parents because they would very often tell us not to tell them and bribe lots of us with candy, or other fun things.
They very obviously had favorite students. They would give them treats and let them play special games, while we were excluded. Our punishments would be we had to silently sit on the carpet for 20 minutes to an hour. They would let their favorite students sit with them and play games, even if it was their fault why the whole class was sitting out.
I checked, and most of the teachers STILL work there to this day.
This may seem like a good place for your children, but it’s not. Every person I used to go there with talk about how much they hated it. This is not a good place to go to. Please don’t send anyone here.

Emily O.

We love this place! The new director is great, easy to talk to, and truly has put so much into the place for the kids. We have two daughters that attend and have been there the last yearish. We love their teachers and love that we can access the app to see them and get updates!
They are always doing neat activities for the kids and send artwork home. We’ve gotten cute foot/hand print art for our youngest and love they take the time to do meaningful things for the parents.

The Y.

We love it here! Miss Jordynn and Miss Kennedy have turned the place around and the live cameras and sprout about app are game changer for my family!

Jesse P.

if i could rate 0 stars i would, don’t send your kid here if you can’t afford to miss work. They call twice a week to come pick your kids up before noon because the staff is extremely under trained with handling children. The “stand in” director is rude. Teachers are mean to kids. My son comes home every day telling me about him getting hurt by another kid but I was never made aware. Worst daycare in the area.

Kylie A.

I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone. i unenrolled my daughter after i came to pick her up & she was locked in the bathroom by herself, crying. The director looked at cameras & said she was in there for approximately 4 minutes. my daughter is 2 years old. So not only were they not making sure she wiped or washed her hands, she was locked in there where she could have got into cleaning products, etc. In the event of an emergency, im sure they would have forgot she was there. I cannot believe the neglect my baby received from this place. Then when i came to pick up my daughters things they had lost her clothes i had brought & were letting another child use my daughters blanket. That could spread lice, bed bugs, illness or diseases. Then the teacher who got wrote up for neglecting my child told another parent i ripped the blanket off the child & made her cry. Causing that child’s parent to reach out to me & cause so much drama. I would never ever do something like that to anyone’s child. When i called to complain the Administrator Mr. Dave told me since my child is no longer enrolled, he doesn’t owe me a conversation & repeated “i handled it.” This facility is so unprofessional & unsafe.

Kathleen H.

would rate 0 stars if I could. the management makes empty promises to keep my kid safe. my child comes home with a bite or marks on his face, throat, neck area everyday. I've complained 3 times. they don't open on time, which makes me late to work. understaffed they are always out of ratio of teachers to kids specifically in toddlers and twos rooms. my child is being bullied by other kids and pushed around physically by the teachers. teachers have their own children in the room. hold their own child and push and shove everyone else away from them. this business is a waste of space and money. they charge 343 a week for to bully 2 year Olds all day. absolutely unacceptable.

Jasmine J.

This center is VERY UNPROFESSIONAL and disgusting when it comes to cleanliness! The assistant Director Kelly talks about parents and kids, even laughed in my face about how she talks to the employees rudely! When you bring up legitimate concerns when they’re violating state regulations and guidelines, they say you’re complaining and that the center may not be a good fit. The assistant director has also warned teachers of which parents watch the live videos when that’s the whole purpose of that option is for parents to check on their kids.

My children were only enrolled for a month thank goodness but during that time the twos classroom had 3 different lead teachers and multiple different assistants who do not care about the kids. I saw on the videos teachers not washing their hands or using gloves for diaper changing. Some have even wiped kids noses with tissue and used the same one to wipe another kids nose! They don’t wash the toddlers hands before lunch and after it was brought to their attention, it was done for a couple days then they were right back not washing their hands! They don’t care about the kids but just a check as they have high turnover for staff and high turnover for kids. They’re the only la Petite that always have openings so that’s another red flag. The actual director Adrian shows up to the center all of the time in T-shirt’s, basketball shorts and slides, how it that professional for a child care center ! How you dress not only represents the company but also shows your attitude towards your job as well.

I’ve also witnessed teachers in the room be rough with the two year olds almost slamming them down in chairs when they get up and roughly pushing them up to tables. They don’t pay attention to the toddlers but talk to each other while kids are hitting each other and standing on book shelves for prolonged amount of times. The center looks like it has permanent dirt everywhere and the classrooms has strong odors of urine. My child cried everyday all day and did not like her teachers at all, but just switched to a totally different childcare center and has been fine there since day one which says a lot! I wish I could let each parent in the toddlers room know what going on when they leave so they can get their kids out of there ASAP!

tina W.

If I had the time I would have a successful lawsuit . Literally witnessed one of the teachers putting their hands on my daughter . One of the teachers quit and told me they didn’t want any kids that received the title 20 assistance there. The directors will side with them from a desk, for any wrong doing on their behalf . If my daughter would have been physically impacted by the teachers aggression this would have been a messy situation. The other la petites in the Dayton Ohio area are nowhere near like this one . My daughter was 2 at the time . If they would put their hands on a 2 year old imagine what they would do to the other younger children. Seeing the response from la petite under these reviews makes me want to vomit .