La Petite Academy on Lakeside Drive - Richmond, California

Masoomeh S. S.

Our four year old son attended this school from February 2021 to August 2021 when he started kindergarten. The school far exceeded our expectation in terms of childcare and quality of education. The principle and staff are very skilled and sincere, especially they did a fantastic job during the pandemic. Our son's talents just flourished to the extent he was able to write, paint and make a lot of crafts before going to kindergarten and was very well prepared to start kindergarten confidently. We recommend this particular school to all the parents who are looking for a good school for their child. We would be happy to speak with any one regarding our recommendation.

Sincerely,

Masoomeh

Ashli M.

Some of the Teachers are ok here but unfortunately most reviews of this school are true and real. I didn’t realize this until a few weeks ago my daughter started having issues after a teacher switch in her class. I never really watched the cameras until recently when certain things were brought to my attention and a change in behavior with my daughter. I was told my daughter was having issues at nap time.
Therefore that prompted me to watch the cameras to see what was going on. when I watched the cameras I immediately realized the problem, there’s not an environment created for nap time. Teacher’s
are walking around ,talking, walking through the kids back-and-forth, all lights were on, no soft music. It would be hard for anyone to sleep through that let alone two and three year olds for 2/3 hrs. When I started to watch the cameras I was horrified by what I saw. Overly aggressive adults with lack of patience should NEVER work with children EVER. Ms Maria the preschool/ preK teacher shouldn’t be around kids. I saw her grab my daughter by the arm and put her on her cot for a nap. My daughter was afraid of her! Of course my child was crying any child would cry. and it doesn’t stop there. Another incident where there was broccoli on my daughters plate and she had a moment and started to cry and told her teacher Ms Jhona she didn’t want the broccoli and she accidentally spilled her milk Ms Jhona grabbed her by the arm an walked her to the office without letting her finish any of her lunch. The last straw for me was seeing my daughter on camera with another child in a inappropriate manner in front of the teacher ms Jhona and the teacher didn’t do anything. I called the school immediately to let them know what was going on.
If I’m seeing this on camera how are the teachers not seeing this happen in front of their faces! To be honest I actually recorded this for my own evidence because they would’ve said it didn’t happen. That incident was my daughter’s last day, mind you everything mentioned here all happened within one to weeks of me viewing the cameras. Just imagine what was going on long before
I actually started to watch the cameras. I actually felt sick about this. My daughter would cry every day when I dropped her off and I thought it was because she’s just so attached to me but no it was a-lot going on at the school, my daughter also told me Ms Greta squeezed her stomach and made her fall and hit her head because she was crying and not taking a nap and they put her in the room with the babies. I asked Ms Greta about this and she denied squeezing her stomach but stated she did put her the room with the babies because she wouldn’t stop crying and being disruptive at nap time. They wanted me to believe what they told me about my daughter but not believe what she said happened to her. Again this all happened within a short period of time. If your child goes here
WATCH THE CAMERAS it’s in your best interest better safe than sorry. Tell them to check your kids in immediately so you can see what’s happening as soon as they start. And listen to your children!!

My daughter is now at a new school and I haven’t had one issue at nap time or any other issues no crying at drop off time or anything. She was actually happy to leave la petite.
I really didn’t want to write this review it actually makes me really sad because its a few good teachers here Ms.Francia Ms Tamani Ms Doreen Ms Lauren Ms Martha Ms Michelle were all great but parents need to be aware of what’s happening here.

Takenya S.

Trust me when I say do not send your child to this school. First they try to pass this place off as it is a private preschool but it is not. If you are a private pay parent do not waste your time on this school; Your child will learn nothing and pick up bad habits as well; After sending my son to this school he learned more curse words then I can count. The people who work at this school are unprofessional and for lack of better terms ghetto; with the exception of a few. When my son was at this school they decided to take negative pictures of my child and videos for social use and spread them via media. And also included other children that currently attend this school in the photos as well. Currently exploring options for legal action against this school. After sending my son to this school I can say that the bad reviews on right on point.

Lola S.

Do not send your kids to this school especially if you're hispanic. They're prohibiting the teachers from speaking spanish so if you or your child speaks spanish its against the rules here. Management pretends to care about your childs deveopment but dont even have enough teachers to even pay attention to all the children in the classroom let along focus on development. Basically my child was just being watched not taught anything. Managment seems in it for just the money and to fill up space. The teachers seem like they really care with no solid support from administration.

Gabe M.

Horrible customer service and they force you to do a tour to even get pricing. MacCorporate daycare

silvia C.

It's a beautiful place, I love this Academy. 💕

Sara

Estefany G.