Lakeland, FL
Educare Early Learning Center

Discipline

OVERALL RATING (3.1)

Parents at this school, on average, believe that conflicts between children:
...are handled well in a way that gives me confidence in the safety of my child

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Parents' Notes on Discipline, Health and Safety

Parent #1
Not clean, not clean, not clean. Halls always smell like urine. Child was never clean when i picked him up. Outside bikes all broken.

Parent #2
School was in better shape previously.

Parent #3
While this was a work in progress facility to begin with behind the previous owner (who made improvements on a weekly basis) it is no longer the case....I witnessed a large rickety cabinet hutch fall on a teacher and child (both were ok...but this definitely shaken my confidence in safety when i saw this) there is a coded electronic pad on the entrance door, but people are allowed to 'tailgate' behind others that are coming in and others going out hold it open for those coming in as well. NO random id checks , only a partially kept signature log of drop off and pick up of each child is maintained...but good luck if you have the same teacher checking it each morning or each evening. outside equipment is in poor condition and only fencing of the outdoor play area for compliance has been improved in the last 6 months. I came to the school to pick up my child one day and the school had a power outage that day...no back up generator and the kids were inside the front door huddle (no air conditioning available on this hot 90 degree florida day) understandably the facility has 24 hours to report something like this to the DCF board...but parents were not even contacted to let us know of the situation...and we only found out when we arrived at the end of the work day to pick up our child.

Health

OVERALL RATING (3.6)
Temperature and overall air circulation is comfortable
Healthy and nutritious snacks are provided
Toys and furniture are cleaned regularly

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Safety

OVERALL RATING (3.3)
Screen and identify all visitors
Parents may not bring sick children to school where they may infect others

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