Monte Vista Day Nursery

Businesses don't stick around for 40+ years without doing something right. The consistent care provided for 1800+ children in Albuquerque over their many years in business speaks for itself. I attended this preschool as a child, learning all the basics in manners, hygiene, social skills, education in reading and writing. In recent years, I have witnessed the constant care provided by Barbara and her staff. "Don't let one bad apple spoil the bunch"-- the negative review that you can find repeated on google and yelp is purely libel and false. Take a tour of this wonderful school and see for yourself.

They are wonderful to our children who attend and have helped them acquire both social skills and academic skills. The director is wonderful and caring and hires teachers with similar attitudes. My only negative is that sometimes the teachers are passive aggressive with the parents when it comes to communicating how the kids were for the day or any needs they may have. This may be from being burned out or perhaps personal things interfering. Who knows as it isn't a constant by any means, but is the only reason I do not give 5 stars. That being said, I would recommend all of my friends to send their children here if they are looking for a caring, affordable, joyful place for daycare. I do wish they offered part-time options also. As far as previous reviews of abuse, I have never witnessed any behavior like that at all and we have been with them since 2014. We never heard of any investigations, have spoken with several teachers there (past and present) and the kids have all been regulars that I have seen for the past three years. The place is clean and well-maintained. Some of the play equipment could use updating but I have not witnessed any hazards that warrant this place unsafe. I have asked my children about teachers and the director (if they yell or hit kids) and was told no by both. They LOVE the director and their teachers so much. I'm baffled by the previous review.

I'm one upset momma. I wanted to send my 6 month to this nursery because it's very close to my work and the pricing was not as expensive as some of the other day care options I've looked at. I've been trying for MONTHS to outreach to the staff, but no one will contact me back. I first outreached to them via Facebook messenger on July 25 to ask about getting my daughter enrolled. They replied that day telling me to either come by, or use their website. I went to the website (which is incredibly outdated), and sent in a request in their Contact us area. The website does not send you an auto reply to your email letting you know that they've received your submission, and I never heard back from them. In either late August or early September I sent in another submission to their website to hopefully get my daughter enrolled for January. Again, no response, no follow up. I called them in October and was transferred to the Director named Barbara. I asked if she could just verify that my daughter was on the list. For whatever reason she couldn't just check on that right then and there so she told me that she'd look into it and then either call or email me back the next day. That didn't happen. I sent them ANOTHER Facebook message on November 19th and no one replied to that. I called them again on December 2nd around noon and no one answered so I left a voice message. Again, all I wanted was confirmation that my daughter was placed on the list for January because I had put all my eggs into this one basket of child care for when I go back to work full time. No one has called me back. I'm starting to taking this personally, like they just don't want MY business. How is this business run if the staff refuse to communicate to potential customers? I had heard good things about this place from a friend of a friend who sent her boys there, but I've had nothing but a horrible experience just trying to talk to someone. At this point I don't want to send my daughter there if this is what it's going to be like. After reading other Google reviews, it sounds like others have had similar horrible experiences with the director, so maybe I'm dodging a bullet by not sending my daughter here. It's a real shame.

My children have attended her for many years including the summer program. They all love the staff. I had one child who had to move daycares because of location and he wants to go back to MVDN!