Children's Lighthouse Gardner

Great school for your kids. They love this place and love their teachers. Everyone is happy and joyful.

Both of my children have been belonged to this service provider for years. They communicate well with the communication app they use including daily reports, drop off notes, and photos. Drop offs and pick up are also smooth, the only issue I have seen is some lack of communication and decision making during classroom transitions.

I would not recommend this school. The price is NOT worth what your child will receive. Mine has been with six different 'teachers' since the start of the school year. None of them are actually certified teachers. The teacher to student ratio in each room is regularly outside of state guidelines. Children receive zero discipline after striking other students with toys or objects in the room. The computer system that you log in/out of each day does not keep track of when your child is there. I am not sure what happens with that data. The handheld tablets in each room is what the school goes off of and that is only as accurate as the 18 year old in the room makes it. And lastly, there is a pet rabbit that is taken around to different rooms and is sometimes left to roam a room completely unsupervised. Stepping in rabbit poop in dress shoes to start the morning is less than ideal.

My niece loves attending your preschool program! She talks to me about her amazing teachers and all the wonderful things she learns. Thank you for giving her a safe and fun place to learn.

Overall, I would say Children's Lighthouse Gardner is a decent "daycare" but at times we question the "Learning Center" aspect of the facility. I could not tell you if they are still doing half the educational activities they say they do. Half the time at pick up, they kids are all watching TV and half the pictures throughout the day are of them being "educated" through TV. With high teacher turnover, it is hard to keep track of who is "educating" our children. Whether it's internet issues or teacher issues, the Tadpoles portal is not reliable for information and the teacher at pick up usually knows nothing about the children's days as they were just the late person that day. The strict structure seems to have fallen away since they first opened. I would agree with Johnny G about the rabbit. While it's fun for kids to have a class pet, allowing it to roam freely through the classrooms and the whole center is disgusting.