Lighthouse Preschool & Daycare

DO NOT ENROLL YOUR KIDS HERE!!This is a business first and foremost, it's completely about money, not caring for our children. The owner, Ms. Young has no business running a daycare. -She is not good with kids. I've walked into the school and heard her yelling at some of her young ones in a very unprofessional manner.-TWO KIDS WERE LEFT OUTSIDE AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT ON A HOT DAY! the blame was put on one of our favorite teachers who was not even working that day.-Prices are INSANE. Even after we got government assistance, we still had to dish out $360 a month for one 3/yo. We switched to lil' folks across the street where we're paying half. -Ms. Young will take advantage and close the school for every holiday, federal or not, as well as teachers birthdays, teachers calling out or more likely quitting/getting fired. You are still charged full price and you will not be able to take your kid(s) to school about 3 days a week. They closed school for 2 weeks for winter break.-The turnover rate is crazy (kids and teachers both) because she doesn't pay her teachers anywhere near what they should be getting to take care of our children. They don't get paid for all those holidays that we still pay full price for.-When a teacher was fired or quit and a new one was hired, we had no idea. We didn't know who was taking care of/teaching our kids.-Our child's clothing would often get lost.The teachers I have met here are good people. They do not deserve the low pay, mandatory unpaid vacations, and poor treatment. If you're able to find another school that can accommodate, even if it's a little farther than you want to travel for it, it would absolutely be worth it.

My daughter has been going here for over a year now. I cannot believe how much she has learned and has never once cried going to school, which is comforting as a parent because she loves going. I enjoy the help and love she receives in my absence. They provide breakfast, snacks and lunch! Takes one more thing off my list in the mornings.

As a parent I cannot recommend this preschool/daycare to anyone. I would not consider this a preschool at all as there was minimal learning. We pulled our kids out as soon as we were able to make other arrangements. There is no structure or organization whatsoever and always new staff in and out. Most of the time we didn't even know who it was watching our kids. There has been so much turnover and it's very clear they are understaffed and not trained properly. Many times my youngest had a full diaper at pick up or was not cleaned properly. I will say, thank goodness for Ms. Angel, one of the teachers. She cares about the kids and my kids loved her and we are so thankful she was there. However that is honestly the only positive of this place. For the safety and well-being of the kids hopefully the owner will step up and do what is needed to turn things around.

I am extremely disappointed and outraged with this daycare's lack of responsibility and care for my child. My 2 year old child was lost under their supervision, and they weren't even aware that she had been missing until I came to pick her up and they could not tell me where she was! We found her along with another little girl had been left outside. It was over 85 degrees outside! My child was red all over and her body was hot to the touch. As if it couldn't get any worse, she had been sitting in a diaper full of poop!As a parent, this is the worst nightmare I could have ever imagined. The staff did not have any explanation or answers as to how this could have happened. Furthermore the owner/operator refused to return to the school to speak with us because her son was graduating. I trusted this daycare to provide a safe and secure environment for my child, but their negligence has caused immense emotional distress to my family. It is unacceptable and unforgivable for a daycare to lose a child. The staff showed little concern for our wellbeing and was not proactive in finding my child. It took for us the parent to locate the children and notify law enforcement.I strongly urge parents to steer clear of this daycare and find a more reliable and trustworthy option. I have since became aware of the multiple violations this facility has received to include not even performing background checks on their staff! Losing a child is a traumatic experience, and I would not wish it on any other parent. This daycare has shown that they cannot be trusted to look after children properly, and I hope this incident results in their closure! Below is a link where you can search all daycares by name or location. You can also see for yourself their inspection results (violations). Once on the home page click on FIND CARE at the top menu bar.Best of luck to anyone who send their children here!https://www.childcare.virginia.gov/home-childcare

As a former employee I find the reviews for this place truly astonishing. I feel bad for the parents who so desperately need to use her for child care and remain fearful for more incidents to occur at a cost to the little ones safety. Not the safest place for your kids for sure. This woman can't keep employees because she doesn't want to. Your children suffer because of that. Stay safe, stay blessed. Unprofessional, look at other responses to reviews were she blatantly attacks former employees and shifts the blame on us...hmmmm

I strongly urge both parent and and potential employees NOT to go here. the owners lack of care for both the students and staff is absolutely unacceptable. all this owner cares about is the money and nothing else. she is disrespectful to everyone and seeing first hand the attitude that she gives to parents and their children is horrifying. her staff is under paid and over worked with little to no breaks and bathroom breaks. she is barely ever in the building and if she is there it's only for a couple hours leaving no one in charge (except on paper for licensing if they ever come in). this lady has stated multiple times that she HATES most of the children that are in her care, and will absolutely exclude those children from events all because she doesn't like the fact that they sometimes have emotions that are bigger than themselves. it's appalling that this business is still up and running even after failing inspection multiple times and being told fist hand that she needs to be in the building by the inspector. I'm sorry for both the parents and the employees that have to put up with her.

Owner cares more about money than children or employees. Continues to enroll new students even though she knows she doesnt have the staff to handle them all, moves the children from room to room each day so theres no routine for them. No structure, no proper training for staff, bare minimum done to actually educate the children. 5 star reviews from December were only written because she bribed the parents with a "tuition raffle" for christmas, where the rules were "write a 5 star review for the daycare and get a chance to win $100 off your daycare payment". The teachers are decent but they come and go quickly I can only assume they leave because of her. Nasty attitude towards children, parents, and her employees. Wether your looking for daycare for your kids or a new place to work, run the opposite way!!