Great Beginnings Day Care Center

Looking for a new daycare for my child closer to work. I loved everything about this location! I met with Regina and she walked me through their daily routine and what I should expect. She made me feel super comfortable about enrolling. Very happy with my decision.

I was looking at many day care centers in the area and this is the one that I felt comfortable from the very start. I just came across the Unilocal reviews and I am so happy I went there before reading all the negative comments. I don’t find them true or fair at all. My daughter loves the preschool. I am very impressed with the teachers. They truly care about my daughter and they were even concerned about her eating habits !!! I feel comfortable knowing that my child is in good hands when I leave for work to the city. I would recommend the Great Beginning Day Care to all the parents who are looking for a great and safe care. No, Im not affiliated with anyone who works there. I just appreciate how the new management and teachers care about the kids.

We were hesitant to send our child to Great Beginnings after reading all the negative reviews but we’re glad we gave them a chance. We signed on during the transitional period and it was messy but they’ve proven themselves to be very hospitable and welcoming to us. They perform their duties professionally while still giving you a sense of true caring for the children.

My daughter has been at Great Beginnings since was 5 months (started in 2013) and has remained there during the transition time with owners. As a parent who has kept their child there throughout this entire time, I can say she has continued to recieve great care and is always very happy to go to her «school» each morning. The new owners have done nothing but enhance the care and environment of this daycare. The new owners have been very responsive and accommodating to my daughter. I would highly recommend this daycare and think it’s an absolute shame how parents reacted to new management.

We went to this daycare for 3 years, and loved it. Recently new owners purchased the facility. At first we were concerned as we had a great relationship with the old owners, but the new owners came in and made some fresh updates to the facility so we said great, all for it. Things were fine for the first 2 weeks…
BUT then they started cleaning house with the staff, 1 person gets let go you say okay there will be changes. I’ve worked for big corporations and with new leadership comes new policies and sometimes staff changes. My children are my first priority and one of the biggest reasons I chose this daycare 3 years ago was for the great teachers, who had tenure, strong child care backgrounds, and would provide stability for my kids. I went in and spoke with one of the owners about their plans and was assured over and over that they would not be letting anyone else go. I was told That they love Children to much to upset them like that,. Less then 2 weeks later they proceeded to get rid of 80% of the teachers. When I went back in to ask what was going on and who was taking care of my children, the answer I got was we have to do what is best for US. It was no longer about what is best for the Children. I immediately removed my children from their care.
Their Assistance Director can get on here and write a review telling you what a wonderful place Great Beginnings is but I as a parent who had 2 children who attended there will tell you this is not the case. 70% of the families who went to Great Beginnings, have now pulled out. Really a great place, things that make you go hmmmm.
Over the course of 3 – 4 weeks, that we were there with the new ownership I now know that I was lied to on many occasions. Some little like what are the children having for breakfast and others bigger.
I can tell you that my children started to shows signs of stress, came home physically upset a few times about things that had been said to them or happened to them while at daycare. About the 2^nd week of the new ownership my children started to fight going to daycare each day that had never happened in the 3 years prior.
I can also tell you that we were not the only family that experienced being lied to, and manipulated, a majority of the families that were at this daycare are no longer there. Please keep in mind 80% of the teachers being let go is not a teacher issue it’s a management issues, 70% of the families if not more leave a daycare it’s not a parent issue it’s a management issue.
Please think twice before you go here, because in my opinion there are much better and SAFER options out there then Great Beginnings.