Gainesville Empowerment Zone Family Learning Center

This is a wonderful school. My children have now attended for almost 2 years and I have seen a significant improvement in my children’s learning and understanding of the world. They test the children as required by state and then create a plan to lead to success. They include parents every step of the way and give you tools to assist your little ones at home. I am thankful for this wonderful little school its made a huge difference in my children’s education.

I'll start by saying that Atlanta and Kiesha (2 of the infant room teachers) are phenomenal, they are great and the only reason my daughter was at this facility for as long as she was. Over the course of my daughter's enrollment at this place, I have voiced many concerns a few times more than I want to admit, cause i should have removed her long ago but nobody was taking infats in my area. they would call parents to come pick up their sick kids in the morning, they never show until they normal time and then the child comes back the next morning like nothing happened. the child still visibly sick. i mentioned to one of the teachers that the child looked sick, visibly lethargic, couldnt keep his head up, she said she called mom to pick the baby up, that was when i dropped my baby off, i went to pick her back up after work the child still there. Scheduled a meeting with Trish stated she understands my concerns but yet this continued amongst many other issues i addressed in the meeting. The administration is piss poor, they act like they are concerned and listen to you but does nothing. They don't help their staff. I had been told so many times that I can't get up dates on my child because they are short teachers, meanwhile the director and other staff or just sitting around or in their office with the door closed. they are immensely overpriced for the service that they give. They have heavily accented teachers trying to teach the 1-year-old classroom, I'm not a racist by any means but how can my baby learn proper English if her teachers have broken English in her most impressionable learning period. More than a hand full of the staff come to work inappropriately dressed, skintight clothes or extremely dirty. I expressed my concerns about this and still it continued, how can i feel confident that this facility will keep my child clean if the staff is dirty and they children are and are always sick and still be at the school with green snot. My child would come home with other children's bottles, cups, jackets, blankets, you name it. my baby bottles go missing even her paci's, infact her last day when I went to pick her up she had another kid's blanket sent home with her. COMPLETELY UNORGANIZED. they would give notice that the daycare was closed a day and half before they are closing. this happened more than once. THEY STARTED MY BABY ON FORMULA BEFORE I DID, THEY ALSO STARTED GIVING HER TABLE FOOD BEFORE I DID, WITHOUT MY CONSENT. They have started hiring kids that look like that fresh out of high school. KEEP YOUR KIDS AWAY, I GAVE THEM TO MANY CHANCES, I FINALLY SNATCHED HER OUT WITHOUT EVEN HAVING ANOTHER DAYCARE TO PUT HER IN, I WAS THAT FED UP, I COULDNT KEEP WAITING FOR AVAILABILITY AT THE OTHER DAYCARES I HAD ALREADY REACHED OUT TO. If you can place your kid at a different daycare, do it!

This place is phenomenal, i have ahad the most awesome experience here and do recommend anyone to place their child here if you are looking for quality childcare

I interned here and loved Trish and the teachers!

My kids teachers are nice. The classrooms have ample space for the kids to play and explore and they have a food program that makes my life easier!!