Sarah Raymond Early Childhood

If I were to start my daughter in school soon, she would be going here. But with what I witnessed today from either teachers or a chaperone, I don't know if I want to send her there. We were at Rader Family Farms and it seemed as if the entire school was there also. Many split off into different groups with the leaders wearing similar shirts but in different colors. I was taking my daughter down what they call the Double Barrel which is essentially a slide that is covered. Four teachers and or chaperones were passing by with a group of children, many who wanted to go on the slide and one, a child of color, was screaming and crying about not wanting to go on it. One of the four stayed at the bottom to watch other students as they came down the slide and one of the other three picked him up carrying him up the hill. My daughter and I began walking near them I tried to give the child encouragement by saying "Maybe if you ask nicely one of them will go down the slide with you." And I pointed to my daughter and said "Because she was scare the first time she went down also." I said this loud enough the person carrying him should have heard me. I say should of because there have been other instances in the day where I was speaking loud enough for my daughters sake or the sake of someone else in my party, that others responded to what was said or were courteous because of the situation. It comes to be this child's turn and he is still screaming and protesting trying to get away, but they placed him inside the slide and let go. They even gave a little laugh about how slow he was going down the slide. The child was still screaming and crying wanting to run off after his departure from the slide just to be picked up by one of the four who was to be looking after him. Later on I spoke to another person with a similar shirt to the four I seen earlier and got confirmation it was this school. She was happy I recognized it at first, but her face fell blank without a response about what I had witnessed. Now don't get me wrong, I understand encouraging children to push themselves academically, but forcing them to do something they clearly don't want to do and not even attempting to sooth them and offer other solutions like riding with, is something I can't stand. Now to give you a frame of reference I am a 5'8" 240 lbs white male going down this slide with my daughter. If I could fit in and down this slide with my child, one of these four women who appeared to be smaller than I, could have easily gone down with him had they attempted to calm him and offer that as an option. No I am not a teacher myself and just because I have one child doesn't make me an expert with children, but I do have a degree in Sociology with minors in Psychology and Anthropology and have enough common sense to know when someone, even a child truly doesn't want to do something. I hope his parents see this and will now understand why their child didn't enjoy themself at the farm.

This school is prejudice they do not care for all chdren as they say. I will say this school is very diverse racially but this school is very prejudice towards people with a lower income than others. I have a friend who had legal issues after this school for no reason. Yikes!

My daughter went there as a kid and now my son I love this school keep up the great work Staff

My twins love attending preschool here and we've yet to have a negative experience with any of the teachers or staff.

I absolutely love everything about this place! I am so happy that my oldest has been able to attend! Everyone there is so kind and caring!