Review of Rusch Park Preschool My child filled a large portfolio book with art and crafts over the two summer adventure camps and preschool with Ms. Kathy Jay. The staff are very nice and they take great care of the kids. This is a great opportunity for anyone on a budget who wants to get a head start for their children. This school led to my child making their first friend and invitations to several birthday parties which was a great head start for an only-child. The swimming pool and optional swim classes for a little extra money really put this already affordable deal over the top.

My only critical feedback is that they have a lot of undocumented rules/expectations for the parents and one teacher's assistant who is quite young has a tendency to come across a bit bossy and rude. I thought it was just me until my mother-in-law, who often picked up my child also brought them up. They're quite young and deal with 3 - 4 year olds every day so I told myself to cut them some slack and I suspect you might have to do the same but here is the breakdown...

Over the past year, I was approached on several occasions by this individual with comments like "We'd like the parents to do this instead of that". No "Hi, How are you doing today?" lead-in to the conversation. Just right into the undocumented "rules" delivered in a tone as if I should've just known better. I watched this individual repeat these same "undocumented rules" over and over with other parents.

I couldn't help but ask myself why they don't provide a print out of these expectations ahead of time?

Drop off expectations. Pick up expectations. Field trip expectations. Watching your children swim expectations.

None of this was written down and I always had to ask a lot of questions. Please make a print out of parent expectations for each of the scenarios you have and you'll save everyone a bit of grief and/or hard feelings, including yourselves.

All this said, I would still give the program 5 stars and highly recommend Ms. Kathy Jay's preschool.