Ladybird Academy of Debary — Local services in DeBary

I’m taking the time to review this location because I want parents to be warned. I moved to Deltona and so I had to move my son to La Petite in DeBary from Ladybird in Sanford (which was amazing and wish I never had to take him out of that place) La Petite was abusing and neglecting my son, locking him in bathroom for long periods of time, refusing to give him liquids, dragging him across the room by his shirt etc so less than 2 weeks later I pulled him out and put him in here, I put my son into this daycare right after he became potty trained because he turned 3 in August but because of the abuse issues regarding the bathroom at La Petite, he started having more accidents and being scared of the bathroom at schools, I explained to all the staff here at Ladybird DeBary. They promised me they would be patient and help, but they started putting him in a pull-up and not even taking him to the bathroom enough. I confronted them twice nicely and they promised it would stop. But the third time it happened, I picked him up at 6pm and he had the same outfit and underwear on I brought him in that day in with a pull-up underneath. And they hadn’t charted a bathroom break since before nap. His pull-up was super full of pee. I got extremely upset and protective of my child (obviously and justifiably) and spoke very harshly, even raising my voice to the front desk lady and said “You guys have to stop putting Pull-Ups on him! HE IS POTTY TRAINED! Im sick if this” and I left. Well I continued messaging regarding this neglect on the messenger feature so the director could see and address it, I asked to meet with her the next day, then someone on the app (who claimed to be the director) instead started lying about him not having clean underwear and other obvious lies regarding the issue and then proceeded to say “we are disenrolling your child” because of how I spoke with the staff lady, with ZERO notice, the next day was Friday and I had no one to watch my son to go to work. They then MAILED his multiple clean underwear, clothes (that they claimed he didn’t have LOL, and don’t forget the clean underwear he was wearing over his Pull-Up when I picked him up) and school supplies I had bought for him. It was RIDICULOUS clearly and they just wanted to get rid of a parent who was calling them out on neglecting a student which is AGAINST THE LAW.

My son goes to a new daycare now and he has been going there for a month now. He has only had ONE pee accident the entire month. Just goes to show it was something wrong with staff and their impatience and attentiveness to him. I am SO glad my son is in a better place now that he loves and it’s about $75 cheaper a week so goes to show you that the bigger, pricier daycares are not always better!

(Oh BTW, I’ve been asking Ladybird DeBary for a copy of all his enrollment paperwork including his physical and immunization waiver for the new daycare and they have still refused to give...

The facility sells a great bargain: fantastic academic plan, cleanliness , cameras for children safety, What parent could miss out on that? (mind you they are very expensive) Shortly enrolled my son and first week already noticed the rudeness of the staff . figuring it was just my imagination(red flag). I came times in the afternoon asking the teachers how my son did with little response " oh he's fine" . Obviously i can note that my son is fine because he's alive an breathing not exactly the response i was wanting( this was not too much of a concern to me but a red flag). Then week after week my son started coming home from school with bruising on his legs, hes a boy so i understand he falls but on his chest and his eye with no report on what happened, i would come the next day and ask and teachers would respond " i didn't hear him cry about anything he probably just fell" ...... aren't you suppose to be watching these children The response was evident that there weren't watching.(Huge concern) I brought my concerns to the manager and said that we need to have a meeting she said okay when and never expressed why we were having a meeting or cared why. Meeting never happened on lack of time. He shortly went to a different class because of his age, but my son wasn't completely potty trained to be in the next class and I've had expressed my concern;But he was still moved anyway.He started having problems with using the bathroom the teacher had accused my family of not potty training my son at home, i had firmly reassured them that this was not the problem and that the movement too soon to a different class was the problem( note this was a teacher not the manager)the manager with no apologize for her staff lashing out the way they were. Next day i come to pick up my son with the teacher basically verbally abusing one of the children. Still expressing my concerns to the manager her response was were moving him to the class before and their shouldn't be a problem now, mind you i was the one who stressed this move not her. She(manager) brushes the concerns of parents off and makes it seems like she's doing something but isn't probably why their turn over rate is through the roof. This daycare would be amazing if staff was correctly oriented in professionalism in dealing with parents, having correct understanding of what watching children means, not having such a terrible turn over rate so that our children aren't being verbally abused by people they've hired and having management properly take control of the situation then reassuring parents and leave concerns hanging, if she just wants a paycheck she should manage McDonald's. This facility has an amazing curriculum but the staff and management should be completely fired by the company and remade with completely new staff. That's just how...

We recently moved our child to Ladybird daycare. We were initially very impressed right off the bat. The school is very clean with large classrooms and play areas has a lot to offer. We love Mrs. Ronda, we couldn't have asked for a better teacher. She's very patient with the kids, she's invested in their development and takes the time needed to do her job well. She's really the only reason we've kept our child there. After a few weeks there I started wondering how some of the other families were affording Ladybird, as it's most expensive place around with a 2 yr old costing 200+ per week. We then came to find out they offer vouchers to low income allowing them to pay $90 a week. I wouldn't mind as much if I weren't paying the difference to subsidize the families. When it came time for the beginning of the school year we were hit with a weekly price increase, an $85 curriculum fee and a supply list. Really as if were not paying enough? As it turns out half the families in my child's class NEVER BROUGHT THEY'RE SUPPLIES IN, even after being repeatedly asked. I'm starting to see why we're paying a "curriculum" cost. These other reviews must have been requested by staff. I find they're communication seriously lacking. If they're having a Mother's Day or Grandparent's day function they'll post it a day or two before, we haven't been able to attend things because we get such late notice. My child came home with a very visible bite mark on her arm - we got no incident report and then I had to request one even after I talked to staff. I agree with some of the more honest reviews that state the rooms are usually overloaded and management seems focused on numbers. Another parent said they're child wasn't moved up because they were short staffed and we're experiencing the same thing. I'd complain more but we love our teacher and once our child is moved we're not sure we'll stay. They haven't had a teacher for 3 yr old's in months. They seem to have a hard time keeping staff and then overload the staff they have. I'm fairly certain the amount of children in a classroom exceeds DCF numbers frequently. The last thing I would say is the staff is SERIOUSLY under paid, $9/hr. Are you kidding me? Profits seem to be the first priority, looks must be the second, and staff must...