Brighton Learning Center — Local services in Gladstone

My son attended BLC for just less than two years. Overall, my son seemed to enjoy his time there and he did learn a lot. We were happy to find a center that offered affordable part-time care and were especially happy with the time he spent in the infant room.

His transitions to the other rooms, though, were not as pleasant. There was a huge lack of communication with us and at one point, when I tried to meet with his teacher to rectify this, she was very dismissive and offered no solutions. The directors initially tried to work with us on increasing communication, but during the next transition, things were just as bad.

Twice we had fairly major health/safety concerns (once my son vomited multiple times and was possibly running a fever, but nobody called to tell us, another time I found him unsupervised, out of view in the rear portion of the playground with a large bloody scrape on his arm) and both times the directors told us that this was due to new staff members who needed further training. This seemed to be a frequent issue as staff turnover was very high. There were frequently new faces at pick-ups and drop-offs and, in our experience, not much was done to introduce them to parents.

We also had concerns about security issues. Although the front door requires a code to get in, when we asked how often it was changed, we were told that it had never been changed and they were unsure how to change it. There is also rarely anyone out front watching the door. And, toward the end of our time there, I noticed that the classroom door where we would pick up our son was frequently propped open, meaning a child could easily dart out unnoticed.

In the end, I don’t regret the time we spent there, and I think there are pros and cons to every daycare. But, I’m very happy we were able to move somewhere that better addresses my concerns with safety, security and...

Our review of BLC is long overdue so for that we apologize! We have nothing but amazing things to say about the staff and our time at BLC. We have had a total of three kids that have attended BLC and all three still talk of great memories from their time spent there. BLC always had fun projects/activities planned for the kids, they were great for preparing for grade-school, and their communication was top-level which is so important as a parent when handing your children off to be looked after. We knew that our children were always safe and very much cared for from the moment we would drop them off. As parents, we were even treated to parents night out which was such a huge blessing when in the thick of parenting young children. They had dinner and activities planned for the kids while my husband and I got to spend a few hours just us! It always felt like family when we stepped into BLC, and I truly am so grateful for the time we had with...

My daughter attended 2/14/2017-4/07-2017 she was 7wks old I wasn’t to fond of daycares but I trusted them everything seemed fine when I went to view and observe the center I paid $70 the week prior to her starting then the end of the week I got a message from Alecia stating that I was behind on childcare which wasn’t even possible because it was only her first week at the center then the following week I walked in the nursery and saw my baby in the swing at max speed under a lady named Sheri’s care I mentioned it to Alecia and she was very non chalant about it and mentioned that she’ll make sure no one puts my baby in the swing as time goes on I was told my baby had to stay home for 24hrs because she vomited (she was 7wks) so I had to miss work for no reason then it’s tax time so I ask for my statement and she sent me a screenshot of her computer showing me in the negative so she wouldn’t have to give me my tax...