Ark Early Care & Education Center - Waterbury, Connecticut

Dee Baby moms

DO NOT send your child here !!!!! The director/owner IS NOT child friendly! especially if your child is special needs do not send your child here!!! Carol is racists and only wants money! My daughter is special needs with autism and epilepsy and knowing she was on multiple meds that would make her tired she would send her home cause she would be tired ITS DAYCARE!!!! Dont let your child see her in the community - they will be ignored!!!!!!!! this happened to my child twice!! I am so glad my daughter is out of there!

LaQuita Blizzard

Definitely would not recommend!!! My son was diagnosed on the spectrum for Autism and has ADHD. He started at this school at 3yrs old and goes to Bucks Hill Preschool 3-5 days for 2.5 hr for his speech delay. He worked awesome with his teacher at both schools.. His teacher at the Ark was amazing.. she taught him sign language and worked with us on helping him to improve his vocabulary. But the owner Carol told us she could NOT accommodate his needs because he was having tantrums and that we needed to find somewhere else to school him because she didn’t want other children in his class to mimic his behavior… We had a meeting with both schools to see what we could do to further help him out, she then lied in the meeting and said she never told me she could not accommodate him… From there she would constantly call me at work to leave and come get my now 4yr old whenever he had a meltdown. You would think they would know to take him into another room to have him calm down especially because it didn’t happen so often… I once stood in the hallway and listened to the way a teacher spoke to my kid -TRIGGERING HIM- as he literally walked into the school not even 1 minutes after I dropped him off. So I rung the bell and asked to speak to her about the way she had just handled my child! She stood there looking stupid and guilty apologizing multiple times but imagine how often they spoke to or mistreated him without me knowing and HEARING it. I was pulled into the school during drop off & approached by Carol and another teacher telling me how this teacher I literally just seen the night before was bitten by my son ALTHOUGH THE TEACHER NEVER MENTIONED IT DURING PICKUP… saying I’m fine, he didn’t break the skin or leave a mark and I pushed him off before he could really grip it, wasn’t a big deal- all while Carol standing there letting me know it’s “HER” school and instead of calling me to tell me, she ‘couldn’t find my number’ and felt the need to tell me in person…ALTHOUGH she calls me to pick him up and forced us to pay for class dojo for communication purposes.. like what?! Horrible. And it smells like old trash in there. And her puppy, JoAnn had the nerve to send my son outside to the bus in 40 degrees weather with NO coat on when I dropped him off in a winter coat on top of a sweater. Then I got a call from Bucks Hill saying he had a temp & I needed to come pick him up. Get there and he had just a freaking sweater on! I go back to the Ark to get his coat and to ask who put him on the bus without a coat, the puppy JoAnn started stuttered & apologized. Like how ofter are you sending him out there without it?! No excuse. Sad.. if your kids can’t speak don’t put them in there. These are horrible spiteful people and the worst part about them being so horrible is the fact they behave this way while the school is IN A CHURCH!!!

tonya douglas

My daughter went to this school for two months ! I noticed right away things weren't going so well ! They are supposed to make you feel comfortable with your child and the only thing I felt was being uncomfortable if your not from Waterbury they will treat you and your child differently. Watch out for the lady name miss Nancy and staff members there against you ...

jillan Stephens

Great school. They are very caring

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