Jennifer Hiler

Review of Gulf Coast Christian Academy

Watch the cameras, I feel that most parents sendin...

Watch the cameras, I feel that most parents sending their kids here don't. My son went there and during his first week, I saw camera footage that was concerning to me. When I brought it up with the director, I was told they confronted the employee and she started crying, so they gave her another chance. Six months later, that teacher and another were fired in the middle of the day. I was told they no longer work there but the reason for dismissal was never given to me, despite me asking for a reason or asking if related to the safety of a child (understandable and not uncommon in day care setting, but still unnerving given what I saw on the camera months before). After the teachers were fired, they took a while finding a replacement teacher so they would combine his class with an older VPK class. I don't feel that the teachers could handle the combined classes, I saw my son trying to nap one day and kids running around class like crazy, at one point tipping a stroller over on my son. After about 30 minutes of the chaos, another teacher came in to get the kids running around, but also took my son out of the room (because he wasn't sleeping from all the craziness) and wouldn't let him nap. When I picked him up that day and asked about it, I was told he just wasn't tired and refused to nap that day, despite the video showing a completely different story. Hopefully others have a better experience, but I enrolled my son elsewhere and haven't looked back since. Again, if you enroll your child, WATCH THE CAMERAS!