I have had my children in full-time daycare for the past 6 years and was sad to leave our old daycare behind when we moved to Austin. CCOA was the closest thing we could find to what my children were used to. However I soon enountered many of the issues that have been noted (primarily teacher turnover) and got my child on waitlists at other shcools. With my prior experience with daycare facilities, I have to disagree with the post regarding the recent director that was let go. I feel it was a good thing and in fact have stopped looking elsewhere while the owners take control of this place and give them an opportunity to get it on the right track. While the previous director was curriculum coordinator I had very poor experiences with her. She was irresponsible (did not follow-up as she said she would), was very unsympathetic and too business-like when concerns were raised regarding my child's schedule and teacher issues. You wondered if she realized we were leaving our most precious possessions in their care. She put a very ""bad taste"" in my mouth regarding this entire facility which was unfortunate. We are all overworked and stressed, but that is no excuse for her to treat the parents in such a poor manner. The teacher turnover issue we encountered late this summer has settled down and we love our child's new teacher. Hopefully you will see more positive posts in the upcoming months as things improve.
Pros: facilities
Cons: too many additional fees for music, spanish, etc.
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