Goddard parent handbook

These spaces will vary by location, so contact your local Goddard School to learn more. Our fun, safe playgrounds encourage the kind of imaginative play that makes childhood magical. Each piece of equipment is installed by a certified playground safety inspector, and all the play spaces and outdoor classrooms are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Accessible Design.

Specifically designed for younger children, infant and toddler playgrounds are the perfect space for the littlest learners to experience the world outdoors. The imaginative play continues on the preschool and school-age playgrounds, which are designed for children ages 30 months to 12 years old. With a safety surface, shade area and playground structure, older children will have endless fun as they play and grow.

Children ages five to twelve have endless opportunities to run, jump and climb on the school-age playgrounds. These spaces feature a safety surface, shade area and a playground structure perfect for older children. Playgrounds available at individual Goddard Schools vary. Contact your local School to learn more. Active play is a huge part of learning, which is why The Goddard School offers gyms and multi-purpose rooms as an extension of other learning spaces.

These versatile rooms are perfect for activities like yoga, aerobics, indoor soccer and more. Common features in our gyms and multi-purpose rooms may include:. Additional features available at Schools may vary. Contact your local Goddard School to learn more! Structured outdoor classrooms let imaginations fly! Schools may have gardens, musical instruments, weather stations, dramatic arts stages or outdoor art studios that offer your child the opportunity to engage in hands-on activities while developing new interests and a love of learning.

Outdoor classrooms vary by location, so contact your local Goddard School to learn more! Versatile, customized physical spaces ensure your child has extra room for exploration beyond the classroom. These areas support a wide range of interests so little learners can dive deeper into concepts they love.

Some common physical spaces may include:. These cozy, quiet spaces are perfect for little readers to discover new stories, engage with favorite characters or simply reflect, regulate and process what is happening around them.

The shelves are stocked with diverse, high-quality literature so parents, children and teachers have access to countless books that help guide interest-based learning and boost social-emotional growth.

I asked why I didn't get a call. No one called me but after taking my son to the ER to find out his fever was The owner told me they didn't call bc some parents don't come She and I talked and came to an agreement.

He wasover to another class. I requested percent involvement in everything whether sick or misconduct as I checked on everyday anyway. Shortly after they called for my son acting up I went immediately for a 3 year old and found him to be feverish in which they hadn't checked. My child was irritated so of course he'd act up. I took him home withequity for the day.

I'm a single parent working for 3 companies trying to buy my son and I a home and although I work from home him learning during the day is better. I heard so many great things but not a couple days after this I was called in the office for my son's behavior that apparently that was growing increasingly bad and that he's in the OWNERs office everyday for misconduct, to my surprise again because I ask everyday.

Apparently my child, 3 year old African American boy, hit another, 3 year old Caucasian boy, and that little baby told his dad whom complained to the owner about it. So that day she, the owner [redacted], came up with a game plan for his "behavior. Not only did they tell me this while my 3 year old was standing in front of them listening but when I went I had paid up for 2 weeks and no check was written for reimbursement.

There were many reasons that her son no longer attends our school. Her tuition has still not been paid in full. You cannot attend our school if you are not paying your bill as stated in the parent handbook. Also she did state that our teachers were rude, our staff was unfriendly, her son was never happy at our school.

I am not sure why you would continue to send your child to a school if you felt this way. At our school we respect our teacher and expect parents to treat them with the same respect. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Carrie P[redacted]Owner. My son was enrolled there a year ago but had to leave. Looking at returning again for the great quality and caring environment. Spread the word! Review: My son was a student age-6months at this school. Within a week of his enrollment, we decided to pull him out as he was getting over stimulated and frankly wasn't able to cope up with the environment.

We wanted to keep him home for a months and wanted to start again with the school once our son was ready. Upon approaching the principal - [redacted] and owner- [redacted], we were told that the school's policy will still need to be followed and a notice will need to be provided.

However, the owner kept forcing us to pay for the entire month of July, even though the school's policy as stated in the parent handbook states the following:" One month written notice is required.

Any unused portion of the tuition will be refunded within 30 days". Since this clause is not present in any of the signed documents between us and the school, we talked to the Goddard Franchise relation office, who also spoke directly with the franchise owner [redacted] about our concern.

However, since financial decisions are of that of the owner, the school franchise relations couldn't help us and the owner still decided to proceed with their illegal practices. To avoid having any more stress on our baby, we decided to pay for the dues to avoid our account from being reported to Collections but kept our son home. While we did pay the dues, we really hope that the Revdex. So, we hope that Revdex.

Consumer Response: [A default letter is provided here which indicates that the business has not responded to you directly. If you wish, you may update it before sending it.

Since the contact information I gave, was mentioned on this particular franchise's website, I am not sure if your emails are going to an unmonitored account. I had been getting emails from the owner, [redacted] from the email account [redacted], when conversing with her about the issue in the past. Can you please also reach out to her using that email account? If you even don't get a response from this account, I am guessing they are just ignoring the complaint and are just going to keep exploiting other innocent parents.

While your stance in this matter is limited and while this particular franchise isn't accredited, I hope that this complaint will show up on the Revdex. Since I haven't dealt with such a situation ever before, is there a contact number you know where I could reach the personnel and discuss the matter? At the end of everything, we just want the school to follow thier own handbook and provide the refund based on the clause indicated in their legal document.

Thanks so much for trying to assist and for all your time and effort. Due to the new school year I have been unable to reply until this time. We have an open door policy that a family can speak to the director if they feel they cannot speak to the teachers, and they can also reach out to the owner of the school at any time. At no time did either parent approach us regarding the quality of care of their son. The Director of the School called or spoke to them daily, as the teachers. The over stimulation that the parents speak of is a normal six month old baby need to play and Interact with people.

The child thrived here and is missed by all. Both parents signed a parent handbook and enrollment agreement that states a 30 day notice is required. The family was enrolled at the time and did received the reminders that a withdrawal from the school is a full 30 days and needs to be given at the end of the month and we do not prorate monthly tuition.

The family also was told verbally in the owner's office when they came in to complete their paper work. The letter to the Revdex. Below you will find a small summary of what transpired with the family and what the school did to help the family.

Our intention was never one of doubt with regard to the family's need to withdraw their infant son and allowing the grandparents to care for Vihann; our intention was to provide quality care for the child and to be fair with ALL of parents regarding our policies.

The family reached out to Goddard Systems Franchise Relations beginning June 11, on a almost daily basis, speaking to them more than three hours; at the same time bringing Vihaan here to receive excellent care with both parents positive and showing no signs of discontent.

Franchise Relations was not aware we had told the family we would consider an earlier withdrawal date due to medical reasons by the 25th June. The family gave us two reasons for withdrawing. The first reason was the commitment the family made over a weekend to allow the grandparents to care for the infant child.

The family made plans with the understanding they would withdraw on July 9th and the tuition would be prorated to reflect this. After explaining to the parents, our 30 day withdrawal policy, reminding them of speaking about it when they dropped off the last of the paper work the parents then acknowledge their child had new sleep patterns, especially at night, and observations at home of Vihaan being more alert and active especially while in his high chair. The Director and the teachers had multiple conversations with the parents regarding his alertness, naps, eating and general care and it was concluded the infant child was a thriving alert baby who now enjoyed playing and being around family and his teachers at Goddard.

I did suggest having Vihaan's doctor check him because the parents expressed concern it may be more than a normal 6 month baby changing his habits. I did tell the parents if a note was provided they could leave on or before the end of the month with no additional tuition due. I did not expect the doctor to personally call me but she did. My only question to her was "What was the basis for writing the note and concern over the wording of the note that laid blame on The Goddard School for sleep problems with Vihaan ;after only in our school for two weeks.

Her reply to my question cleared up this concern and she also gave us the reasons as to why she wrote the note-The parents has requested the note to move Vihaan to a smaller daycare. She also freely said, without me asking, there was no medical need to move Vihaan from our program. When the doctor told us she couid not provide a medical reason the school decided not to allow the family to withdraw June 30th.

Shortly after the Doctor's call [redacted]'s wife came in and expresses the need to have the tuition prorated through July 12th due to the cost of having the grandparents stay awhile longer with them. In conclusion, we wanted a fair solution to a withdrawal policy that was explained verbally, over email as a reminder and the parents signed off on-The enrollment agreement and the parent's handbook.

The infant child could continue to receive care through the month of July. We were asking them to follow our school policy but at the same time allow them a credit so no.