Great school

Last Monday, we started our 3-year-old daughter at this school and registered our 7-year-old daughter for summer camp starting in June. Every day our youngest went to daycare, she came back visibly unhappy, and kept saying she doesn’t want to go back. She has gone to day care for more than half of her life and has never been like this – it was very clear something was wrong here. She isn’t old enough to clearly verbalize what she didn’t like or what was wrong, but it was clear she was very anxious about going in. We weren’t sure if she was eating at lunch time when she went in, if she was scared of another child or a teacher who worked there, or what they were doing to her to make her like this. By Wednesday night after seeing her reaction to school, we knew it wasn’t a good fit, and my wife went in Thursday after the morning drop-off rush to let them know we’re pulling the younger child from daycare and requested that they cancel the summer camp registration for our older daughter. Our request was met with a blanket “no refunds” and on top my wife was told they were doing us a favor by not charging us for two more weeks of their daycare services for the younger child because cancellation requires a two-week notice. The director has been nothing but rude about handling this situation and the owner is apparently the one who decided no refunds. The low ratings here make perfect sense now, and I wish we noticed earlier that two of the good reviews inflating the terrible rating to just poor were from employees of the school clearly being asked to review the school. Please avoid this terrible facility and even worse management.

This place is the last place anyone should leave a child to be cared for.

Great school with the newer director running the school. Kids are being taught and not just babysat.

I started my daughter here after Christmas time and this place has been nothing but a blessing. My now 2 year old loves going and her teacher ms kimber is amazing with her and so understanding also ms robin! They communicate beautifully with me. My little had a hard few months with horrible ear infections that made her consistently miserable and aggressive. They worked with her every day to help her and once she had her surgery she has changed completely and is now playing with others and enjoying her self. She is learning so much here and I can not thank them enough. Idk why parents on here are complaining of dirty clothes…. They change my littles clothes and clean her up every day. This tells me she’s having a blast playing hard inside and outside their children they want to play in the dirt out side that’s a part of being a child. The front desk lady’s are sweet and very helpful.. do not let the bad reviews scare you away if your thinking of bringing your child here they are an amazing place and I highly recommend.

To be honest they don’t even deserve 1 star at all . So unprofessional , the head lady of the school “Mrs.Vonnie” is rude has been rude since the beginning my son has only been here not even a couple months the first week of him attending school another kid in his class hit him with the shoe & when I picked my son up from school they said my son was the aggressor , then when I pressed the issue I called back later that day & they said the other child had hit my child first . My child is not an aggressive kid matter fact he’s friendly for his age compared to other kids out here . Everyday my son comes home dirty , clothes ruined or stained , and shoes FILLED WITH DIRT. It’s like they don’t care if the child clean or dirty . They barley have black or mixed kids there the school has literally nothing but white kids in it . Ever since I brought to their attention the two write ups in one day they have had an attitude with me since . These people are very unprofessional, unorganized & very disrespectful and rude so today March 24th I got a call from them because they said once again my child is acting out & I have 30 minutes to come get him or there calling DCF , mind you I was at work and I work 45 minutes to a hour away . They said my kid was picking up chairs and hitting himself with it & i don’t believe it because I asked for them to review the cameras because it’s always something with this dirty school & I told them I’ll call the police out here to handle this & they told me straight up my kid can not come back because “Mrs.Vonnie” said im threatening her to call the police . Little do they know I have been taking videos and pictures of everytime I walk in there or they say something to me I have proof of my child saying they hit him & other kids hit him as well . Before this school my child was in a daycare & he was in classes with normal kids & not all the way there kids and I NEVER HAD ONE ISSUE with that school. A Law Suit will be filed and I will be in contact with DCF & Marion County Sherrifs office & Belleview Police Department because of everything that takes place at this school . DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD MY REVIEWS AND OTHERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

I absolutely love this school! My daughter (1 almost 2) has been attending for about 2 months and I don’t have one bad thing to say! They are amazing! Every day I wake my daughter up and get her ready and she just says school school school over and over then we pull in she screams school and gets all excited!!! Best decision my husband and I ever made was putting her in here ❤️

This was my daughters first daycare , I gave it a try because no other daycares had any spot open , I knew it wasn’t a good fit when we would pull into the parking lot and my duaghter would immediately scream and cry ,and when I went to pick her back up she’d cry to me, they wouldn’t allow you in the back either. They did have a portal of where they’d upload pictures. Whoever is the owner is just completely rude and on a power trip. I didn’t like her attitude when I was in the process of signing my daughter up , me and her dad were frantic because it was our first time putting our daughter into a daycare facility at all and the owner did not make that transition easy. She’s very non chalant and has an I don’t care attitude. I’ve recently called up about my tax form & she claims she can’t email or have anyone else pick it up, she claims because it’s illegal. I live almost 2 hours away , my daughters other daycare from ocala had no issue with emailing it over. Her current daycare where she is at now had no problem handing it to my daughters father either. All I needed was the amount I payed in and my tax number, which is not illegal AT ALL. This place will give you a run for your money. My daughter came home disgusting 24/7 here , clothes absolutely ruined. As soon as you walk in all you hear is babies crying and not being tend to. Me personally that is a red flag. When I was touring the daycare we peeked our heads in the newborn room and I saw a worker kissing an infant in the newborn room. RED FLAG again. She was giving me a tour of out back and there was a kid standing in a gated off area all by himself and she said nothing she shut the door and kept the tour going. If your looking for a great daycare I highly recommend gods gift Christian academy in ocala and making that extra drive because it is absolutely worth every penny. My daughter learned so much from gods gift & loved being there , she was so happy to go to school & came home clean EVERYDAY!