Duffield Children Center

"If your smart you would stay away from this daycare. When I say the most unprofessional, in ethical daycare I’ve ever came in contact with in my life. They give short notice for everything including the school being closed down because they didn’t have any teachers but was still taking students. Even had one of the kids standing outside by theirselves one day. Sickening school and the new director cares more about such and such in her family about language barriers (heard her on her phone one day while dropping my child off) instead of her figuring out what she was going to do about the school she’s suppose to be directing falling apart. Now there are well over 20 parents with jobs and in school panicking and scrambling around looking for a school last minute (which most schools are full by this point). If I could give them 0 starts I would. Save yourself the trouble because now if your a parent like me with a job and in school you would have to quit and drop out great way to end my last semester for my bachelors. It just doesn’t even make it any better that when you call the new receptionist laughs over the phone like your a joke."

"My child attended Pre-K at this center. No my ideal school because I believe in a diverse setting, which this school wasn't but at the time it was only for one semester. this school is no a bad school but its also not a great school, due to the fact that the teachers are unprofessional , has favoritism and talk negatively about other students. At the time when my child attended this school, my biggest run in was when my child informed me that the TA hit him I was very disturbed by this and brought this to the attention of the receptionist, who informed the director. the teacher was suspended for less than a week and all we got was a meeting to discuss the situation, which we did. However what was suppose to happen was the director was to directly call and report the agency for an investigation as a mandated reporter and not just have a meeting with us to discuss what happen or to as if we wanted her to call. that question should have never been as it was to be reported immediately. Never the less the teacher (Ms. Lightfoot) was removed from the class and promises were made that she would be in a training class due to her action of hitting my child which she denied . However she never took classes and this was shoved under the rug. After my child graduated the program, Ms. lightfoot struck again in 04/2018 by bending a child finger, that incident was also not reported, so she did it again in 11/2018, this incident was finally reported without having meetings with parents which is the proper way thank god. The moral of the story is that incidents are being covered up at this school. By far this is not a bad school but having that one bad apple (Lightfoot) at the center and covering up her actions made this school look bad from the director to the staff. I hope this last incident in 11/2018 will finally get rid of Lightfoot and remove her license as a Teachers assistant if she even had one to begin with. All the other staff were great."

"Darlene Cummings is the best provider that all my children went to. She does everything even make them the best food. I’ve never had a problem there it such an family home. All my kids feel like family there."