Raleigh Nursery School, Inc.

"not to happy with place"

"I've been trying to touch base with the school for months, but hard to get anyone on the phone for more than a minute. I asked if it was a convenient time to talk and when I got to the harder questions was getting attitude from the director. Refused to answer my questions and insisted I come in for a tour instead. Why waste my time and yours if we aren't a good fit? And the tours are only 1 day a week at a scheduled time. Meaning they can prepare for the tour. I prefer schools that are fine with drop-ins. Nothing to hide. Basically told not to come visit and the school isn't for me. I need a director that is willing to communicate, so big red flag."

"We can't speak highly enough about Raleigh Nursery School. We absolutely love everything about this school - from their incredibly thoughtful, creative, and loving teachers, their professional, welcoming, and engaging staff and volunteers, to their well-crafted programs. We started our 5 year old and 2.5 year old at RNS in February. I'm thrilled with how much our 5 year old was prepared in just a few months to enter Kindergarten. His K teacher has even pulled us aside to say how quickly he adjusted to the class and curriculum. Our 2.5 year old was in the beginning stages of potty training when we started her at RNS. When I picked her up after her first day - she had stayed dry all day. By the end of the week, she was a pro and completely trained (I 100% credit her teacher for this!). Their meals are well thought out and healthy. They serve a breakfast supplement, lunch, and dinner (at 3pm, so your child isn't begging for food the second you all get home). They also run a backyard garden, which they use to supplement their meals with - a couple of times in the summer, they had the children help prepare pizzas with basil they had grown themselves! They go outside at least once a day - even if it's raining as they have a nice sized sheltered porch in the back - and on occassion take walks to one of the two nearby city parks. Often times, they are outside two times a day. In addition to how much we love the school, our children have always been excited to go. They love their teachers, their friends, and their classroom."

"We had a very negative experience here. We were so excited about the potential of The Raleigh Nursery School, but it was very disappointing. We were in a bind and needed childcare quickly. They had space available in their infant room and the location was perfect. It was definitely too good to be true. While the teachers were very sweet, our interactions with the director were terrible and we had serious concerns about the security of the building. The director was defensive, dismissive, rude, and disrespectful and the front door to the building was almost always open and unlocked. We left after a month and could not be happier about our decision to leave. The Raleigh Nursery School has a ton of potential, but it requires a change in leadership."