Clinton County Early Learning Center 1600 Alex Drive, Wilmington, OH 45177

"I am just so upset with this place. They had suddenly decided to no longer provide school-age care, putting so many families in a difficult position. I am certain they knew that there are not many options for school-age care in Wilmington. The only other option is the YMCA program, and they have decided to provide before-care only. I can understand staffing issues, but I know the main reason for this decision is because a couple school age children had behavioral issues that no one could properly handle. This is why training for managing children with behavioral challenges and/or trauma is so important. I work in childcare myself and have sought out training on my own when I had a child with special needs/behavioral challenges come to me! Centers are supposed to offer a diverse and accommodating environment for all children; they're supposed to offer support and training to staff when those children are enrolled. But instead this center gave up on them and everybody with school age children had to pay for it. They could have at least offered the parents of those children with resources to support their child's needs and disenrolled them, if it went beyond their capabilities. But now here I am, as well as many other parents in Wilmington, currently struggling to find care for our children so we can continue to work. This town needs to do better for our school kids."

"Removing mass families that have children that are not fully caucasian with behavioral issues. Nor are they following protocol per Ohio state guidelines. Families seeking extra help through alternative programs to help educate staff so they are better equipped with handling children that have ADD, ADHD, or are on the Autism spectrum are swiftly expelled. Again, without following progressive stages and state guidelines. Children are requested to be picked up for being sick when there is not an LPN or RN nurse on staff to truly verify. Parents are taking children immediately to Urgent Cares in town to be told their children are perfectly healthy. They just do not want to handle children that are differently abled. Definitely NOT 4 star SUTQ level."

"My kids attended here for about a month. I told them prior to attending my twins are in behavioral therapy and have ADHD, they do run and its best to separate them. They did not, i constantly was called out of work to pick them up "for running out lf a classroom" i even went to the extent of getting someone to come help train the staff from an expulsion prevention program, the day they reached out to the center my kids were expelled. This is the only childcare im town i qualified for state pay, i instead now have to pay out of pocket just so im able.to work. My children were not aggresive but were kicked out due to running out of rooms. I feel like not only were they discriminated against bc of their medical diagnosis but that it was racially motivated as well. Ive heard they are doing this to multiple families as well. With no observations reports or documentation of any kind just expelling toddlers"

"CCELC is the only place we felt comfortable sending our son to preschool. The center’s staff is invested in the child’s overall wellness and education. The rooms are calming and not filled with junky toys that have one function. The kids are really invited to use their imaginations in the classrooms with the materials available to them, but it seems that there are still plenty of structured times to reinforce some daily routine. I have no idea how they pulled off opening an entire childcare center to near full capacity all on one day and in the time of covid with so few hiccups."

"My grandson attends here and loves it. He has had a few teacher changes but nothing he cant adjust to. He is learning A LOT and the interaction with the other kids is great! All the staff are very nice and responsive. Glad we chose this place for lil man!"