The Academy of Mt. Juliet

"I did not personally have a bad experience with my 10 month old here but I will say there was a lot of inconsistency the few weeks we were there. The one constant was Ms. Ilyssa. She deserves 10 stars! If my little one could have stayed with her throughout his time there we would not have switched. She’s amazing. I do hope that this place finds a way to level out because I do think it could be great."

"Updated to 1 star, further updates below: I wish I could leave a good review of this place as we were very excited for our daughter to come here, but it's frankly been a disaster. Our child is 3.5 and from day one she's been punished for IMO behaving age appropriately. Being sent home for temper tantrums. One teacher even said she felt unsafe which is absolutely unhinged. She's a toddler! They finally moved her up to an older room and she had been doing much better until recently when they had a bunch of teachers leave. Now there is no consistency, someone different is watching the kids every day and now both the directors are leaving, too. The last straw was when our daughter was hit in the face purposefully by another child and caused her mouth to bleed but this child was not sent home, when our child is being sent home for tipping over chairs and throwing a fit. Yet our daughter is the one that is "unsafe". Give me an effing break. We pay $370 a week for this nonsense. I don't even think our daughter is very happy, she is constantly coming home saying the teachers and other kids are mean to her every day. We will be taking her back to the other daycare which we LOVED but didn't want to have to dive back and forth to every day when The Academy was right down the street. I would rather spend twice the money in gas then bring her here ever again. Update: Also, if you complain then you will be gaslit and invalidated, because sometimes kids play rough. I know the difference between rough accidental play and someone deliberately bullying and causing purposeful hurt. We are not waiting until this child pushes our daughter off the playground equipment for this establishment to take things seriously. Update 2: I expressed my frustration to the teachers and director and that under no uncertain terms was I to get another call or another sheet sent home saying that my daughter had been hurt by another child. The exact wording I used was "This better not happen again." Later that day I was told they felt "threatened" (I kid you not), and that my daughter could no longer attend. I am literally laughing as I type this because this place is so ridiculous. Another parent also informed me they had two more license violations on top of the one they already had (see another review about a child falling out of a highchair and sustaining a skull injury). Apparently they were over the child to teacher ratio, and some teacher PULLED A CHILD'S HAIR and DRAGGED them over to a corner of the room. This place is a JOKE. They charge $370 a WEEK for your child to be treated like this. And the directors a whiny snowflakes who feel "threatened" when you tell them to do their jobs. Stay away!!!!"

"We brought our son here in early September after having a not so wonderful experience at another school. Our Son loves the Academy he gets so excited to go to school every single day. The teachers are so loving and so caring & the leadership is absolutely sweet, organized and so efficient and helpful in anything that I have ever requested or needed help with. I strongly recommend the Academy to any family looking for reliable, safe, loving, and extremely educational child care. As a mother it makes me smile every time I drop him off and he runs into his classroom and says bye mommy & every time I pick him up he has the biggest smile on his face! If you want your child to be treated like family and like one of the schools own definitely enroll them here!"

"We moved to The Academy when our son turned 1. We have had an amazing experience, we started with Ms. Liberty who did a phenomenal job transitioning our son into the day care environment. Now with Ms. Amber and Ms. Kyia, he has excelled. We believe that he is well cared for at The Academy!! The staff is amazing and the teachers really care for our son."

"There are many great teachers at The Academy. We have thoroughly enjoyed Ms. Liberty, Ms. Peyton, and the fabulous enrichment teacher, Ms. Jamee, along with many others. We have been somewhat frustrated at times with lack of consistency of directors as well as turn over of teachers, coupled with inconsistent communication. Parents value consistency as assurance that their children are being prepared for the next step in their educational and emotional development. We have loved many individual teachers and administrative staff members, and we know they have loved and cared for our children. I hope they overcome the problem of inconsistency because it is a nice, beautiful school with lots to offer. We love the enriching activities, and they always give the children something to look forward to every week."