St Mark Preschool 3942 La Colina Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110

"We love St. Mark Preschool! We have been attending this school for nearly 5 years between our two children. As a parent, I leave my kids in the care of the compassionate, fun, and engaging St. Mark teachers but the best part is knowing how safe they are within their care. The daily posts and pictures received throughout the day of my child’s smiling face and fun activities warms my heart. Under the direction of Ana, I have personally seen the school flourish, even more than it used to. Shes a great communicator and plans so many fun and engaging events for the preschool community. I highly recommend this preschool - safe, thoughtful curriculum, large outdoor play area, and smiles everywhere."

"My daughter has been going to St Marks for the past 3 years and we couldn’t be happier with our experience. We have been very fortunate to have such an amazing staff over the years. Everyone is so welcoming and cares so much about the kids and family. It is a great Community to be apart of."

"We are absolutely delighted with St. Mark's Preschool and couldn't be happier with our decision to enroll our daughter there. The 'Busy Bees' classroom, led by Ms. Patty and Ms. Natsuki, is a nurturing and vibrant environment where our daughter has thrived. Both teachers are incredibly kind, patient, and genuinely passionate about what they do. Under the thoughtful directorship of Ana, the school has flourished, creating an atmosphere where both staff and students are motivated to achieve their best. We feel truly fortunate to be a part of the St. Mark's community, a place where children are encouraged to explore, learn, and grow with confidence."

"THIS SCHOOL IS UNSAFE!!! Especially for minorities. There were a few incidents at Saint Marc's. One of the teachers have also been caught lying to me. The incident that recently occurred was my son being deeply injured and there wasn't a report taken and I wasn't notified when it happened. His emergency kit at the school wasn’t even used on my baby’s wound. The day of the incident when I went to pick him up from school, I seen his teacher Mary and she didn’t say anything to me, I never received a message on the app, no phone call, no anything. I went to the school that very Monday to meet with the Director Ana, I told her about my concerns with this not being reported. The director said that she would take a look in the classroom a couple times that day to monitor my baby. That same day on Monday, I got an incident report of my baby falling and bumping his head on a container, I went to the school and they had me sign an incident report. This brings up read flags because if they’re all of a sudden sending me incident reports, I can only imagine how many times my baby gotten harmed and it going unreported as there has also been times where I addressed consistent scratches that caused scars on his skin. When I spoke to his teacher Mary about the deep wound in his hand, she said she didn’t know how it happened, and even then still she never reported it on her own. Side note: they were also putting him on other children’s pampers regardless of me bringing him a full case of diapers. I and others who picked my son up would notice that he was always alone and isolated, like the adults would only tend to him when they were taking photos of him. The last time I had him at the school, I heard the teacher Mary speaking towards him insensitively, even though she shows compassion towards the other children. With all of that and the nature of how deep painful the wound is to my baby, and no precautions or notifying of parents taken then. I don’t feel safe with him at that school at all."

"All of our children have attended this NAEYC accredited child care center. There is spacious outdoor playing and learning areas each age group has its own curriculum. The new director is engaging communicative with students and parents alike The teachers undergo regular training to keep up on the latest social and emotional developmental science for the children."