Infant and Early Learning Center At Brichta

"This is the worst school possible. My kids come to me everyday complaining about this school The food is disgusting, there's chunks in the milk, and they give us apple juice that makes my kids stomachs hurt, and butter cream that gives them diarrhea and vomiting. If I could put zero stars I would."

"Brichta is wonderful. We use the infant care, and couldn't be happier. As first-time parents, we appreciate the guidance provided by the knowledgeable teachers and trust that our daughter is receiving the best care possible. We are so grateful she is here."

"UPDATED: 09/2018 When Ms Bonnie was the director/administrator it was great, but since she left not so much. Not only is it between $550-$650/month (depending on a short or long month) but they no longer include meals. You can have them "catered" for a non-nominal price. My daughter's Pre-K "teacher" used to be the lady in the front and was totally unprofessional with the curriculum (if they have one). My daughter (4-year-old) brought home tons of papers where she traced over the following "I like to dramatic." When I saw the first paper, I thought to myself, "well, maybe it was an error, one error." Than as I went through the over 10 papers that followed I figured out, no it was not an accident. That was an actual "assignment." So, tell me, what curriculum in the whole wide world has "Dramatic" as an appropriate for a pre-k class!? Well, the new director/administrator and the "teacher" (Ms Maricela) couldn't tell me either. That wasn't the biggest issue, the biggest issues for me was that it wasn't even a correct sentence. It was missing a verb and Ms Maricela didn't even realize it. Then when I brought it to her attention her only response was, "oh, the other teachers are supposed to correct me." My response, "you are the LEAD teacher why should the other teachers correct you!?" Anyway, this was not the only incident. Early on in this classroom, my older daughter and I walked in to drop this kiddo off and we noticed on the wall the different emotions and then we saw "fustrated." Are you kidding me!? I had my older daughter remove the word and hand it to Ms Maricela, who once again looked perplexed...she has no idea it was misspelled until one of the other teachers from another classroom pointed out that she was missing an "r." Ms Maricela than pronounced it as it was written and still struggled to understand the issue. I am a believer in second chances and so I hoped for the best and left my little kiddo in there. She was in this class (Rm 27) for nearly 2.5 months and during this time regressed drastically. For instance, prior to her last day, we were in the care and she says, "mom, the letter C is a half of a circle and the sound is kuh." It took me a moment, as I was driving, and I asked her "who told you that?" her, "Ms Maricela." I corrected my daughter with the correct sounds and she became upset because her "teacher" told her differently. The rest of the drive she tried to convince her little brain that C made the "kuh" sound. When my concerns were brought to the attention of the new administrator/director I was told, "you are attacking her language and a teacher of over 12 years experience." Ms Marciela is bilingual (Spanish/English) and so am I. Apparently, TUSD has been allowing this individual to confuse and misteach kids for 12 years, how sad. Take your kids somewhere else for Pre-K. The teachers before Pre-K are amazing and I never had any issues like this with any."

"The teachers and administration at Brichta ELC are fantastic people. As a working mom, it's tough to find a place you feel good about leaving your infant. However, I visited while pregnant and knew this was the place for us. In so many of the local Tucson childcare centers, the turnover rate of teachers is awful. Brichta is different. My son received amazing care from a consistent group lovely women. I don't know how they do it, but they are so patient and friendly. Also, they work together as a great team. As my baby turned into a crawler and then walker, he moved up through equally awesome classes. They are also understanding of normal childhood behavior (i.e. biting/hitting) and do their absolute best to work with the little ones on appropriate reactions."

"Great teachers they really do care about your child. Rates might go up but worth it."