Pecan Creek Day School

My husband and I heard great things about the school. We decided to put our son here. The first class he was in was great his teacher Mrs. Brandy was great. Everyday he came home with a new song, word or animal. When I dropped him off he ran to her and even said bye mommy. I was so happy he loved school and he loved his teacher. When it came time to move him to the next class with Mrs April, he had a hard time. I thought it was normal. He cried every morning, he went from loving school to hating it. It went on for weeks and I didn’t think much of it at first until I received a complaint from the school about his behavior. I went to he school and observed and yes my son isn’t an angel but he is also only 2. First of all when I arrived she had him in time out outside against the wall. And when I walked in the classroom she didn’t even mention it to me. I hear and saw her yelling at him from the parking lot. When I went to where he was his diaper was soaked, it hadn’t been changed for a while. Any other parent would have made a scene about that but I just changed his diaper myself. And decided to stay longer to observe his behavior. The longer I stayed I realized Mrs April wants the children in her class to act like 6 year olds.
She got onto other kids for not sitting in one spot for her 20 minute story. Again these are 2 and 3 year olds. The look she gave the kids when they didn’t do exactly what she wanted was unsettling for me. Not to mention she spoke about my sons «behavior problems» with an attitude in the middle of her class In front of all the parents. Which is very unprofessional. After seeing how she interacted with not only my song but all the kids I realized why he hated school. And I noticed more things and why they happened. There were many times when we picked up my son and he was in another class or all the kids were outside playing and he was in the classroom apart from them. When I mentioned to Mrs April that he cried every morning and he didn’t like school she said maybe because he’s always in trouble. Since Mrs April was the only teacher for his class and after speaking to my husband, we decided we would take him out of the school. I understand discipline is important and if he did something bad like hit a kid then he should be in time out. And sometimes he did hit another kid but he was also getting in trouble for being a toddler. We didn’t want him to be punished for being a 2 year old. We didn’t want him to feel neglected. I felt so guilty for not noticing it sooner. When I mentioned to the school they apologized and said the owner would give me a call. I have yet to hear from them. I decided to write this review after speaking to other parents who are also have the same problems with Mrs April and the school says they are aware. Other kids are going through the same thing that my son did and they have done nothing. I don’t think Mrs April is a bad teacher but she does not need to be teaching preschool. She clearly does not have the patience. And the fact that the school knows and have yet to replace or remove her from that class is upsetting. My son is no longer there but other kids are. I don’t understand how they are ok letting this continue on. Other parents have been told they are hiring a replacement. So then what? The kids must take it until the new teacher comes along? Mrs brandy was an amazing teacher she won our trust and we expected the same from Mrs April but that didn’t happen. I hate to write a bad review but I wish someone had mentioned this to me.

My son went here for 2 years. The people are wonderful the owners are very sweet too. My son was in pre-​k here and is ahead in his class in public kindergarten. They taught him so much. We couldn’t stay with them once he started school because we live in rockwall but he would still be there if he could. I want to thank them for the wonderful care they gave my son and how wonderful they always were to me. They were always happy and sweet and I realize that’s not always easy.