Bright Stars Learning Academy in Columbia, MD

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Private School | Grades K-1

Bright Stars Learning Academy is located in Columbia, MD. It is a private school that serves 66 students in grades K-1. Bright Stars Learning Academy is all-female and is nonsectarian in orientation. more

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5890 Cedar Ln, Columbia, MD 21044

(410) 730-5234

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I am very very dissapointed by this daycare. I'm in the process of switching my children to another daycare. When I would pick my children up, I would find my 1 year son in a high chair (the high chair was undressed) away from all the other children. He didn't even have a toy to play with. It seems like the staff cares more about having a job than the interest of the children. This is by far the worst daycare I've sent my children too. Btw the staff is rude.

Submitted by a Parent on May 2, 2012

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THOROUGHLY DISAPPOINTED. THIS SCHOOL IS NOT AS ADVERTISED. MY EXPERIENCE HERE AS LED TO ME DOING SOMETHING THAT I DON'T ORDINARILY DO...POST A REVIEW. I FEEL, HOWEVER, THAT THE MATTER OF CHILD CARE/EDUCATION IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT DECISION THAT I AM OPTING TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE IN HOPES THAT OTHERS CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE TO ENROLL THERE CHILDREN. I WOULD AVOID BRIGHT STARS IF I HAD TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. WHEN I ENTERED THE SCHOOL I WAS INITIALLY IMPRESSED BY THE STRUCTURE AND LAYOUT OF THE FACILITY/CLASSROOMS (all that glitters aint gold). UPON SPEAKING WITH THE DIRECTOR, I HAD RESERVATIONS BECAUSE SHE WAS PARTICULARLY INFORMAL, BUT I (naively) ATTRIBUTED THIS TO HER BEING 'REAL' AND A STRAIGHT SHOOTER. I LATER LEARNED, BY WITNESSING REPEATED MIX-UPS AND QUESTIONABLE JUDGEMENT CALLS, THAT SHE WAS INFORMAL BECAUSE SHE SIMPLY DOESN'T KNOW ANY BETTER AND/OR IS INCOMPETENT. SHE SHOULD NOT BE "DIRECTING" ANYTHING. WITHOUT GOING INTO DETAILS (LEGAL REASONS) I WILL SAY THAT OUR CHILD WAS SWITCHED FROM ONE CLASS TO ANOTHER WITHOUT NOTICE, CONVERSATION OR CONSIDERATION OF OUR WISHES. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE SWITCH I WAS GIVEN CONDESENDING INFORMATION FROM STAFF AND LATER FOUND OUT THAT MY CHILD'S 'TEACHER' DID NOT EVEN KNOW HOW OLD MY CHILD WAS! HOW CAN YOU TEACH/INSTRUCT A CHILD IF YOU DO NOT KNOW A CHILD (OR HIS/HER AGE)? THEY ARE SELLING THEMSELVES AND THE CHILDREN THERE VERY VERY SHORT BECAUSE THEY COULD PROBABLY HELP PRODUCE BRIGHT STARS, BUT INSTEAD APPEAR TO BE VERY VERY DIM AS A STAFF. I AM SAD FOR THE STAFF AND THE STUDENTS. I AM THOUROUGHLY DISAPPOINTED. AVOID AVOID AVOID.

Submitted by a Parent on Sep 13, 2011

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11/15/2010
I do not agree with the web site about Bright Stars Learning academy. I do not feel my child was learning, while attending this school. Whenever I came in, they would be watching movies, or playing outside. They do not use computers here for the children, unlike the ad states. I just feel there is no structure.
They also do not encourage or really appreciate parent involvement.

Submitted by a Parent on Nov 20, 2010

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My child had been going there for over 2 yrs. The infant & 2 yr room were ok, the teachers that were in those rooms were great, but they now change the teachers on a consistent basis. My child has came home without a diaper on, also without a shirt when it was cold. The 3 yr room it seem that the majority of the day is either watching tv or play outside. I have pulled my child out of this school for a more structure environment.

Submitted by a Parent on May 7, 2010

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Student Ethnicity (2010)

Black

79%

White

14%

Hispanic

5%

Asian

3%

22:1STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO

In 2010, Bright Stars Learning Academy had 22 students for every full-time equivalent teacher.

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