Kehillah Early Learning Center

2 Chester Road

Wallingford, PA 19086

2 Reviews

School District
Grade

K
Type

private

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Submitted by parent on October 14, 2017

I'll leave the review I wish I had read before choosing this daycare center. My husband and I chose Kehillah based on keystone stars, thinking that if a center had 4 keystone stars, it had to meet a specific standard of care that would worth paying more for. Our child spent 3 years at the center, and each year gave us more reason to consider leaving but by the time we began looking for a new daycare, the waiting lists were already full elsewhere. The infant rooms were pretty disorganized and all of the staff have since left. There were multiple occasions where we realized my child didn't have any liquids their entire day and at least once where the breast milk I brought in was still sitting in the fridge at the end of the day-- meaning my baby ate nothing for 8 hours or was fed something else.The second cause for concern was a parent association meeting that was absolutely packed with over 30 parents voicing similarly alarming concerns. Several parents also stated that they were looking to take their child out of the daycare if things didn't improve. In the three years our child was at the center, there had been three different directors. We found out at this meeting that this turnover had been happening for almost a decade. This was when we started applying elsewhere.In the older toddler room, we went through three lead teachers within the first few months of our time there. When we took our child out of the daycare for the most recent summer we came back to find that they had forgotten to hold a spot for us, which we paid a deposit for, and they placed our child with a completely different group of younger children. Instead of owning up to the mistake, the first response we were given was that this was intentional because our child needed to be developmentally reassessed. It later came to light that there is no assessment given to any of the children to "move on"-- this was just an excuse given to cover a clerical error.We have since left and couldn't be happier with our decision, especially in light of discovering that the most recent director is leaving now after less than 6 months. All that being said, there are teachers here who are genuinely great people and really seem to try to do what's best for the children. The facilities are amazing but at the end of the day, you have to trust the people who are watching your kid. It struck us that this was a top down problem with the organization as a whole.
Submitted by parent on June 01, 2011

My daughter has attended Kehillah for over a year and we could not be happier with the care she has received there. Everyone from the teachers to the director and other administrator exhibit consistent care for our daughter and passion for encouraging learning from a very young age. Our daughter has exceeded most milestones (walked early, incredible language development, love of books and reading, etc.).