Lil' Rascals Academy, Cooper City FL

Didn’t know your bus drivers were above the law. I didn’t know the could block the road and intersection.

I cannot believe this place has the good reviews it does.

If your child has an allergy, please be very careful about sending them here. My son has an allergy and thankfully it’s not life threatening but he came home time and again having been given food that contained the allergen. His first teacher caught on eventually but the second never did. I talked to the teacher, the director and kept reminding them but still it happened. The communication about allergies is terrible. His first day they looked at me like I had three heads when I was confirming the food situation. As if I didn’t fill out forms explaining it all. When he transitioned to his second class the new teacher was never told anything about allergies.

There are so many other reasons to give one star too.

The security is a joke. The same code at the front door for everyone and sign out sheets that are a disaster. Half the time I couldn’t even find my kids paper to sign it. And no one cares. No security anywhere. They are constantly shuffling kids around too and there was a few times I went and no one knew where my kid was!

They also make changes from one day to another with no warning. Literally from one day to the next we got the notice that our son was moving up a class. It would be nice to have some warning to be able and help our kids transition. Recently they had a one week notice that there was a tuition increase too giving parents barely any warning to deal with financial changes.

Sometimes my son was dropped off during non traditional hours and my husband would walk in on the teacher sitting with her eyes closed. And she would jump with a start and be yawning. He always said it looked like she had been resting.

On occasion when I had to drop him off my son would cling and cry to me. The teacher would take forever to come over and try to help and not very warmly in the process either. During an event day where parents where invited there was a little boy whose parent couldn’t come crying in the corner for a solid 5 mins without teachers coming to console him. Not everyone was cold but this particular teacher was.

Also while they claim to not let them watch a ton of TV I found that they start watching it as early as 4pm …so if you pick up your kid closer to 6 as so many working parents have to do that means your kid has watched nearly two hours of TV already.

Don’t expect them to respond on brightwheel either. (The app they claim to use) Not once was a message I sent to any teacher or director responded too on the app. The only thing they really use it for is to announce more things that will cost you money.

Now that my kid is somewhere else I see really how bad the situation was there.

Highly recommend LIL’ Rascals Academy. Very clean, very well managed, and Awesome with kids! The staff is great, and my daughter has been absolutely happy with her schooling.

I'll give this place 5 stars when they get rid of the rope preventing us from driving up to the entrance.

Edit: They finally got rid of the rope, I can finally drop my sister off at the entrance and proceed around to park in a designated parking spot (like a civilized intellectual) as I wait for her to pick up her daughter.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS SCHOOL! The staff of teachers are great. The care and attention they give to my son by far exceeds any of our expectations. The school provides a safe, loving and secure environment. Our son absolutely love attending Lil' Rascals.