You know, I am pretty level headed

[rageragerage]

despite my screen name, but I am so enraged right now. I just discovered that the reason why the center director of my child's daycare was abruptly removed in February was because:

"Employee mistreated a child by pushing, yelling and tossing the child to the floor, because the child was not behaving. As a result, when the child was tossed to the floor, the child hit their head on a carpeted area and sustained a small cut to the mouth that bled. The employee was terminated. As a result of the injury and the actions of the employee during and after the injury, there was sufficient evidence to validate abuse."

We were never notified. NOT A WORD. I only found out because I looked at the state citations website.

Obviously my kid is not going back, I need to figure out how to get the word to the other parents.

Fucking people.

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Burn
It
Down

[hisno1girl]

They may have been prohibited from discussing an ongoing investigation.

[rageragerage]

Apr 20, 2017 17:11:35 GMT -5 hisno1girl said:

They may have been prohibited from discussing an ongoing investigation.

I feel like a note that said "Mr. Roderick is no longer with the company due to a complaint that is being investigated" is better than nothing?

[rageragerage]

And here's the thing. My kid comes from a traumatic past. Two of his friends that go there come from traumatic pasts, and probably more because it is a facility that takes assistance payments from the state for children that are wards of the state.

We spent so much time talking to the director(s) and staff about trauma informed care and how important it is to us as foster parents that our kids are loved, treated kindly and are not further traumatized. And then this happens and I don't want to trust anybody with his care again.

[speckledfrog]

HOLY SHIT. I would be murderous. The director did this? JFC.

[isabel]

 Holy shit. I cannot even imagine how livid you are right now. God, that is so shitty.

[atexan]

OMG. I cannot even form a proper reaction. That poor baby.

[heywhat]

I'm sorry, this is not cool.

My son (at age 2) was kicked by his teacher at daycare. The other teacher in the class reported it. The director and board met that night, they self reported to the state, and I was called that night. They told me the teacher no longer worked there, but would not say the word "fired" or "terminated" and also would not tell me who it was (although it wasn't hard to figure out based on who his teachers were and who was not there the next day). I honestly don't know if they told other parents though... I guess I never thought about that.
I didn't feel good about him going back to the center and I found alternate care.

I considered suing the center (mostly for lost time from work) but decided that the effort involved was not worth it - I just wanted to move on.

[followyourarrow]

I'd be about 3 levels above enraged.

[Deleted]

Holy shit!! Ugh, that makes me sick. That poor baby

I'd be fucking furious.

[rageragerage]

Apr 21, 2017 10:04:17 GMT -5 heywhat said:

I'm sorry, this is not cool.

Good lord </3 I am so sorry for your son.

[isabel]

Apr 21, 2017 10:04:17 GMT -5 heywhat said:

I'm sorry, this is not cool.

I just... how do you kick a 2 year old? Like what possesses you to make that choice? I seriously cannot understand how someone does this. And I'm sorry that happened.

[rageragerage]

I called and talked to the new center director (it's like her third day- lol) and shared my concerns with the turnover rate of directors (I talked to the Regional Director and the VP of the region last week, before I learned about this incident) and the abuse report. She said it was an isolated incident (which I am sure it was- I trust his two teachers completely)and it would never happen under her watch, but it is a bit late for me to give them another chance. No thank you.

His teacher called me and was very upset, she said was the one who reported the abuse to the state and said she had the offending director out the door in under 10 minutes. I appreciated her candor, but she can't fix management above her.

[atexan]

Apr 21, 2017 11:26:55 GMT -5 rageragerage said:

I called and talked to the new center director (it's like her third day- lol) and shared my concerns with the turnover rate of directors (I talked to the Regional Director and the VP of the region last week, before I learned about this incident) and the abuse report. She said it was an isolated incident (which I am sure it was- I trust his two teachers completely)and it would never happen under her watch, but it is a bit late for me to give them another chance. No thank you.

His teacher called me and was very upset, she said was the one who reported the abuse to the state and said she had the offending director out the door in under 10 minutes. I appreciated her candor, but she can't fix management above her.

That sucks so hard.  I'm so sorry.  Not only can she not fix management, but if this is how the administration/management functions, they're going to have trouble hiring and keeping good teachers, if they don't already.

Have you figured out what to do with your sweet boy? Is he going to K in the fall or do you need another year of daycare?

[rageragerage]

atexan , He starts Kinder in the Fall thank goodness. My mother is going to pick him up from pre-k each day and watch him until I get off. He is going to love spending more time with his nana!

[heywhat]

Glad you have such a great back-up plan that you can put in place so fast.

[spitforspat]

I would be livid.