Coventry Children’s Center

For anyone reading this post, please do not send your infant, toddler or preschooler to Coventry Children’s Center, 2843 Washington Blvd., Cleveland Heights, OH 44 118. The owner, Laurie Stack snorts cocaine and is very racist. There are mice and mice droppings throughout the center and she says its no big deal. She is just out for the money and let a toddler get her finger smashed without even checking up on her back in December 2015. She let two children run off last summer (July 2015) because of lack of supervision and her total incompetency. In 2016, she got rid of two black children with behavioral problems but did nothing about the white children which shows that if you are not a private payer your not important. She rehired a racist staff member who put her hands on the children, disrespected the staff and called two black staff members out of their name. She has another teacher right now who snatches the preschoolers by their arms and another who sleeps with the babies in her arms. There is dust is the bathroom, sawdust on the carpets, no soap in the bathroom and it is a filthy place to leave your children or even work. She got her furniture from the garbage and doesn’t have the decency to get it cleaned before allowing children to sit or play on it. Mrs. Stack serves molded snacks and breakfast. She lied to the state about her staff being certified. She let two preschoolers run out the center on 1÷13÷2016 and told the teacher not to write an incident report. She is a poor excuse for a business owner and woman and does not deserve to watch precious children. If your friends or family members have children who go here, you should pull them out immediately and if you are looking childcare and you are smart you would never send them here! PARENTS BEWARE!!!

My son went to Coventry Children’s Center for a year. On July 7, 2015, my son and another toddler left the daycare unnoticed. That day, there were 10 children in the toddler room and 2 teachers. The boys escaped during snack time (which is typically around 10:30). The teachers approached the administrator at 10:45 to let her know that one boy was missing (they didn’t even realize that my son was missing until they saw him with the police). The administrator thinks the boys were gone for at least 5 minutes before the teachers approached her. Neither the teachers nor the administrator performed a headcount of the children. Rather than calling the police immediately, the administrator spent 10 – 15 minutes searching the building. She then got into her car to look for the boys herself. It was then that she saw the police that had the boys. The boys were with the police 20 minutes. The school has NO IDEA how long they boys were gone. We think they were gone 30 – 40 minutes.
At first the boys were together but then separated, with one being found in the middle of the intersection of Euclid Heights and Coventry and my son being found on Coventry and Edgehill. As both of these are extremely busy streets, we were very fortunate that neither child was injured.
The teachers were charged with child endangerment (1^st degree misdemeanor) and face up to 6 months of jail time and a $ 1,000 fine.

This is a great place. It has an engaging environment and my daughter loves going there. My daughter started here when she was 3 months old. The teachers are wonderful and caring. I feel very lucky to have found this childcare center.