Hutchinson Child Development Center

It’s hard for me to rate this place because there are so many factors. I give it two starts for these reasons:
1. Staff turnover. In the seven months that my child has been in the toddler room, two teachers moved to a different room, one teacher quit, another retired, they hired one who they allowed to move out of the toddler room into another room, and they hired another. Not to mention that there are so many RANDOM resource teachers that your child doesn’t have the opportunity to form any sort of relationship with an adult. These caregivers need to be more permanent because it cause anxiety in these children. Daycare needs to be a safe, stable environment… this isn’t happening in the toddler room.
2. Biting. This makes sense considering the aforementioned problem. There is a little boy who I’ve witnessed bite twice and know that he has bitten more than three times now who is STILL there. How are parents supposed to feel about leaving their children in a room where there is a child who is biting. There have to be consequences…
3. Accounting. The accounting system is awful because only one person knows how to access the information… give me a break. That is not how admin should be ran. One person shouldn’t have to handle everything like that, especially when she is not the director.
4. Crappy Nutrition: fish sticks, hash browns, canned fruit, cream cheese… among other abhorrent thoughts for food. Not a single child in the world deserves to be fed crap. For the amount of money that this place rakes in from us parents, they could have the decency to feed our children fresh fruit, vegetables, and whole grains.
5. No curriculum. Okay they are one-​two years old, but don’t cite a program if you aren’t actually doing it.
6. So MUCH CRYING: If this was a high quality daycare as it claims to be, these children wouldn’t be crying all day (not just the toddler room). I watched a little boy bang his head against the door, screaming and it took over ten minutes for a teacher to respond.
The Pros:
1. The staff that are there consistently are wonderful, but they cannot sail the ship alone.
2. Proximity to everything. IT is in a decent location.
3. The older children seem to have a great time, but the youngest of the kids are not having a stellar experience.
4. Decent hours.
In all, I don’t feel that my child is taking anything away from this place. If I could switch, I would, but unfortunately I do not have the time (at this moment) to look for another place. Daycare is very expensive in Davis and sadly, much of it is in East or South Davis, which for many parents is very out of the way.