Horizon Kids Christian Learning Center

While the teacher, Donna is impressive with her dedication, the establishment falls far short with management from the top down. It is over crowded, dark, dirty, loud, and chaotic. My son comes home dirty nearly everyday. Class size for pre K is 18, but the after school kids come there as well, and easily fill up one of the rooms with 50 kids of all ages! They try and economize on the air conditioning, so at times it is very hot. It is a small place, with only two rooms, no windows and really no place for the kids to go. Out back is some run down equipment for the kids to play on in two fenced in areas that feel more like pigs pens than play grounds.
The owner is dishonest and inadvertently tried to charge my credit cards $ 360 when I authorize him to take out $ 120 (one week) and then says to me «it got declined.» I didn’t understand why until I checked with my bank. I called him back and asked if he was aware how much he charged, and he said he wasn’t, that it was an accident… Seriously? How do you punch in numbers and not know what they are?
We got behind a week with payments, and every week I get the daughter and now her father (owner), pressing me to make the payment immediately as if they were going to go out of business without an additional payment. (His actual words!) But, each week we continue to make payments and catch up. They even charged me for one week that my son wasn’t even there. The school was actually out for one day due to icy conditions, and though the rest of the week they were open, the weather was still extreme. We kept him out due to illness and the icy weather. My fault I guess, because I didn’t notice that is how they operate their business.
If it weren’t for the nice teachers & helpers, I wouldn’t even think about this place. Beyond dealing with management, the place feels dangerous because of how close it is to the highway, with minimal guarded protection & security, and a fire hazard with few exits, being over crowded daily.