Description: The Alcott School was founded by two professional educators, Arlene Donegan and Katherine Rohrs, in September of 1968. For more than 40 years, Alcott School has served children ages 2-6 years old. From modest beginnings at the Bryn Mawr Park Presbyterian Church in Yonkers, to the current locations in Dobbs Ferry and Scarsdale, on Crane Road and its newest location at Temple Shaarei Tikvah on Fox Meadow Road, the Alcott School has given thousands of the community’s children a quality start. Truly a pioneer in the field – as it was not yet fashionable to put one’s child in a preschool program in the 1960’s – the Alcott School understood and acted on the importance of such issues as “school readiness” and developmental appropriateness in education.
The Alcott School is a not for profit corporation, chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. Approximately 500 children and their families benefit from the classes and services provided by the Alcott School each year. The school awards scholarships to families with economic need, offering them access to a high quality early childhood experience and parent training services they would not have otherwise been able to afford.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2026-I-YRO-005832 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2025-12-02 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-YRO-118160 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2025-11-07 | Complaint (Substantiated) | Complaint (Substantiated) | 2025-I-YRO-114733 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2025-09-11 | Self-Report | Self-Report | 2025-I-YRO-099917 |
| Brief Description: Violations Found | |||
| 2025-07-02 | Self-Report | Self-Report | 2025-I-YRO-049481 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2025-05-15 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2025-I-YRO-038015 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2025-01-29 | Annual Unannounced | Annual Unannounced | 2025-I-YRO-007005 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2024-09-10 | Monitoring | Monitoring | 2024-I-YRO-083413 |
| Brief Description: No violations cited for this Inspection | |||
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. | |||
| 2022-02-11 | Violation | 418-1.5(aa) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The following items must be used and stored in such a manner that they are not accessible to children: handbags, backpacks or briefcases belonging to adults; plastic bags; and toys and objects small enough for young children to swallow. | |||
| 2022-02-11 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. | |||
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