Growing Room Child Development Center II - Fort Myers FL Child Care Facility

8950 Gladiolus Dr , Fort Myers FL 33908
(239) 466-6646
1 Review

About the Provider

Description: Growing Room Child Development Center II is a Child Care Facility in Fort Myers FL, with a maximum capacity of 194 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: C20LE0144
  • Capacity: 194
  • Achievement and/or Accreditations Accredited Professional Preschool Learning Environment
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • Type of Care: VPK Provider; After School;Drop In;Food Served;Full Day;Half Day;Infant Care;Transportation
  • Initial License Issue Date: Apr 06, 2015
  • District Office: Judicial Circuit 20
    2295 Victoria Avenue
    Ft. Myers, Florida 33906
  • District Office Phone: (239) 895-0331 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)
  • Licensor: James Palmer

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Reviews

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Bart Feb 18, 2020
I have used this provider for more than 6 months

Not a good overall option for child daycare in the South Fort Myers area, when it came to our toddler. With that being said, there are only a few caring individuals at the Growing Room — great caregivers with compassion that have answered to a higher calling; the rest just seem to be there for all the of the wrong reasons and simply do not care. All they do is react with great annoyance when something is asked of them. The administration fails to promptly provide incident reports and does not do so until it is called out on its lack of due diligence. The excuse is either “we forgot” or “we did not get around to it”. The staff is ill-equipped to answer any legitimate questions and address any valid parental concerns. They all come across as very intimidated and/or irritated when the status quo is questioned and they refuse to discuss anything via email and in writing. The center director cannot even conference solo and has to be held by the hand of a regional director. This center is not accommodating to working parents: they will schedule an early closure on the eve of Thanksgiving (3pm) and will also keep the center closed on Black Friday without any proration, leaving parents to make alternate arrangements, while being charged for the entire week — highway robbery in broad daylight! Fresh fruits and vegetables are not provided — mostly everything is from a can and is basically processed food. The children that are picked up close to the end of the day (during the last hour or so of 5pm-6pm) are usually pushed up and down a hallway in a buggy with poop in their diapers and nobody’s nose is even irritated by the smell.
I have seen on camera teachers being lazy to the point where they kick boppy pillows and toys out of the way instead of picking them up with their hands. I have also witnessed cellphone usage when instead all eyes were supposed to be on the children. The question is do you really want to entrust your child to these people? For us, the answer was no which is why we withdrew our toddler from the Growing Room of Fort Myers. You let your own conscience decide.

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