Description: Welcome to La Petite Academy, an educational daycare in Bentonville, AR. We provide a nurturing learning environment and implement developmentally appropriate practices in each of our programs.
We offer programs for infants and toddlers, Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten and more. Each program implements a research-based curriculum that focuses on meaningful, fun and engaging experiences.
Here at La Petite Academy, we have an outstanding team of teachers. Our staff is dedicated to providing families and children the best possible experience each and every day. All of our staff members receive monthly trainings and ongoing education.
We offer on-site speech therapy services with licensed speech therapists. We also offer a soccer program that is run by Happy Feet on Friday mornings.
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Visit/Complaint Date | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-23 | Facility Visit | No Violations Cited |
| 2023-03-07 | Facility Visit | No Violations Cited |
| 2022-12-14 | Facility Visit | No Violations Cited |
| 2022-12-13 | Facility Complaint | 500.501.5.h - The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:Inflicting physical pain, hitting, pinching, pulling hair, slapping, kicking, twisting arms, biting or biting back, spatting, swatting, etc.; |
| 2022-12-02 | Facility Visit | The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of ChildrenAges of Children: Birth – 18 months Number of Staff: 1 Number of Children: 5 |
| 2022-10-31 | Facility Visit | No Violations Cited |
| 2021-12-13 | Facility Visit | No Violations Cited |
| 2021-09-20 | Facility Visit | No Violations Cited |
| 2021-07-23 | Facility Visit | 300.301.12.During naptime for children two and one-half (2 ) years of age and above, a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the staff shall remain with the children, with a total of seventy-five percent (75%) of the staff remaining in the building. |
| 2021-02-19 | Facility Visit | 100.109.1.b.The following persons shall be required to have their background reviewed through an Arkansas Child Maltreatment Central Registry Check. Prospective employees who have not lived in the State of Arkansas during the preceding five (5) years will be subject to current federal guidelines regarding conducting a child maltreatment background check in any states where they resided during the past five (5) years.Staff members and applicants for employment in a Prior to employment and every two (2) years child care facility thereafter 100.110.1.b.The following persons shall apply to the Identification Bureau of the Arkansas State Police for a nationwide criminal record check, to be conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which shall include a fingerprint check: (The individual is responsible for the cost of a nationwide check. Each request must be accompanied by a check or money order made out to the Arkansas State Police.) Fingerprints submitted will be used to check the criminal history records of the FBI. Individuals with results showing a prohibited offense shall be advised to contact the Licensing Unit for procedures to obtain the results and for procedures to update or make corrections to the record of their individual history.Direct care staff or staff with routine contact with children Prior to employment and every five (5) years thereafter 100.110.2.b.Arkansas State Police Criminal Background Check The following persons shall be required to have their background reviewed through a fingerprint criminal records check (which includes the Arkansas Sexual Offender Registry) conducted by the Arkansas State Police. A prospective staff member may not begin work until the Arkansas State Police criminal record check result has been returned as satisfactory. Following receipt of the satisfactory result, this individual must be supervised at all times, pending completion of all of the required background check components, by a staff member who has successfully completed all required background checks. A National Sexual Offender Registry check will also be conducted on prospective employees. Prospective employees who have not lived in the State of Arkansas during the preceding five (5) years will be subject to current federal guidelines regarding conducting a criminal background check and sexual offender registry check in any states where they resided during the past five (5) years.Staff and applicants for employment in a child care facility Prior to employment and every five (5) years thereafter 300.306.4.01.All new staff, including volunteers who are counted in the ratios, shall receive the following orientation within three (3) months of employment (and every three (3) years thereafter) and shall not be left alone with children until this is completed.Introduction (eight (8) clock hours) a. Proper supervision of children; b. Behavioral guidance practices; c. Safe sleep practices for infants; d. Shaken baby syndrome; which includes prevention (Carters Law, Act 1208); e. Appropriately responding to a crying or fussy infant or child; f. Emergency procedures in the event of severe weather, or fire, including evacuation procedures and routes, and location and use of fire extinguishers; g. Mandated reporter training; h. Administering medication; i. Caring for children with special needs or care plans; j. Transportation and car seat safety; k. Policies regarding release of children to authorized individuals; l. Prevention and control of infectious diseases; m. Building and physical premises safety, including the identification of, and protection from, hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic; n. Nutrition and physical activities; o. Prevention and response to food sensitivities and allergic reactions; p. Basic child development; and q. The handling and storage of hazardous materials and the appropriate disposal of bio contaminants. See Division website for a list of courses, that the Division maintains contracts for, which meet the above requirements. |
| 2020-09-24 | Facility Visit | No Violations Cited |
| 2020-07-08 | Facility Visit | No Violations Cited |
| 2020-03-18 | Facility Visit | No Violations Cited |
| 2020-02-11 | Facility Complaint | 300.301.8 - At no time shall children be left unsupervised or unattended. The child care center shall provide additional staff for any temporary absence of primary child caring staff for activities such as breaks, meal preparation, transportation, etc. |
| 2019-11-14 | Facility Visit | No Violations Cited |
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Think Geraldo Rivera's expose on Willowbrook. This location was decent the first couple months. Upon adding 40 kids in 30 days, everything fell apart.
The minimum wage staff are overworked (too many children, not enough adults). They are not allowed to hit 40 hours p/week, resulting in no time for cleanup. I have toured nearly a dozen other schools unannounced in the last 3 months & this is - BY FAR - the most disgusting facility in Bentonville. It is persistently filthy, smells of urine & feces, & has born at least one case of food poisoning.
The staff turnover rate is incredible. There seems to be a new face every week, so the children & parents have no stability & no chance for forming relationships.
When I picked my granddaughter up Monday, I was informed that she had an accident "walking to the bathroom after nap" but that "the good part is that it was after nap, so her sheets aren't wet." Tuesday morning, I found her urine-soaked sheets in a bag in her cubby. Tuesday afternoon, I found her soaked when I picked her up. A different woman on duty promptly informed me that "it's just water, we didn't wipe down the equipment." The pattern was clearly not the result of water on the equipment. I smelled to confirm & changed her clothes. Who knows how many hours she was left to sit in urine-soaked clothes (pants, undies, socks, & shoes)? I would like to say these were isolated incidents but that would be a monumental lie.
Other issues - the wood chips used on the playground are the cheapest & most obnoxious material one could find. They embed into every fiber, ruining clothes, shoes, & even items that have never been on the premises.
Please don't fill out a survey. The condescending district manager will respond with paragraphs of snooty defensiveness. If you don't want feedback, don't send out surveys! This is CX 101.
There is nothing educational about this center. There is no curriculum, no engagement. My granddaughter has learned nothing of value in a year of being here.
The Director is manipulative & defensive as she has been groomed to be by a corporate leadership team whose only focus is money. Any attempts at conveying / resolving concerns with her are futile.
If you look at La Petite reviews from the last 12 months, these stories are happening across the US, indicating there are deep-rooted, systemic issues within the organization. This is a true shame. My daughter attended a La Petite facility in Arizona 21 years ago & they really were cream of the crop back then.
As I toured other schools, the moment I said she was at La Petite, the face of the person I was speaking to involuntarily contorted into either a look of pity or a look of disgust. Their reputation clearly precedes them. There is a reason this is the only school in Bentonville with openings.
If you even kind of sort of like your children, do not subject them to the filth & neglect that is La Petite.