Does your child or someone else you know go to Goddard Private School

Does your child or someone else you know go to Goddard Private School?
My son will be almost three at the time I'd want him to go to daycare and Goddard school takes all kids from Newborn to School age kids. I wanted to hear some personal accounts you might have and what your experience is/was with this school. The reviews are nothing short of 5 stars. Its an amazing school and I wanted to hear your personal experience with it.
Parenting - 4 Answers - 2010-02-12 14:27:47

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Checked it out in my area. It was ludicrous and to be quite honest, it was creepy. They are highly rated only because the parents who will pay the outlandish tuition are the kinds of parents who have their kid's whole life planned out for them, and function on the expectation that everything from birth is geared toward getting them to be beings whose only purpose is to be students (not necessarily individuals) who get perfect grades and do perfectly in tons of extracurricular activities, because they can get the kid into Yale Law or Harvard Med to fulfil their parents' dreams. If you want that, then Goddard schools are the schools for you. It's definitely not for me or for those of us who value our children as more than their state test and SAT scores. The Goddard school in my area... was just creepy. The kids were like little robots. Stepford like.

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Answer 1
I do not know anyone who goes there or has gone there. But I do know that the school is wonderful, and is highly regarded. If I had one locally I would be looking into sending my son there.
2010-02-12 14:39:46

Answer 3
i've been on the tour of the school before and really its not much different from any other daycare...well besides the fact that it costs a fortune. all licensed day cares have curriculum they have to follow, and nutritional menus, toys, teachers, etc. with the goddard school you are just getting the name and the price tag. my daughter goes to a reasonably priced daycare and she loves it and has learned so much (spanish, colors, numbers, potty trained). if you don't mind paying that much money and can afford it then more power to you, but if its going to be a struggle then i would look elsewhere. what's most important is that your child feels comfortable with the school and the teacher. as far as i'm concerned kids will love any day care that has a loving/caring teacher, toys, bright colors, other kids, good food, and a good cirriculum.
2010-02-12 15:02:47

Answer 4
I used to teach at a Goddard school and I do think it's a good school. But I'm not sure if it would be worth the extra money. They require teachers to do so much work with lesson plans and there are a lot of rules with decorating, cleaning, and other stuff. Which is fine, but at the center I worked at they rarely gave you any planning time (paid) to get it done. So many days we struggled to get some of the many things we were supposed to teach done. I know that at our center there was a high turnover rate with teachers because we weren't paid very well for having degrees and it was also hard to get your full 40 hours a week. But to answer your question, yes it is a good school, but I have taught preschool/prek other places and the students learned just as much, if not more because teachers didn't have to follow such strict guidelines, and it was almost half the price of most goddard schools.
2010-02-13 11:54:50