Academics Plus Learning Center

Dec 1st, 2022

Very messy place. Owner kept giving my daughter cell phone to keep her still from nap time to keep her quiet
Jun 1st, 2022

When my daughter was 3 years old we started exploring getting her into a preschool but unfortunately alot of the preschools in our area  were asking above $1,000 a month. Which was more than our rent at the time so there was no way we could afford that. I saw a post on Facebook about this new affordable preschool that had just opened up so I set up a tour. I was met by Ms. Billda, she explained that she has been a preschool teacher for a number of years ,working for various preschools and had one day envisioned running her own preschool where parents didnt have to pay an arm and leg just give their children a quality early learning education. This preschool was everything I was looking for for my daughter! A fun play based learning experience, an open classroom atmosphere where parents could come to visit or sit to have lunch with their child and it was also affordable (almost half the cost compared to other preschools).We signed her up starting the following week!She did let me know that she accepts children who are not potty trained yet but asks they at least wear pull ups. And since she is not a daycare, children cannot wear diapers as there is no diaper changing stations per her licensing. This was no problem for us, our daughter was 3 and already in pull ups and we were working towards potty training. Within a few months our daughter was potty trained! One of the things I've loved most is Ms Billdas willingness to work with parents. After explaining our success at home, Billda worked with us in agreeing it was time to take away the pull ups and switch to big girl underwear. All parties understood there would be potential accidents so we were asked to have extra clothes available. Luckily our daughter only had a couple in the beginning, the teacher would put the soiled clothes in a bag so as not dirty up the rest of the belongings in the cubby. My daughter has now been there for 2 years, with next week being her last week there. She will be starting Kindergarten in Aug.Everyday my daughter would ask "Do I get to go to school today!?" She never dreaded going and that was because of the type of teaching Ms Billda does. She makes learning so fun for these kids that it doesnt seem like learning. I feel so confident that my daughter has had that best start. Shes learned way more than I could've even envisioned for her. From writing short sentences, to basic math, the list goes on!I'm not sure who is more sad about her leaving preschool, me or her haha but we will be back! I just had my son a few weeks ago and I look forward to when he is 2 years old and I can enroll him to receive the same quality education his sister had.
Jul 15th, 2021

My child has been going here for a while now, he was kicked out of another daycare, that treated him extremely unfairly and almost seemed prejudicial. He was socially distant, and had anger issues.Since going to Bildas school, he has loved his experience, and has drastically changed his behavior for the better. He's grown in to the little student you want every kid to be. I have seen Ms bilda do her absolute most for the kids in the school. Every time there was an issue, I could go directly to her and discuss any thing I felt was a concern. And it was handled appropriately. I hope to see her business continue to grow and more kids affected in a positive way. I read a review below that makes me disgusted, in a way that someone is blaming the lack of care, attention, love, and time that their child doesn't receive, on the school.  That is a parents job to ensure they're given everything they need, and if somewhere is not working out, keep moving on, not every place is going to be perfect. IT IS NOT THE SCHOOLS JOB TO BE THE PARENT!
Jul 11th, 2021

Dealing with Bilda(the owner) has been a nightmare.I had signed my 3 year old up in February and stopped in June. we do use county pay which Bilda is contracted with. (I'll get to that part)There were some red flags from the start. This lady lies a lot, basically talks up herself and the facility really well but actions speak louder then words.  I'll go in order from bad to worse with this place/lady. When my daughter first started she was still not potty trained. She wore pull ups still. Every time we picked her up she was soiled, you can tell when a pull up has been soiled for a while or it's pretty new.  My husband got to daycare one day and of course she had poop that has not been changed, he asked the worker if she can change her and she just said you can do it. After realizing they didn't even have a changing station area. Why accept kids that are not potty trained then?? When we stared putting her in training panties, as they requested, she would still have accidents and poop, they would literally get her underwear with the poop and put in a little bag and give it to my like that. Another incident that was very concerning was when my daughter was hurt. I got to the daycare and Bilda gave me some story that my daughter woke up from nap crying in pain, she had a red mark on her belly. The only thing they can see that happened was she fell asleep on a toy car. My daughter is speech delayed but when I took her to the car and asked her the first thing she said was Miss Joey ( teacher at facility) pinch and made the movement with her hands. That mark was raised and didn't go away for over a week, the skin also peeled slightly afterwards. I understand kids get hurt accidentally but that story did not add up and my daughter has never said that before about anyone. Also when we first started there were 4 teachers total including Bilda, I noticed the other 2 were no longer there. It was just Bilda and miss Joey. I also noticed that miss Joey stated bringing her teenagers to the facility as well every day. So it looks like the children are also being attended by children. Towards the end is when things were getting uncomfortable,  this place did not seem like a good fit and I was starting to get ready to look else where and then put in my 2 weeks with them. Well that got escalated when she sent home my daughter in the middle of the day for her behavior and about week later called me after 20 minutes of her being there to pick up my daughter. I can see if my child was destructive or violent, they simply could not control her tantrum. Which I'm ok with, sometimes a facility is the just not the right fit for the child. No problem. At that point at took my child out of there care. I text Bilda that I was withdrawing her because I can not keep leaving work if they can not care for her. I asked if she can forfeit the 2 weeks notice so I can find child care immediately. She refused. Mind you I use county pay. So I had no choice but to pay another provider out of pocket for the next 2 weeks so the county can pay Bilda for not having my child in her care. Fast forward to today. Bilda sends me messages threatening send her legal team after me if I do not pay her for the month of June. The program that she accepts and is in contract with does not distribute payments until end of following month. I let her know that I signed all forms and mailed to the county why is she contacting me for payment. Also she stated that she is still charging me for my daughters care even after the 2 weeks. She states I did not inform her in writing. I sent her the text and she stated that's not in writing. She started to become insulting and harassing going back and forth. I'm like don't you have children you should be tending especially since your way understaffed? Perhaps clean your facility? That's another issue. The bathrooms the children use are disgusting. I took my daughter in there one day and both toilets had dried feces. This was not new, that has definitely been there for a while.This lady is very spiteful, greedy and is very concerning for me that she is a provider of children. Be aware
Jul 7th, 2021