Brownstone Day School

Jan 24th, 2023

Great school. Maggie, the owner, is amazing. The kids are fantastic and I would 10/10 recommend Brownstone!
Jan 12th, 2023

I was actually "fired" from Brownstone after my last complaint two months ago when they raised the prices to almost $400 a week for an infant (this is $100 more than my first child paid at the same facility at the same age, with longer standing staff). I'd have been happy to pay more if the increase was going to the teachers like they said it would. After speaking to current and former employees, they never saw those funds from the increase in tuition. Therefore the question remains, where did that money go? Not to mention that in addition to the weekly fee, you will pay a monthly teacher fee (no idea what this is for) and a monthly organic fee. They raised prices for services they had told us they were already providing, such as yoga. In one price raise (they had 3 or 4 since Covid), they stated they were going to be installing an outdoor water play area, which they did. However, capital improvements should be part of a business's operating income-not my tuition, in my opinion.Teachers were in and out and we never knew who our child would be with that day. Well meaning teachers who got no support from ownership. The center is disorganized and did not allow for day to day communications.This was absolutely a favor that we parted ways with Brownstone. I was comfortable with the care there when we started almost 4 years ago, but the quality of care has declined sharply in that time.
Feb 8th, 2023

Please don't ever make the mistake of sending your child to the school. I had my daughter there for about 2 months last year. The reason why this review is so late is because of how traumatizing this entire ordeal was for me. First and foremost before I get into anything. I want to let you guys know that Brownstone Day School broke their contract. I explicitly stated that my daughter was not to appear on their social media. And I have screenshots of her on their Facebook page. One of the major reasons why I do not allow my daughter on social media is because we have a restraining order against somebody who has made threats against me and my daughter. Finding these photos was a devastating blow making me realize that Brownstone day school did not care about my daughter's safety or security when I explicitly made sure I did not sign the media contract and I let them know that she was to not appear in any form on media. My daughter who was a preemie and has asthma attended this school from August to I believe November of 2022. My daughter who I've worked very hard to keep healthy started out going to the school while in the average percentile for a 2-year-old. While attending this school she dropped all the way down to the 16th percentile for weight. My husband and I noticed she was acting lethargic and was extremely hungry whenever we would pick her up. I brought up my concerns to the staff. Letting them know that there was recently a child who was found locked away in a closet in another daycare who wasn't being fed. I let them know my concerns and that I was concerned about my daughter not eating enough. 4 days later my daughter was dismissed. The official reason which I had to learn from odjfs was that I made a staffer feel uncomfortable when I asked her exactly how much my daughter was eating. The reason why this whole ordeal blew up was because whenever I would pick her up they gave me my daughter's Daily Report which said she was eating full servings of all of her food and drinking full servings of all of her milk. My husband and I found the suspicious because my daughter does not drink milk. We asked the staffers how they were getting her to drink milk and they would just shrug and say that she drank it when the other kids drink it. My daughter refuses to drink milk in any form in any way. This led me being a little bit suspicious about the paperwork they were sending home with her I began to believe that they were lying about her intake of food. I would have had no issue with them just being honest and telling me that she wasn't eating her food but the fact of it is my daughter dropped to the 16th percentile. Her first check up after not going to that school she sprang back to the 87th percentile. If you would like to see my documents about this and trust me I have all my documents including including a document from my daughter's pediatrician saying that child welfare needs to be contacted because of how much weight my daughter dropped while attending this daycare.After being dismissed I asked Brownstone Day School to have my daughter's medical equipment ready for pickup by a family member. When this family member went none of her items were ready. They have stolen a book from me and also some of my daughters in medical equipment. This equipment is a couple hundred dollars put together. I am disgusted that they would not return these items to me and I have found out that allegedly they have refused to return medical equipment to families who have left Brownstone in the past.After being dismissed I did reach out to a couple other families who left reviews. Needless to say I am disgusted with the treatment of the children and the families that attended brownstone. I am disgusted that allegedly other families have been tricked out of hundreds of dollars by Tesla teaching them to sign in wrong. Tesla also did this to me where she taught me how sign in but on the wrong ipad. And then try to charge me hundreds of dollars for not signing in correctly. Allegedly they have also dismissed other children whose family members have brought concerns up about physical abuse that has happened to them. I am not going to be telling other people's stories only my own story. Which includes Brownstone Day School posting my daughter to social media without my consent, Brownstone Day School filling out possible fake sheets about what my daughter was eating causing her to drop a significant amount of weight, Brownstone Day School dismissing me after I questioned them about what my daughter was eating, and Brownstone Day School not returning some of my daughter's Medical equipment, absolutely disgusting do not send your children to this place
Mar 14th, 2023

I was actually fired from Brownstone after my last complaint two months ago when they raised the prices to almost $400 a week for an infant (this is $100 more than my first child paid at the same facility at the same age, with longer standing staff). I'd have been happy to pay more if the increase was going to the teachers like they said it would. After speaking to current and former employees, they never saw those funds from the increase in tuition. Therefore the question remains, where did that money go? Not to mention that in addition to the weekly fee, you will pay a monthly teacher fee (no idea what this is for) and a monthly organic fee. They raised prices for services they had told us they were already providing, such as yoga. In one price raise (they had 3 or 4 since Covid), they stated they were going to be installing an outdoor water play area, which they did. However, capital improvements should be part of a businesss operating income-not my tuition, in my opinion. Teachers were in and out and we never knew who our child would be with that day. Well meaning teachers who got no support from ownership. The center is disorganized and did not allow for day to day communications. This was absolutely a favor that we parted ways with Brownstone. I was comfortable with the care there when we started almost 4 years ago, but the quality of care has declined sharply in that time.
Jan 12th, 2023