Haller Lake Children's Center
Seattle, WA 98125-3006
Phone: (206) 363-7122
User Reviews for Haller Lake Children's Center
06/13/2007 Posted by lolav
I agree with everyone's review. My child was there 3 yrs ago and I was really happy when I saw that the school had closed. My son went there for 1 year part-time. 2 days a week. The teachers were great but, every time I came to pick him up I had another bill in my cubby. 10 dollars for this fee, 30 dollars for that fee. My favorite was the laundry fee of $30 a year but, what they washed I'm not sure. The final straw came when I added up my son's attended days 7 total that month and then added up the fees plus tuition and it was $1546. I pulled him out that that day. And then the following month I recieved a notice in the mail that I owed $50 for a field trip that took place 2 weeks after he stopped going there. That was a spur of the moment field trip. It's not like we signed up for it before we left. If you decide to go to the new location in Bellevue- I hope you have deep pockets for okay care. Also I recommend that you keep accurate accounting of everything you pay for because the owner is dumb like a fox and will 'accidently' bill 2 to 3 times so she can get extra money.
Pros: we did like 1 teacher at the school
Cons: Corrupt Owner, Money Grubbing, Doesn't care about the kids
03/07/2007 Posted by msmith6756
The owner of this daycare is the ultimate hypocrite. She preaches a lot about personal growth, community, and "children being our world," but is only in the child care business because it means easy money for her, at least as far as her Bellevue daycare is concerned. But she closed the Haller Lake daycare because it wasn't making her the kind of money she was making from her Microsoft clients in Bellevue. She claimed that it would be too expensive to keep Haller Lake open, but what she really meant was there wasn't enough money in it for her. She was charging one of the highest tuition rates in the area, and only paying $2,000 a month in rent. Where was the rest of the money going? It sure wasn't going to the daycare, as I never saw any improvements made or new supplies being bought. In fact, teachers had to beg parents to donate things like batteries and glue, because she refused to purchase anything for them. In the many years that my family spent at this daycare, we saw the owner purchase brand new cars for herself and her daughter, pay a salary for another daughter who did not even work at the daycare, and most recently, purchase a brand new center in Bellevue. All of this, and my child can't even get a bottle of glue for an art project. The only reason we stayed here as long as we did was because of the nurturing and caring teachers. The owner does not even like kids, never remembered their names, or even their genders, in some cases. You would be well advised to keep your family far away from this woman. Go on a tour of her daycare and she'll tell you whatever you want to hear to get you to sign up...but once you do, it's all about getting in your wallet. The other review is right about the Bellevue daycare, too. It's in a strip mall, the playground has a lovely view of 520, and the classrooms are full of mold. Your children deserve better than this, especially for the outrageous rates she charges (you are putting her daughters through college, after all)!
Pros: teachers were very involved with the kids
Cons: no new toys, filthy building, hypocritical owner
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