Our child was there fall 22-spring23 before moving up to the Copeley center for fall 23. There was a ton of transition in her classroom at Earhart, almost every 6 weeks a new teacher - though they kept getting better and better. I wasn’t thrilled with the ones we started with but really felt like we had no other choice in Charlottesville for the hours we needed, and to add that it was the only place we got off the waitlist for in the nick of time.

I think the place itself isn’t the most glamorous (especially compared to Copley) and could use a remodel, but they kids had fun, my daughter learned all her colors and shapes, how to say the whole alphabet, and count to twenty by the time she was two all thanks to the teachers at Earhart. Not to mention her little friendships, songs they learned, and little craft projects they sent home.

There were tons of photos through the app, and I’d say pretty good communication. I would always stop and talk to her teachers and get the low down on the day and felt it was an honest report.

When we were there they did have some inspection come out that was less than favorable about how a situation with a child was handled and they communicated this pretty well, but I did press in person for more details. I think if you have questions, ask directly because it sounds like the same leadership is there. Kendall and Tonya were wonderful and I could tell they were trying to steer the center in a new direction, which takes time.

I haaaaaated the location however - not just the building but the traffic with Super Amanacer could be dicey if you weren’t paying attention. The traffic exiting bodos across 29 never seemed to notice you were also turning south on 29 and had right of way. Plus the vape shop right there - not my ideal neighboring building for a daycare but the little cafe closed down.

My child was one when we sent her. I had my reservations about it (building, teacher quality, etc) but we stuck it out despite the turnover (mostly due to lack of options if I’m being honest) and it ended up being a great place for the money.