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we don't have cameras and I think it is good - i would have been watching all the time in the early days. If you trust the teacher/center that is more important, IMO. Because even with cameras, you won't see EVERYTHING - trust is critical.
having been through a few rough turnovers, I think that a low turnover rate is important, and trusting the administrators/teachers. If you like the menu, location, and staff I think it is a winner.
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I'm not a mom yet, but I do take my niece to preschool/daycare occasionally. I don't care about cameras so I can watch the child from home/work. But I do care about the campus being a "closed" campus that is locked and restricts visitors. So I took my niece to preschool yesterday and noticed that there is one gate leading from a courtyard that is accessed by the church (its a preschool at a church) that was unlocked. So any random sicko could walk into the church, into the court yard, and then into the preschool grounds. I brought this up to the preschool director and she told me "well there are cameras that monitor that gate". Umm.. so you can show me a video of the sicko that stole my child? No. not sufficient. This is now a serious, time-consuming issue and needless to say, my niece is being baby sat by nana today.
Picking day care is so very hard. Best of luck to you!
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our daycare has cameras but the only time I remember to look is around lunchtime, and they've just gone down for naps. Even though I rarely look, it's a huge measure of accountability knowing that I and other parents CAN look and I love it because of that!
No pictures or video would be a deal-breaker for me because I wouldn't feel involved in his day. Organic food is not an issue at all for me - I do like that they provide food though - making lunches every day would drive me crazy.
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No cameras but the school has a private FB group where the teachers post photos of the students. I think its great and i love seeing the fun things they are up to. As far as checking up I'm satisfied by just showing up at random times. Some days i get there at 4 other days 5:15 and on rare occasions I'll even go in at 2:30-3 without telling them i'm coming early. I've never had an instance where i didnt like what I found.
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Cameras were not a deal breaker but our daycare does have them and I check in a few times during the day either on my lap top or phone. In the beginning I was most concerned about DS's nap schedule and it was nice to monitor how often they were putting him in the crib. Now it is just nice to see what is going on. They also post pictures in the Kid Report app but not on a regular basis.
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No cameras and I don't mind that. I care about:
Kid to teacher ratio
Education level of teachers
Teacher turnover
Good Outdoor space
Good communicationI love that my daycare designates a pnt person for each kid. Obviously, all the teachers know all the kids, but they know "their"kids and parents really well, which is great.
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No cameras and another vote for not wanting them either. Just seems kind of creepy to me though I understand the allure.
We do get photos from the tadpoles app @MamaG mentioned. We got more when she was younger but now some days we don't get any and I totally don't mind. Her teacher told me the other day that whenever she tries to take a picture LO goes over to look at the iPad
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