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Very organized. Never had an issue with that stuff! I'd say it's a well-oiled machine!

Very organized. But they are a huge corporation (Bright Horizons) so they have tons of rules they must follow and plenty of back-up/contingency planning as well as extra staff on hand.

@yoursilverlining: that's funny that you say that about Bright Horizons! DD1 attended one for her first 2.5y (until we moved and I started SAH), and we did love it and most of her caretakers there. BUT, I always felt there were a lot of little admin/org things they could've done to make things better & more transparent for the parents (several of which I told them about during the monthly parent meetings, a handful of which they eventually did sort-of implement). Things like: writing on the whiteboard outside the classroom when one of the primary teachers was out (with a couple days notice, if possible), writing which sub would be filling in that/those days (as soon as they knew)...things that seemed kind of obvious to me, but they didn't do!

That being said, it generally ran very well, we loved it, and I still compare our daycare/preschool situations to it!

I do think a lot of the big centers like that are better run because they have the framework established. But, as a whole, I think some of the caregivers who get promoted to the director/administrator roles aren't always super-strong in managing the business/service side?

Our daycare/preschool is generally well run, but sometimes they lack communication about upcoming events. Or they will send out various notices with conflicting times/days, and then I have to chase them down to find out which information is correct.

In my experience, the organization or lack thereof follows the style of the admin staff. Our director has a very different style than me (she's definitely not type A). So a lot of the communication and things that fall on her shoulders as being school wide I think really aren't to my expectations. But the teachers tend to fall more into my style. It's why we stay, even with my frustrations. I know the teachers love my kids and take care of them. And that's the end goal. If the periodic fun events that are school wide are less organized I try to remember our reason for being there.

Mine is extremely organized. They are a not for profit teaching facility on my campus (university)

They do eveythjng "by the book" because they are teaching students how to teach.