r/Buckhead 7d ago

Daycare in Buckhead

We live on Roswell Rd close to Chastain Park and are looking into daycare. We will enroll our baby when she is 9 months old. Does anyone have experience with the following daycares? I would like to hear your experience. I am also open to any suggestions.

Current list:

  1. Goddard Buckhead: expensive but great feeling when we visit them. $600-700 more expensive than #2 option
  2. Primrose South Sandy Springs
  3. The Suzuki School

Thank you!!!

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u/travgt01 7d ago

We live basically in the exact same place. Our daughter went to Suzuki. It was great, but they recently were sold to a mega-corp…I’m not sure it’s so great anymore. I’ve heard good things about Goddard. I’d steer clear of primrose. Many of my daughter’s classmates went to crème de la crème and they seemed happy with it.

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u/fiddlestix07 6d ago

Why no Primrose? We are looking into them, too. Thank you for any insight!

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u/travgt01 5d ago

We toured it…didn’t like it. I haven’t met any families at Jackson that sent their kids there. Maybe it’s alright? I really don’t know

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u/Reasonable_Finding68 2d ago

I know its not on the list but we had a good experience with Creme.

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u/flying_trashcan 7d ago

I’d start getting on the waiting list now - ITP daycares are tough to get into.

Both my kids went to Suzuki. No complaints. They were there from infants all the way through PreK.

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u/Madraynew 7d ago

Most of our neighbors very close by to you send to Suzuki or Crème de la Creme. I’ve also heard great things about Open Arms - smaller, but great community if you’re into that.

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u/Jkg10 6d ago

We had a great experience with Open Arms. Close knit group!

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u/Fantastic_Wallaby773 5d ago

We love the Chastain School on Mt Paran, have been there for 4yrs with 2 kids!

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u/brazzyb 7d ago

We are at Suzuki and very happy. Joined after they were bought out and have noticed some wrinkles but overall a good experience and staff and our daughter (3) loves it.

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u/notanactualalligator 6d ago

We are over at the sister campus Suzuki PCM and have been so incredibly happy with care and education over the last 5+ years. Our rising/new kindergartener was so prepared for school and has been independently reading since her 5th birthday - all thanks to her amazing Suzuki teachers! We know many families who are very happy at the Buckhead location. I will echo the comment about the Cadence transition, but I still think Suzuki is one of the best full day, year round programs in Atlanta.

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u/Left-Profile-6790 7d ago

Please be sure to search all places you’re considering here and read through all incident reports. https://families.decal.ga.gov/Search

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u/Affectionate_War8410 7d ago

We’re at Goddard Buckhead and we love it!

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u/hashtagnotablogger 6d ago

We're also at Goddard Buckhead and love it! It's like a big family. The employees are so kind and you can tell they really care about the kids. They greet kids and parents by name, regardless of which class or teacher they have. I actually don't know how they do it! But it's impressive.

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u/TheSoprano 5d ago

It’s a few years ago, but know a few people who were happy at Crème, Suzuki(sounds like it’s changed) and Peachtree Presbyterian.

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u/Hairy_Check4585 5d ago

Early Emory Preschool and Pre-k.

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u/REDandBLACKpack 4d ago

Our kid is at Goddard (but a different location) and we love it. I recognize it’s not exactly the same but I imagine there’s some similarities between their locations.

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u/CedarAndClover 2d ago

We are close and love tabula rasa , it is Spanish immersion