BrightPath Camillus

Reviews

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  Talya Lannan

  Jan 25, 2026
  5.0
  My daughter absolutely loves her teachers, and all the fun activities with her friends. I was nervous at first about sending her off to a preschool program for the first time in her life. But the amazing teachers and staff were so accommodating and welcoming that both our minds were quickly put at ease, and she feels right at home there. It has been such a blessing to watch her blossom there, socially and academically.
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  Сніжана Дмитренко

  Jan 23, 2026
  5.0
  This was our child’s first experience attending a childcare center, and as parents, we were very nervous at the beginning. However, from the very first introduction, everything went smoothly and exceeded our expectations. The transition and daily experience at the center have been wonderful. As parents whose first language is not English, we were concerned about communication. This has never been an issue. The teacher is very understanding and supportive and uses a translator when needed, which makes communication easy and stress-free. We also truly appreciate the regular updates we receive. The teachers share photos of our child’s activities and keep us informed about what our child is learning and what they are eating during the day. This communication gives us great peace of mind and helps us feel connected and confident as parents. Our child feels safe, happy, and comfortable, and we are very grateful for this positive first experience. We highly recommend Bright Path Camillus to other families, especially those who may feel nervous or face language barriers.
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  Chelsea Kesler

  Jan 22, 2026
  5.0
  My son attends UPK here and our experience has been amazing! He absolutely loves his teachers and class, they are very organized, especially as far as communication home goes. They prioritize cleanliness and health of your children, and openly share the curriculum, as well as send a report home each day, and are quick to respond any time we have contacted them. We have been very pleased with our experience!
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  Gowrie Vezey

  Jul 9, 2023
  1.0
  I do not usually write reviews like this but this was quite an experience. This organization has a “no outside food” policy and I knew this going into it but my expectation was that they would make every effort to provide foods for my child that she would eat (like every other center I have had to use). After 2 months of trying to get her to eat what they were serving and her refusing, I started having conversations with the building director about providing bread for my child so she was not going hungry all day. They started doing it but inconsistently. I emailed the program director about the same concern and was met with multiple reasons as to why they would not do this or allow me to provide lunch for my kid: severe allergies in the building (not sure how that is when they serve foods with the allergens), children should be introduced to foods 20 times before they will try it (they tried for 2 months); if they do not eat lunch, they can eat at snack time (they expected a toddler to go from 8am to 3pm without eating); loss of funding. In the meantime, my kid is sick every 2 weeks and began to have digestive complications. Took her to the doctor, explained my concerns about her nutrition and subsequent digestive complications, the doctor provided a directive stating this parent should be allowed to provide food for her child. The center refused to follow the note stating that they will provide the foods that she will eat as long as I provide them with a list of what she usually eats. One month after I provided that list and requested documentation of what she was being offered, no documentation was provided so kept my own record. They provided her with yogurt, bread, bananas and/or sliced apples every day for lunch for 6 weeks. To ensure my kid had access to a variety of foods for lunch, my husband used his lunch time to take food and sat with her in his vehicle every day for 6 weeks so that our kid could eat. OCFS and CACFP were contacted about the practices at this facility and there was not much they could do because coincidentally the center had alternative foods for kids on the days of the investigation. They did say that the center should provide a variety of alternative meals to kids who did not eat what was served. When I updated them on the lack of variety, I never heard back from them. Even though the building director admitted that there were other children who will not eat the lunches provided, the owner stated that he did not want to allow parents to provide for their children because it would be too much of a hassle to have to monitor everyone’s lunches. He even called me on a Sunday morning to further reiterate the need for my compliance with his policy and met us at the door the next day to check that we did not bring in any foods. So, if your kid eats whatever, you should have no problem with this facility. The teachers in my kid’s room were attentive and interacted regularly with the children but I have seen others just sit there and ignore the kids. They do a lot of activities and crafts with the children and had it not been for this one issue and how it was handled, I would have given them 5 stars. I finally got my kid a spot at another daycare facility that allowed her to bring her own lunch. My kid thrived there; she was ill only twice in 3 months, gained the weight she had lost, started trying new foods and the constant runny nose and cough were gone. LAYG is bad, really bad. Not sure how they have remained in business this long. The owner had the audacity to tell me that they have met my child’s every need and if I was not satisfied then I should go elsewhere. Truly a disturbing experience; to have a whole team of adults blindly defending a policy…for what reason? I just wanted to share this experience with you so that you can make an informed decision when choosing childcare and also, I know our kid cannot possibly be the only child to which this has happened. If we keep settling for mediocre childcare then that is all we will have in our community.
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  Matt

  Nov 26, 2019
  5.0
  Best daycare in Camillus