Orlando Metro Gymnastics Reviews

Hard to believe any real parent has rated Orlando Metro Gymnastics as a great facility to put your kid in. I wish I could rate this place in Alafaya Trail a -10. My daughter was pushed, kicked behind her knees and had her ponytail whacked by another girl today and Dawn and Brittany at the front desk responded with "they're just kids". It hit me like a ton of bricks to realize that this place doesn't care about the children's safety and has no anti-bullying policies. My husband and I talked with mom of the little girl who did the above mentioned things to my daughter and she had her daughter apologize. Fine, end of story for now I hope. But what if I wasn't there to see this happen? According to what Dawn told me the coaches would handle any such occurrences, but with a class of about 8 girls the coach isn't always looking. I am extremely concerned for the care entrusted to Dawn in ensuring a safe and anti-bullying culture since she claims to be the district manager. With all respect, I can say that when I spoke to Dawn about the issue with my daughter she handled it with utmost disrespect for our patronage, stating that we could leave and take our daughter out of gymnastics. I responded that that was not a solution and that the facility should take steps so that this doesn't happen and discourage it from happening in the first place. Completely shocked and seeing as though maybe she couldn't understand what was going on, I suggested she imagined it was her daughter being pushed and kicked...wouldn't she want the facility to do something or have a plan of how it will deal with it? She said it has happened to her before and "it's nothing, kids just play around". Can you believe this? I have proof of all she said, in case anyone wants it. Most people have heard of the 13 year old who committed suicide this past August and he even wrote a note in which he said his school didn't do anything to stop the other kids bullying. A kid should never feel like they are alone against a bully and we as adults have THE responsibility to protect them, to show them a solution other than taking their own life. Dawn and Brittany at Orlando Metro Gymnastics should seriously reconsider if they are the right people to be working with kids.