What would you do?

Please leave me your feedback, I will try to just give you the facts:

* Logan has been on a waiting list for a year to get into the community center preschool.
* He finally got in this year. I didn't have any information on the preschool, but it's very close and I assumed it was good since there was a long waiting list. He attended summer camp there and I was comfortable with the classroom, although the camp teachers were different teachers (college students). I feel that I am at fault for the situation as I didn't take the initiative to observe the classes last year.
* Last week they held an open house to meet the teachers and see the classroom. This is what I noticed at the open house:
1. My first impression was the teachers names. Students call them Miss (insert first name here). I will not say the names, but two of his main teachers have very, well unique names.
2. I speak with the director first, who is very nice. I learn that she has a degree in psychology but the other teachers (who will be mostly in his classroom) do not have degrees, and are not certified teachers. OK...
3. While looking around the building, I notice the lesson plans posted outside the other teachers classroom. All teachers post lesson plans for parents to read. They are handwritten and I see the word 'schol'. Hmmm...
*Logan began school this week. I decided to observe the classroom today as I was able to find someone to watch Chelsea for me.
* School starts at 9:00am. The two main teachers were in class today, let's call them teacher A and teacher B. Teacher A begins with a quick circle time at 9:10 (approximately, I wasn't watching the clock at this point.)
* Children have free play time in the room at 9:15.
* Teacher A calls the office upstairs on classroom phone to confirm plans regarding another child at dismissal. I am standing very close to her and hear her say, "yes, she's observing." (obviously talking about me). Then I hear in a sarcastic voice, "I know, why wouldn't you wait until at least after the first couple of weeks." (again, obviously referring to me observing so early in the school year.) (HELLO?!!! I'M NOT STUPID, AND YES I CAN HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT ME!)
* Playtime continues...I watch...I notice teacher A talks to the kids as if she does have experience w/ children, but she doesn't smile much nor does she talk to children in a friendly 'motherease' type voice.
* Teacher B has very good interaction with children, they really like her, she does use language of a very young person (for example she would call the kids 'slick'). This didn't bother me though, her tone was very appropriate for 4 year olds and they obviously connected with her.
* I watch as a boy points to a map and asks teacher B where we live. She directs his finger to the United States (which is purple). Then he points to Alaska, which is purple also. He asks her what's this? She answered, "I don't know, but it's part of the United States." ....Uhhh, okay.
* Playtime continues...I watch some more...I noticed the class bully take some toys from some kids (including Logan a couple of times.) Every class has one right?
* More playtime.
* Teacher B steps out for a couple of minutes.
* More playtime.
* Finally, at 10:15, the kids clean up, then sit in the circle and wash hands for snack, 3 kids at a time. Children sing songs while others wash hands. Then they sit at their tables and have snack. One child brought fruit snacks, and when a kid would finish his snack and ask for more, they gave him another package of fruit snacks. I believe some kids even had 3 packages of fruit snacks.
* Teacher A steps out for a few minutes during snack time.
* Finally at 10:40 the kids are still eating snack and I decide to leave and come back at the end of school. I was trying to observe the class, and in one hour and forty minutes I saw virtually nothing. I checked their schedule outside the room and they didn't follow it at all. They were supposed to play from 9:10-9:30, and then have a book, and then have snack at 9:50. They also didn't do a single thing on the "lesson plan" posted outside the room while I was there. I am trying to take into account that it is still the first week of school and this is only their 3rd day, but I would think that by day 3 they would be trying to establish a routine.

**During lunch today Logan said to me, "I don't like my teachers." I asked him why he would say something like that. He said, "because they smoke." WHAT?!!! I'm completely floored and can't figure out why he knows this. He said they stink like smoke, their hands and their breathe. Ewwww! I asked if he ever saw them smoking, and at first he said yes, (but I thought surely not,) so later he admitted he hadn't actually seen them smoke.

After I left his school this morning I did go and check out another preschool in our area. It's a private christian school and in order to attend you have to complete an interview. I'm sure we could get into the school (at least I hope we would be able to). The teacher has a degree in elementary ed, (same as me) and she told me a little bit about her curriculum. It's christian based and she seems to do a lot of things teaching early literacy skills. She did talk about doing a lot of individualized teaching as a lot of the kids are in different places. This school would also be a little more expensive, but very similar to what we paid last year. I'm afraid to pull him from this school too soon though, maybe I haven't given it a chance yet. On the other hand the sooner the better right? Or maybe I shouldn't worry and just leave him there b/c I know he'll learn no matter where he is, he's a smart kid. My last concern is Chelsea. I would love for her to go to a preschool like the christian school in 2 years, but I know the chances of them accepting her would be slim to none, unless we developed a relationship with the school now by sending Logan. My hopes would be they would know our family well and know that I work with my kids outside of school and Chelsea would receive a lot of help at home. These may be the wrong reasons to switch schools though.

Please post your comments on my blog. I'm having a very hard time with this decision mostly because I want to do what's right in the long run. Is this something I need to do now to set Chelsea up for success in the future?