The Grasshopper Academy was founded in 2003 by Phyllis Mays, and is staffed by both certified childcare professionals and child development associates.
The Grasshopper Academy's top priority is child safety, and they employ a three-part security system. First, the staff display an extremely high degree of caution in dealing with anyone they don't know. Second, the establishment uses modern computer technology to assign each family a PIN number, which must be entered at drop-off and pick-up. Finally, the facility has internal and external video surveillance, and parents who want to keep a personal watch on their child can use their PIN number to access this surveillance system through the Internet.