Montessori Children's Academy

I had the worst experience with this school, that I would hate others to go through what I did. There are so many red flags with this school. The leader of the school happens to be one of the 3-6 years old class teacher. Rarely someone will answer the phone and you need to leave a voice message if you need anything. They communicate via emails that they won't answer if it's after 3 pm. I enrolled my 3.5 year old daughter who was in a prior preschool that she loved hoping for a good experience. She was Ok with the transition first few days, since it was a new thing to her and she is very social and liked the idea of meeting new friends, but by the second week, she started saying that she doesn't want to go to school and when I wanted to drop her off one day she cried non stop and didn't want to get in the class. The teachers didn't come to help at all. They don't allow parents to go in the class with the kids so that the parents won't disturb the kids, even if the kid was just starting. So when I asked the teacher: "how long do the kids need to adjust to the school and when do we decide if the school philosophy doesn't work for them?" She replied: "all kids should adjust with the school eventually and the only ones who don't are the EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED!!!". I asked for a private meeting with the teacher the following day and she refused and they told me that there is no big conversation to be taken, I should either "trust" them and do what they ask for or take my kid out!

The leader of the school is very strict and harsh and talks to parents as if they are the children that she needs to discipline. I took my daughter out of course and she went back to her old preschool who were appalled by my experience and said that my daughter was one of the most adjusted and well behaved kids in her class and would love to take her back.

I would encourage the parents to think about this school a million times before enrolling their children. Not all Montessori schools are the same and in this particular one, the staff and the leader specifically is the problem.