Alka Montessori

I wish I could give 0 stars!! Let the other 5-star reviews not fool you. They are all fabricated and we ourselves fell prey to them. We sent our kid to this school for about a year and it turned out to be one of the worst mistakes. During the tour, we were painted a nice picture of how our kid would be &#34;nurtured&#34; through love and care, but the reality was completely opposite. One of their senior teachers, Ms. Nadeema, in Dolphins classroom, is well known for her temper issues. She would act nice to our face but my wife herself heard her yelling badly at one of the kids, when she went unannounced to pick up our kid before pick-up time. Ms. Nadeema instills fear in kids in the name of discipline. Some of the fellow parents confirmed what we thought and mentioned their kids being scared of her to the point their kids would have bad dreams and wake up in the middle of the night and saying they don&#39;t want to go to the school. We learnt from other parents that Ms. Nadeema also humiliated some kids in the class in the name of discipline and some kids shared incidences of her throwing toys at kids, in anger. We immediately pulled our kid out after learning all this. The school was cited recently by the Department of Social Services and it was proven/substantiated that even the basic human rights of children are violated at this school (screenshots attached). The school was given &#39;Type A&#39; citation which is a very serious level of offence/deficiency. You can read more about this recent citation (from June 2022) and what this &#39;Type A&#39; citation means at this CA state official website link: <a href="/redir?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccld.dss.ca.gov%2FTransparencyAPI%2Fapi%2FFacilityReports%3FfacNum%3D434412737%26inx%3D9&amp;s=2f20f6c86a526c99303582863bdb59edd7389005a40fb9153abafbe336db0cd2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ccld.dss.ca.gov/Transpar…</a> The only saving grace of this school was the supervisor and some good teachers, but they too recently left the school due to the toxic work culture. Some remaining teachers in &#39;Turtle classroom&#39; are still nice but then the director seems to be completely business-minded and doesn&#39;t care at all of children&#39;s well being. All this school cares about is money. I&#39;ll suggest doing some thorough research and verifications before even thinking of sending your kid to this school. Incidentally, this school has received multiple citations in the past too: <a href="/redir?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccld.dss.ca.gov%2FTransparencyAPI%2Fapi%2FFacilityReports%3FfacNum%3D434412737%26inx%3D0&amp;s=375b5065015ccced75a2389b033cd13dc915b56fc0fc57bc758e34687f8b5d6b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ccld.dss.ca.gov/Transpar…</a> <a href="/redir?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccld.dss.ca.gov%2FTransparencyAPI%2Fapi%2FFacilityReports%3FfacNum%3D434412737%26inx%3D1&amp;s=c0f15b4454d25f90bab4d3674698caf06213f7fdf5b098e78df7e6ee1b88a8fe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ccld.dss.ca.gov/Transpar…</a> <a href="/redir?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccld.dss.ca.gov%2FTransparencyAPI%2Fapi%2FFacilityReports%3FfacNum%3D434412737%26inx%3D2&amp;s=8ead7928bc6b7376e46c33f219dc8fe672741c1abf79e2f93e7c40a193d72277" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ccld.dss.ca.gov/Transpar…</a>

TL;DR: This is a horrible place. Save your kid and find another school! This year, a number of child abuse cases came into picture against this facility in May-June and the school was cited. A teacher in Dolphin&#39;s classroom, Ms. Nadeema, is an absolutely horrible person who mistreats kids. There have been known instances of her shouting loudly at kids, literally dragging them by hands and punishing them by making them sit in a corner away from other kids, making them stand in the playground alone, stomping her feet when angry, and throwing her hands in the air all the time. When we checked with other parents, everything was validated. We got to know that one of the kids was so terrified of her that the kid would wake up at 4am crying to not go to school. Some parents even reported that their kids are much quieter after attending her classroom. After all this came to light in May-June this year, many parents immediately pulled out their kids (including us), and some long standing reputed teachers left the school because they could not bear the work environment anymore. The bigger issue, however, is that the director and owner of this school, Ms. Alka, let everything slide. In spite of knowing everything, she still supports her. She supports that horrible teacher because she gets the job done of disciplining the kids by traumatizing them. On your face they both would act very sweet and caring, but all Ms. Alka cares about is money. You will not even find the fees structure anywhere in writing - on their site or the admission packet. We could go on and on but the reality is we went through many sleepless nights when we learnt everything but hope that no other child and parents go through this. Do your child a favor and find another school!

Schedule	Time	2 Days	3 Days	4 Days	5 Days
Half Day	-
Full Day	-
Extended Schedule	-