Hope Montessori Academy (Wildwood)

Juila Bagby from front desk is so arrogant and rude when communicating with parents. MaryDenise & Julia Bagby are not ready to take feedback given and when questioned they are like talking like my office my rules. Worst daycare and management I have ever seen/heard.
ISSUE No:1
I scheduled a meeting with head teacher as I was told by one of the class teacher that I need to message only head teacher if I need to ask anything even for basic questions like how was my son’s  day? As a parent I am not supposed to talk with any of the 4teachers in the class and message only head taecher. When I message the head teacher she don’t reply. No communication at all regarding the kid. I was told that in the meeting scheduled that teachers in the class except head teacher are “NOT TRAINED TEACHERS.” There are 26-27 kids in the class and if you have any question you need to ask only the “HEAD TEACHER”. Then it is 27 kids to 1 teacher which is against the Missouri daycare rule.
ISSUE No:2
No teacher in the class invites your kid/parent. There are different forms of welcoming. Some people talk/ smile/ gives expressions etc… as welcoming gesture I don’t see anything in the school. when kid enters the school no Good Morning’s/ communication. When kid is leaving the school no one says bye/have a good day.  One good day my husband was so upset on teachers way of welcoming or receiving the kids and he told verbally that my son’s last day is end of February(this was on Friday). Trust me we didn’t even discuss about withdrawing from the school. Mary Denise didn’t ask why/how/ any question.
ISSUE No:3
So my husband on jan6th verbally told MaryDenise(management team) that my son’s last day is end of February. We didn’t give filled withdraw notice form and they didn’t ask for one.
1)	Now they are saying that my husband told my son’s end day is February. But, they are not accepting that they didn’t hear it properly. And they gave all his belongings on jan30th (Monday) and feb3rd(Friday).
2)	They are saying that they don’t need with drawl form to be submitted. Then what’s the purpose of it??  Changing rules according to their wish.
3)	Now they are saying it is one month notice of verbal communication from jan6th. In that case my husband gave verbal confirmation on Jan 6th. Why did Mary Denise/Julia Bagby said my son’s last day is Jan30th ? Feb3rd? and gave all his belongings? According to what they are saying one month Should be on Feb6th right? This shows how unethical management is.

Wish I could give 0 star.Worst management ever.
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We liked the Montessori program, but the teacher turnover is very high and it is like every 4 week a new teacher comes in. As far as summer camp is concerned, swimming is one of the positives but teachers are not. They are not Montessori trained and are reversing the habits the kid learnt during the Montessori school year. Enrolling in a class, after knowing the teacher well is a better idea to start off with. My child has been going since she was 3 years old and dealing with early breakfast (which is cleared at 7:30) has been everyday hassle for working parents.

We love this school. More importantly, our son loves this school. He is excited to go, loves learning and has made great friends. His social, academic and adaptive growth has been so fun to watch. The ammenities are great and so is the staff.

We have two children at Hope.  Our 2 1/2 year old transferred here from out of state and and has thrived in the preschool class.  She was put in the class that has 2 1/2 - 5 year olds and they all learn from each other.  I was nervous about her being so young and small in the class but she picked up on everything and matured so much in a year.  The director is an amazing woman - calm, patient, understanding, caring, I can not express enough how much we appreciate her.  Any concerns with our children inside or outside of school we have brought to her and she has so much experience and insight we are grateful.  When my son was born we also enrolled him at Hope in Wildwood and he has such wonderful caring infant staff.  The head infant teacher has 20 years experience and the staff she has built around her love children so much you can just feel it.  The independence he has been given and things he's learned while in the infant room have been incredible for him.  He's moving to the toddler room this week and so far so good.

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