Mission Valley Montessori

I regret sending my first child to this daycare. So much regret after realizing how much better other daycare/school were. It has been 9 months since my son left this daycare for me to be calm enough to write a review. This is our experience when my son was there: 1. Questionable care/attention. When my son began attending here, he kept coming out with wet sleeves. While I am glad the school is good with having the kids wash their hands, I am not impressed with my son being returned to me with wet sleeves. This continued for days until I sent an email to the school about the issue! The school was very good in making sure this did not happen again. However, for the reviews and price, I was expecting much better attention given to my son. 2. My son had a major accident at school that was not adequately handled. Imagine the shock I received after I took off my son&#39;s mask and saw his bloody mouth. Furious, I marched right back to the office and demanded an explanation. That was how I found out he fell on his face and they did give him first aid via ice pack. Seriously, how did they miss all that blood coming from his mouth??? He ended having to remove his two front teeth because it was fractured from the fall. Needless to say, it was a traumatic event at the dentist office for both my 2.5 yrs. old son and husband when the dentist had to pull out the broken teeth. Thank god my youngest son who was also present was too young to realize what was happening so he was not traumatized. -- I did appreciate the school for ensuring his dietary restrictions following his teeth removal. Accidents happens, I get that. However, I expect the person watching my son to correctly evaluate the severity of the accident. He had blood from his mouth onto his chin when I picked him up. The staff didn&#39;t even know until I went back in to tell them and have to ask what happened. 3. Inconsistent feedback from teacher and teaching assistant when I picked up my son. Background info, my son has speech delay and is shy. When his teacher alerted me she was concerned regarding his social skills, I began asking the staffs that bring him out for pick up about how was his social interactions for that day. The feedback I received was that he seems to be doing fine from the teacher assistant. After 6 months of attendance my son&#39;s teacher tells me that she is now greatly concerned that he does not interact with any of the teachers, staff, or classmates at all. I am definitely not happy with the inconsistent progress feedbacks, which made me felt like I was lied to and make me wonder whether the teacher assistant is on the same page with the teacher. -- I did like and appreciate his teacher but am ambivalent towards the teacher assistants. 4. How my son is socially at home is completely opposite when he is at daycare. This makes me questions how comfortable he is at Mission Valley Montessori. At home, my son tries to communicate with family, even initiate saying &#34;Hi&#34; to shoppers at Costco, and loves being with his younger brother to the point he&#39;ll climb into his brother&#39;s crib!  As I started to follow up on specifics of how his teacher would try to get his attention, I had a strong gut feeling telling me to get my son out of this daycare as soon as possible. It has been about 9 months since my son left Mission Valley Montessori and he is thriving at other schools.

Our eldest started at MVM when he was 2 years old, and recently left to enter 1st grade at another Montessori school. We are very grateful to this school and all of their staff for all they&#39;ve done for our son. We saw him learn new skills and grow as a person here. From potty training to learning how to read and write, we saw how much they cared for him. My advice to new parents who put their kids in this school: let them learn and don&#39;t rush the learning. Your kid will find their way and their interests with the guidance they get here. Read up on the Montessori way to help set your expectations. We probably would have kept our kids here if they had an Elementary school :)

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