Starting Point Montessori

This school and the women who run it are condescending, rude, disrespectful, unprofessional and need to be replaced. They have no type of common courtesy or sense really when it comes down to dealing with urgent matters or even helping families with matters involving the school. It's their way or bo way and they don't give a d*mn if the kids are affected while doing so. They only care about the money. Then they will also take your money and if you speak up about anything they will threaten to kick your child out without a refund. They claim to not have anyone over the school and only the principal is allowed to talk to parents. If anyone knows, there is ALWAYS  someone over a principal. DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE!!!!!!!

I signed my son up to attend this institution, in the hopes for growth and success in his development, but after 3 days they kicked my 2 year old son out. The lack of patience and communication, on the institutions behalf, is limited. They gave up on my child after 3 days; didn’t even give him a full week. Also, only gave a partial refund when stated otherwise.

Highly disappointed.

This School is a golden gem,
I am very selective about my children education I have 2 kids who attend and they have helped my daughter with not just her education but her self esteem,
You will notice 95 % of the negative comments surround "money", there is even a comment that states "the education is great but the price is high".

My daughter knows so much  my son knows words I didn't even know lol...so my recommendation is if you want the BEST education for your kid including culture send them here, if the fees are concerning just ask what all in total you will be spending then ask for small arrangements, like I did. Other than that the school defeats ANY other school I researched for my 2 young Black Children!!

So where do I begin..

Starting point Montessori will make sure that your child is brilliant. There’s no doubt about that. They have a strong curriculum and from a young age are taught structure and discipline with lots of love.

So, why do I give this place two stars?
I’ve had several issues with the school secretary. She has since apologized but after having yet another issue with them refusing to provide me with the school tax Id number for taxes, I’d never bring my son back or recommend it.
The biggest incident was when they assumed my child was sick when he wasn’t. Because of this they refused to let him inside of the school. I simply asked to speak with the school director and was told that she’d be there later. I opted to wait for her and she literally called the police on me. I wasn’t hostile, I was confused and wanted to wait there with my child. I recorded the entire incident and even the school director couldn’t figure out why on earth she’d opt to call the police. I recorded the incident because I’d had issues with her attitude in the past and wanted to show Karen because it was ridiculous. I was sitting in the chair quiet and recorded her lying to the police saying that I was hostile lol.. but the entire time I was already recording before she even knew.

So yea, there’s that.

They also charge you fees for everything. They’re a strict school and if your child’s socks aren’t the color they want it to be they’ll fine you.

The tuition is also very high.

My son was 1.5 when he started the school so the strictness threw me off.

Anyway, I feel like for the price they should be learning mandarin or Spanish and taking all sorts of extracurricular classes.

I’m moving back home  and have found a school that charges a similar rate and my child will learn everything I’ve just mentioned.

So.. it’s a good school for the area. Again, the secretary apologized but... the issue could have been a lot worse.. as black women especially we should never ever call the police on another person out of some misplaced spite or annoyance. What if they’d had shown up like so many do and try to immediately hurt me, especially with my child present? We see it all of the time and watching someone blatantly lie to authorities for no reason was heartbreaking.

I loved the school before that.. after the incident it never felt the same.

My son was three years old when he first started there. He received a good education. But the staff was rude and picked on my son for wearing braids. The director is rude and just care about money. You have to buy everything for your children even lunch. I would not recommend this money hungry place. Eight hundred dollars a month for tuition is a bit much for these little children.

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