What started out as a great school has gone downhill. There has been a lot of teacher turnover this year. They are on their fourth teacher in 6 months, so something is definitely wrong. But this is not the biggest problem with Edmonds Montessori.??
Two days ago we were emailed by another parent telling us to check our daughter for lice. We did and sure enough she had it. At no small expense we had her and her siblings deloused and our house has been turned upside down - finishing the 25th load of laundry as I write this.
??It turns out the Montessori had known that there was an outbreak for a full week but had not informed any of the parents. We emailed the owner and received no reply. There are now 7 confirmed cases of lice at the school. We got the owner on the phone to express our outrage that she'd kept the information from us and she replied that she had ""no obligation to communicate this to the parents, nor any intent to do so"". We were shocked and dismayed by this response. We took it upon ourselves to communicate this to the entire school so at a minimum they could have their child checked. In response we received a voice mail from the owner saying we were abusing the class email list and that we should cease.
??My take: The owner has no children in the program anymore; her oldest is in college. Her primary motivation is to make money, and your kids and mine are simply a means to an end. We are very disappointed with this egregious lack of common sense.
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