Scott Montessori Academy

Per the other one star review below, I totally believe something like that could happen at Scott Blvd Montessori! My visit there was far from confidence inspiring.
So that you understand where I’m coming from– I have a masters in Early Childhood Development, I’ve been teaching for 10 years, and I recently toured 6 Montessori schools in the area looking for the right preschool for my daughter in the Fall. We chose Montessori at Emory because of the beautiful, spacious and new facility and the loving, educated AMI certified teachers.
Now– my tour of Scott Blvd Montessori was a different story. While we waited for someone to let us in the front door EVEN THOUGH I had an appointment (which they never did because no one was overseeing the front desk from 3:15 — 3:40, a parent coming to pick her child up finally let us follow her in– completely dangerous btw), I witnessed something on the playground that made my decision not to send my daughter to Scott Blvd M immediate and definite. I watched a toddler teacher who I can only describe as uneducated and dare I say, ghetto, scream at this kid, forcing her to sit facing the fence, yelling unintelligibly repeatedly. It was unprofessional and unnecessary. I couldn’t believe staff is allowed to talk or discipline children that way, and certainly couldn’t believe this was occurring outside for anyone who walks up the front door to hear. So sad– I hope that kid’s parents wise up soon.
I took the tour that followed to be polite. The teacher was nice, the classrooms were NOT! These were the worse montessori classrooms I saw on all of my tours. Only a few activities that are unique to montessori schools allowed to identify the classroom as such– otherwise, it seemed bare and unwelcoming. The children there were sitting in a circle doing NOTHING at 3:45, and furthermore, Scott Montessori is not AMI certified yet. In effect, this place came off as a public aid daycare– not a private Montessori school.
1 star for Scott Blvd Montessori.

This school is hands down the best kept secret in town! I am thrilled to have my 17 month old son at a true montessori school! Can’t say enough about the staff & facility! My son, an very active toddler has shown a tremendous improvement in such a short period of time! I didn’t think it was possible!

We just want to inform all parents out their about this school. Having a child, you would like to be able to trust the teachers and staff here. That was not the case. We had a few issues with the school that could be over looked but this last problem was it for us. We were paying a lot of money for our child to be safe and secure. It was 99 degrees a few days ago and they let my son out their on the playground. When we picked him up that day, he was crying and his face was covered in snot. The teacher stood their and shrugged her shoulders when we asked her how long he was upset. He was burning up and we found out he had a temperature of 103.7. Our pediatrician could not believe that the school would let the children play on such a hot and humid day. If they would just have noticed that he was upset, they would have known he was running a fever! They have no problem asking for money but obviously they have a problem caring for a 17 month old.