Crunchy daycares and preschools in DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Come on up to Chevy Chase and join the Nature Preschool at the Audubon!

+1 also Franklin Montessori was pretty crunchy (though my experience is not recent).

Stay away from this for profit preschool

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Come on up to Chevy Chase and join the Nature Preschool at the Audubon!

+1 also Franklin Montessori was pretty crunchy (though my experience is not recent).

Terrible school

+2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I second School for Friends. We're very happy with the school and appreciate the Quaker principles, and how play-based/outdoor focused it is.

A third vote for SFF! We are there and absolutely love it.

You are kidding right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Come on up to Chevy Chase and join the Nature Preschool at the Audubon!

+1 also Franklin Montessori was pretty crunchy (though my experience is not recent).

Stay away from this for profit preschool

Ahhh so it’s a terrible school because it is a preschool that is too expensive for you and makes money. You’re a moron.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Come on up to Chevy Chase and join the Nature Preschool at the Audubon!

+1 also Franklin Montessori was pretty crunchy (though my experience is not recent).

Stay away from this for profit preschool

Ahhh so it’s a terrible school because it is a preschool that is too expensive for you and makes money. You’re a moron.

Nope. I worked there. The owners make a ton of money, and pay their teachers poorly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP - have the same question but am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a place within 20 min of takoma park (during rush hour)

Nature Preschool at the Audubon in Chevy Chase is within 20 min of TP.

[Anonymous]

Burgundy Farm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I second School for Friends. We're very happy with the school and appreciate the Quaker principles, and how play-based/outdoor focused it is.

A third vote for SFF! We are there and absolutely love it.

You are kidding right?

No one is kidding, people did and do love SFF. Is it for everyone, nope. But also not everyone who applies is admitted. There's clearly someone on the board who doesn't like SFF and they keep posting the same downhill nonsense. There's actually been very limited teacher turnover since Jim retired. Some of the teachers have been there for decades. So, again, is SFF for everyone, nope, but it is relatively crunchy, a very happy environment for the kids, they get a ton of outdoor time, and it's conveniently located if you work in Dupont, along K St, NW, Farragut, Foggy Bottom, the World Bank.... They did maintain covid protocols and my hunch that is where some of this "downhill" disgruntlement is coming from, but who knows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Come on up to Chevy Chase and join the Nature Preschool at the Audubon!

+1 also Franklin Montessori was pretty crunchy (though my experience is not recent).

Stay away from this for profit preschool

Ahhh so it’s a terrible school because it is a preschool that is too expensive for you and makes money. You’re a moron.

Nope. I worked there. The owners make a ton of money, and pay their teachers poorly.

You don't like your pay as a preschool teacher so no one should send their kids there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Come on up to Chevy Chase and join the Nature Preschool at the Audubon!

+1 also Franklin Montessori was pretty crunchy (though my experience is not recent).

Stay away from this for profit preschool

Ahhh so it’s a terrible school because it is a preschool that is too expensive for you and makes money. You’re a moron.

Nope. I worked there. The owners make a ton of money, and pay their teachers poorly.

You don't like your pay as a preschool teacher so no one should send their kids there?

My kids have been out of preschool for a while now, but when we were considering the options I could never get over the fact that they left kids at the park (twice)

[Anonymous]

Also very crowded classrooms. It was before covid though.