Seeking Nature and Organic food loving families for full-time Preschool and Kindergarten in Mclean

[Anonymous]

Current openings for Preschool and Kindergarten in a small nature based program in our home. Full time and part time programs available. Check out our Spring Break and Summer Camps too! Openhouse on Sunday, March 2, 2014 from 1-3pm. www.nurturingroots.org

[Anonymous]

http://nurturingroots.org

[Anonymous]

Where are you located?

[Anonymous]

Well, now I'm curious to know what happened with Discovery Woods. The people behind Nurturing Roots used to run Discovery Woods....interesting.

[Anonymous]

The news about Discovery Woods made its rounds in my area - the school closed mid-year due to fiscal mismanagement. The teachers were supposedly incredible though.

$700/week is a lot - my question would be why they need more than any other school I've heard of to operate.

[Anonymous]

$700 a week is getting into nanny share territory. This is a home daycare. That is an unreal price.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: my question would be why they need more than any other school I've heard of to operate.

Frankly, it's because they are scam artists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: my question would be why they need more than any other school I've heard of to operate.

Frankly, it's because they are scam artists.

I was trying to be more gentle but yes, charging well above market rate is a huge red flag IMO. The last place I came across charging twice the norm for the type of care they were offering was later raided and shut down by the authorities - the whole thing was a sham. If you can't run your operation with a honest price than perhaps you're not operating honestly.

[Anonymous]

Wow. I visited Discovery Woods last year but felt the school's curriculum was too loosy-goosy. The facilities were great though.

If they closed mid-year, what happened to all their families?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I visited Discovery Woods last year but felt the school's curriculum was too loosy-goosy. The facilities were great though.

If they closed mid-year, what happened to all their families?

I believe they are trying to organize their own school....there's a thread a few pages back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I visited Discovery Woods last year but felt the school's curriculum was too loosy-goosy. The facilities were great though.

If they closed mid-year, what happened to all their families?

Those who paid the year's tuition in advance (there was a discount for doing so) were not refunded for the remaining months and left to find other care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I visited Discovery Woods last year but felt the school's curriculum was too loosy-goosy. The facilities were great though.

If they closed mid-year, what happened to all their families?

Those who paid the year's tuition in advance (there was a discount for doing so) were not refunded for the remaining months and left to find other care.

Wow, has anyone filed suit yet?

[Anonymous]

Who are these people and why do they keep failing?

[Anonymous]

They did successfully reorganize (the teachers and parents) and are operating again. It's called eastern ridge school

[Anonymous]

The student child ratio I believe is very small, but I don't know why they wouldn't cut teachers before closing.