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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our friends children went there.  They have lost at least three directors in the past two years. One of the directors left screaming calling the owner racist. Their Google reviews demonstrate a lack of sound management practices so it is hard to believe that the owner is so very available, as you mention.  If the owner was, then why are there so many management problems? It is my understanding that she is disconnected from parents and staff and does take several vacations in a year, passing on any parent issues to those who she will not let make the decisions. [/quote]

Well I won’t disregard other’s reviews of her, and I wasn’t very happy with her response rates either. But here are some factual observations I had during my DC’s 1.5 years there. There was no change in directors the entire time we were there (possibly during the beginning of COVID but I have no idea, there was turnover everywhere at that time). Only heard about the one that left very recently from current parents, and IMO she had major attitude problems.  I highly doubt the owner is racist since the other director still there is of the same race as the one who just left, and the one still there is awesome and loved by everyone. Also, the owner was always on-site and works til late. When we toured the school on a weekend or holiday, I can’t remember anymore but the school was closed, the owner was the one that gave us the tour so apparently she regularly works weekends or holidays.

More importantly, and back to the point of the thread, yeah responsiveness is something the school can work on. But once there, DC was happy and learned a lot.[/quote]

Respectfully, this is almost entirely untrue.  There has been no less than 5 directors that have left since the school opened and in the last 2 years, when you were supposedly there, there has been 3 directors that have left. This location has not been open very long. They have only been open 4 years. The director prior to the most recent director that left had openly accused the owner of being racist.  The only director that has been consistent is the assistant director and she was implanted there by the owners partner’s school in Rockville because she couldn’t keep a director due to her attitude and difficult management style.  This has resulted in staff and family turnover as well.  When you look at the reviews for the school on Google, you see many negative reviews about the school. She obviously had an integrity issue because she responds by saying that they don’t have record of this family being at the school to infer that the review is bogus.  If that were so, wouldn’t at least one review be removed?  Goddard Schools in general are quality preschools, but this location is lacking.[/quote]

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