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[quote=Anonymous]I too heard great things about Bridges and felt incredibly lucky when we were called off the waitlist last summer, but my mind changed quickly. The first red flag was when they insisted that I hadn't turned in the enrollment forms (even though I completed them while sitting in their reception area and handed them over as soon as I was done). They called me and told me I had to bring in (a second set) of forms if I wanted my kid to stay enrolled...they also said the health forms had to be original, which wasn't an option because I had given them the original several weeks earlier. I had NO intention of paying to have my pediatrician/dentist fill out a new set of forms because they lost the first set. (strike one)

Then there was the MANDATORY orientation that only 3 other families showed up for -_- and when we got there the space was a mess...very unkept and disorganized and not so conducive to learning. (strike two)

Fast forward to the first week of school, which we expected to be chaotic, but we didn't expect our kid's asst teacher to be so rude and dismissive (lead teacher was fine). When I was trying to give him instructions about my child he just walked away while i was mid-sentence with no explanation. There were also at least 2 other times that week when he didn't even say hello when I arrived to the classroom. I also asked for clarification on several policies and got a different answer from everyone -_-, it seemed like they were just making stuff up as they went along. (strike 3)

After the second week of school, we decided to leave the school because it had too many negatives for us. When I went to fill out the withdrawl forms the principal was sitting in her office in clear earshot of me explaining to the receptionist why I was taking my child out...guess what? The principal NEVER came out to ask me why I was leaving or if they could do anything to get our family to stay. As a matter of fact, she came out of her office to get something off the printer, gave me a weird look, didn't say a word then went back to her office. (strike out)

I can't speak on the actual quality of the school, but I cant imagine it's all that great with such a poor management team in place. I'm still trying to figure out what all the hype was about....I was very, very unimpressed and i'm so glad that I made the decision to pull out early in the school year...can't imagine what a nightmare it would have been had I not done so.

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