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[quote=Anonymous]My child went to Fiore for two and a half years. We only pulled our child when the drive became unmanageable. While I did find the food restrictions a bit much, I figured it wouldn't kill me to make one restricted meal a day and I spoke directly to my child's teacher about fruit. I am with the mom above who said she has a hard time getting vegetables in her kid so fruit is really the way to go. Also, I didn't like the suggestion that every meal has dessert. They completely understood and said they would no longer call it that or keep it for after the "entree."

I like that they are super strict about the Montessori method because that is why I chose to send my kid there. My child spent a lot of time outside every day. They were tasked with taking care of the garden as well as having free time in the sensory garden and sound garden. As for music and art - they had a professional musician come once a week for music class and he taught about instruments as well as songs in Spanish and English. There was also an amazing art teacher who came once a week. She'd teach about a famous artist and then the children would try to replicate one of their famous works. When my parents were in town, my child had a full conversation with my mom about impressionism and asked if we could go to the museum to "see Monet."

I was aggravated at the lack of ability for parents to observe but being in a school now where parents can go observe anytime I can see why a school wouldn't allow it. It can be extremely disruptive and derail a kid or several completely making it difficult for the teacher to get everyone back on track. I visited my child at school today and leaving caused an out-of-character meltdown that triggered bad behavior from friends as well. I felt bad for the teacher as I headed out.

The leader of the school can come off cool and can be inflexible. I had frustrations with him at times and I heard stories from other parents. I will say, however, the other families we met were really wonderful and had a sense of community about them. I don't have that at our new school.

The car line does suck. It was a running joke among me and my friends. I don't know how they could improve that because most of what I saw was bad behavior from parents!  :?: [/quote]

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