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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whatever you do, stay away from Julia Brown Montessori School! They are insolent and arrogant. They won't let parents talk directly with teachers - you must go through the administrator. They actually discourage parent involvement and communication. Teachers wait by the window and have your child ready to go the minute you arrive to pick them up. [/quote]

I have to tell you, I am not an employee of Julia Brown and do not work there, I am actually a parent who just enrolled in a different preschool and didn't even tour Julia Brown for various reasons) however, your post makes you come off sounding a little unhinged.  I have read some positive reviews, along with some negative ones.  Rather than use sweeping generalizations, it might be more helpful to describe your experience.  Based on your comments, it may be that the administrators asked YOU not to talk directly with the teachers.  Again, I am not defending Julia Brown - but your post is incredibly hostile.  [/quote]

I know people who worked at Julia Brown. They told me ALL parents are NOT allowed to speak to teachers. BTW,  I am a new poster...not the poster you are referring to...[/quote]

Well, I am a parent of two children who have been in Julia Brown for a year.  It is not true that the parents are not allowed to speak to the teachers.  What is true is that teachers are not allowed to speak to parents while they are actively on duty watching children.  The instructions are that they must keep their attention on the children.  Whenever there are children present, we keep our comments to the basic hellos and goodbyes, here's some replacement clothing, etc.  If you can get them when they are not watching children, you can speak to them.  I will chat briefly with the teacher who is carrying trash out to the dumpster when I am picking up my children.  I chatted with several of the teachers for a while at the annual picnic/graduation.  We have a one hour meeting with my children's teacher once per semester to review my children's progress and we chat frequently.  If I have concerns, I talk to the administrator and we have some extensive conversations.  If I request, I can schedule an appointment with my child's teacher, but she would have to step out of the classroom for a scheduled appointment and they would have to get another teacher to cover her classroom.  In general, I haven't had to deal with this as I've had excellent responses from the administrator, but I know it's an option.

Yes, they discourage teachers from directly talking to the parents anytime the teacher is directly involved with the children, because the teachers primary focus should be on the children in her care.  But it is not true that they are not allowed to talk to the parents, it just has to be scheduled outside of classroom time. [/quote]

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