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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ah, Ms. Antonucci -- this brings back memories.  We interviewed with her a few years ago.  These anecdotes all ring true.  I don't think the point was to humiliate, though.  We laugh about the whole experience in retrospect, but I think she had a purpose to her method.  It was a test of two types.  First, how does the child operate, and would s/he be a good fit at the school.  Second, how do the parents react, to see whether they will be happy with the school.  She explained to us why she did most of the things she did (I forget now exactly all of them, although I do remember her telling our DC that she wasn't getting into the chair properly--she was climbing, rather than sitting down and pulling it under her).  I assume that what she was trying to do was screen out people who didn't fit into the teaching method, and I'll say that we probably did not (not accepted, FWIW).

If Aidan is able to fill its classes with her as the gate keeper, more power to them.  But I have to say that she certainly didn't make us feel welcome, and I doubt she's very good advertising for the school.[/quote]

Gate keeper is a very nice way of describing her.  I found her to be more of a storm trooper.[/quote]

Oh for God's sake, the bashing of Ms. Antonucci by bitter parents needs to stop.

Her job at the interview is to assess your child in terms of their likely fitness with this particular Montessori school, not to be warm and fuzzy. She is very focused and, yes, expends little energy tending to the emotional or social needs of the parents. The degree of focus she brings to her assessment of your child is uncomfortable for pretty much everyone who has never had their child assessed in such a way. But it's her job.

In reality, she is an amazing, talented, warm and caring teacher. We are Aidan parents and were actually disappointed that our child did not end up in her class. Other parents I know of have requested that their child be put in her class because they respect her so much (requests which are not fulfilled simply on this basis, ever).

Get over it.[/quote]

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