Mission San Jose Children's House

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Address:
43432 Ellsworth Street, Fremont, CA 94539
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Phone number:
+1 510-668-1277

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Reviews about Mission San Jose Children's House

• Reece Orca

  Oct, 06 2018
  ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
  Oh boy. How I hate to write this review. Maybe the previous 3 star reviews are from parents of children enrolled in the full day program. Well, I am letting you know it's not all rainbows and butterflies here.
  
  This goes out to parents who have an interest in the half day program or those parents who believe in simple equality.
  
  We are a Montessori enriched family. After transplanting from Washington state and witnessing first hand some of the best montessori schools around I was frantic looking for one that could compare. I thought I found it in MSJCH.
  
  I had a negative gut feeling about MSJCH when I toured it and should have stuck to my gut.
  
  Why?
  
  My simple questions about the montessori method seemed lost on the head teacher. When i asked for a sample schedule of the day she verbally told me instead of having a hard copy to let me take home. I took a huge risk and enrolled my child and yes, I'm still really upset with myself for doing it.
  
  What happened?
  
  On my child's third school day there, I entered to see her and another child sitting at two separate desks in the DARK unstimulated by a teacher or toys. All the other children were outside playing. The head teacher was wandering around doing her own thing. She tells my daughter I arrived. My child quickly ran up to me bawling her eyes out. Initially I thought she was in trouble from doing something bad and the school acted on it by putting her in time out. Nope! It turns out PART TIME students aren't allowed to play outside!! Asfinkstersayswhat? Exactly!!!
  
  My daughter was being punished for not being a full day student. That is essentially the short version of what I witnessed. Oh, and let's not forget the sitting in the dark part. Really, what the heck!?
  
  After a heated discussion with the head teacher, all while holding my traumatized daughter in my arms I was absolutely furious and high tailed it out of there.
  
  Sadly, this has been practiced in school years past. The head teacher was going to make an "exception" for my daughter the next day since I was obviously upset. Umm, no thank you - I will NOT bring her back! What else happens when I'm away? If only I could be a fly on the wall at that so called, "school".
  
  Shame, shame, SHAME on the "teachers" there for discriminating against a child who has a parent that doesn't have to keep them there all day. Shame, Shame, SHAME on them for letting kids sit in a dark classroom, unstimulated by a teacher or peer. How dare they call themselves a loving, nurturing environment when all I saw was neglect and sadness in my child's eyes.
  
  I'm sure they will change their ways after my incident there, but I strongly consider thinking twice before attending this "school".
  
  Oh, I also forgot to mention no apologies were ever given either. Shows you they don't think what they did was wrong. To each their own I guess. My own says RUN far, far, FAR away from this place!

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