Columbia Academy

"Kids keep changing teachers, teachers are understaffed and are treated terribly. The director is quite rude."

"The school in general is so fantastic! But the director is horrible!! My child teacher keep getting changed they have such a high turnover and when i went to personally ask the teacher why she left she says because the director mr Alby. She said he is a compulsive liar an only cares about himself. That he keeps drama going by talking about the staff which is so unprofessional. That school would be better off without him they should let ms Amanda or ms Kathy run it! She was my favorite an also my child’s favorite teacher it is ridiculous an I’m shock nobody has done anything yet. Alby is a disgusting human being who lie too damn much he wasn’t even going to tell me she was leaving until he got ready to!"

"My son has been going to this school for 2 years since 2 and has had the same primary teacher throughout each phase without changes and has transitioned to each level nicely. The staff is great and the learning has been awesome I'm very happy with this school."

"After a few months having my LO here, I can affirm this is a great school deserving a five star rating in my humble opinion. The teachers are lovely and warm to the kids. They are also strict enough to enforce rules and control the chaos otherwise would exist. They are knowledgeable and skillful enough to daily transmit the different learning topics to the always playful toddlers. Overall, everyone plays an important role to make this school one of the best. However, I believe that the teachers, specially the ones in room 9, are the main reason why parents want to get their children enrolled here. What's a school without great teachers anyways?"

"The teachers (and the director) at this location keep leaving every few months and the kid has to start with a new teacher, which is a huge issue for kids at that age. They don't seem to be able to retain a few good teachers that do come in. The focus on teaching and making the kid ready for the kindergarten seems to be totally missing. I get a feeling while dropping my kids here every morning is that I am dropping them at a baby sitter rather than at an academy where I expect some value addition. The management here does not seem to care much about kids and issues. The only thing going for the management here is the location and layout in community which parents find convenient and attractive. Other than that I cannot think of anything positive and would recommend staying away from this place if you can."