Mandala Montessori Preschool

"We loved Mandala Montessori! Kaise, Jesse and Linda manage the business with love, kindness, expertise and joy. Our nine year old daughter still recognizes Kaise and Linda as her favorite teachers. We're grateful for the emotional and practical skills that were taught. Washing windows and doing dishes continue to be chores that she doesn't mind doing. Mandala Montessori prepared our daughter well for kindergarten. I highly recommend it."

"Our son spent 2 1/2 years at Mandala, from the time he turned three until kindergarten. We can't express how happy we are with the education he received while attending this Montessori program. Our teachers were great, and our son was more than ready to start kindergarten hitting the ground running. He highly recommend Mandala!"

"Our oldest child attended Mandala for 2 academic years and almost three full summer programs. If it hadn't been for his wonderful teachers (both of whom have left) we would have pulled him much sooner. Below is part of the letter written to the Mandala administration regarding our most recent issue. My only regret is the money we wasted on this organization. *Our child is fully vaccinated and tested negative* "As you are aware, the decision was made to pull our child from Mandala Montessori...This decision was made in light of immediate and ongoing frustrations we have experienced as part of the Mandala community...you placed a call to my spouse and It is my understanding that during this call you made an inaccurate statement regarding the health status of our child and demanded that he (child) be removed from the classroom immediately. It is also my understanding that you hung up on my spouse after this request was made." I was alerted to your concerns and was able to reach out to you shortly after 1pm. Upon reaching you I was immediately met with anger, hostility and false accusations. During our discussion you informed me that another parent told you that our child “had the mumps”. When I informed you that this was a false statement and that he had been medically cleared by his pediatrician, you refused to accept this information. It was at that time that you began to berate my parenting, my decision making and my knowledge regarding such diseases. At no time during our conversation were you supportive and understanding and at no time did you seek further information from me regarding the skewed information you had been given. At best You were presumptive and hurtful. We believe that after this encounter and after the earlier encounter regarding health concerns and your inability to accurately seek proper information from both the parents and your staff, that our child is no longer safe at your institution. It has become abundantly clear to us that you prefer to make decisions without all the facts and your negative and accusatory tone is completely unacceptable. As a business owner I strongly urge you and your administration to improve your communication skills and to stop jumping to conclusions before you have all of the information.""

"We love Mandala! We took a chance on them the first year they opened, almost 5 years ago when our daughter did one year of preschool. She had a wonderful experience there and we were thrilled with her teachers and so thankful we took the chance. Now our son is in his second year there. They are kind, loving and nurturing to him and they keep him challenged. He's always coming home with new information and stories of interesting things he's learned. There is nothing bad I can say about our almost three years experience having children at Mandala. We are so thankful to have such a wonderful place to bring our child to every day."

"We are in love with Mandala! The teachers are great and is family owned. The communication between teacher and parent is just enough. They also have an internal website where they keep the parents up to date on everything that is going on. There are two classes with flexibility in schedules, full and half day. There are other elements offered at Mandala that stands out such as chinese lessons and cool field trips. My daughter really enjoys the work she does and the friendships she has built. We have seen her grow in ways we did not expect. She has shown that she is learning what you would expect but also how to be a better person showing compassion for others and the world we live in. Our 2nd daughter will definitely be attending as soon as she is old enough."