Ira B Jones Elementary

Very open-minded and creative, experiential school. I am really happy to have my child go here. It’s not pretentious, overly controlling or rigid and yet the academics are stellar as well. They have a garden and outdoor activities, and a number of good teachers.

We as well as other parents of children with ADHD or special needs have had terrible experiences with this school, the owner and experienced a classroom that was not stable with a teacher merry-go-round. They are understaffed and did not have the resources to meet individual students with or parents with kindness and love. The owner appeared to take joy in writing discipline letters/ reports for three year olds and then repetedly humiliated our child with the letter when they bring them to the car. They overuse the peace corner. The classrooms are small compared with public and charter schools and they just when from three full time people in the class to two teachers and people who float. The turnover of staff while we were there was astounding. The school is on a busy road and not far from a HWY and shares a driveway with an Addition Center as well. What we esperinced here was an utter disgrace. OUr son improved so drastically when we enrolled in the public school system and I hope other families do not have to experience this version of Montessori. There is not one Montessori book that I read that the author would approve of this school.