The Monarch School

As someone who has worked my entire career with the special needs population and now a new special needs mom, Monarch is an ideal therapeutic and educational school for those with neurological differences. Students are happy and engaged in learning in a way that's gets them excited and ready to come back the next day. I can't think of a better place I want to send my daughter when the time comes for school placement.

The school has changed significantly in the last several years. The best long term staff have left and it is no longer therapeutic or a strong educational environment. New staff have lower qualifications than the past. They focus on ABA, a behavioral management program that is considered abusive by many. It is rewards and punishment, no authentic intrinsic motivation or learning. The environment is dreary, sad and not a place that someone wants to spend the day. They have can't keep staff and typically hire first year teachers that don't even stick around. The tuition is not reflective of quality. It's behavior managed babysitting. There are better schools.