Spring Hill School-Montessori & Academy

This place is a tiny Utopian village for children. Imagine kids not only allowed, but encouraged, to explore and learn about their world on their terms and at their level, where each experiences and absorbs and learns complex and advanced concepts on their terms in a nurturing environment that fosters community and respects diversity. That’s this place.
The administration and educators go to great lengths to create a safe place for kids to love, live, and laugh. It truly does not get any better than here.
I have only two relatively negative criticisms (if you could call them that) and they are specific to the PreK program (ages 3 – 6 years). First, it was VERY expensive. Five years ago this meant well over $ 1k per month when you included the after/​before daycare, which leads to my second problem, which was that the timing of before care was still a bit later than we needed (at the time, I think it opened at 7:30 which is kidn of late if you have to commute to Marin or further south). Also, the summer program only runs something like 6 weeks. That left several weeks where one would have ot scramble to find alternate care (if you’re relying on it for childcare/​work situation). As it turned out, this was a deal-​breaker for us since it’s next to impossible to find alternate care for that age group (there are many summer camps in the area, but they typically cater to ages 5 and up). If they have resolved that issue and were to provide year-​round care, it would be the pennultimate experience for both a child and parents.