SpringStone Montessori Schools

Both my children attended SpringStone Montessori School. I must say I am very pleased with the care and instruction SpringStone provides. As a working mother it can be very difficult to leave your kids with people you don't know. The SpringStone staff were always kind and comforting to my kids. It made me feel good about taking them to school each morning.

I am now ruined when it come to care for my daughter. We love and miss Springstone on Randolph! My husband's job took us away from Albuquerque, and I have to say that I miss Springstone just as much as my family from Albuquerque. This is because they became our family. My daughter is constantly pouting and saying, "I miss my old school!" And looking for a new place is next to impossible now because nowhere is as good as the place we left. And this is specifically for the Randolph location, as we tried Rio Rancho for a while because it was closer... and then ended up back at Randolph, driving the extra 30 +/- minutes just to feel back at home at our favorite school with our favorite people. We miss you all!

My children have been going here for years. The teachers have been really good, especially the ones that have been at the school for years (ie., at least 3 yrs). Lately though there have been many problems and it made us sick to our stomachs to have to deal with the owner's daughter who manages the business for her. Presently, we still think the early year rooms are good. The teachers really work with you when you want to accomplish something with your child (e.g., manners, potty training). But the pre-school side is really breaking down. Do you think it is appropriate for them to show your kids PG-rated movies or clips of 9/11 without your consent? Be careful with the reviews you read on Google; we were offered a chance to win stuff if we wrote a good review (2013/2014). There was another website where we could leave reviews, but I don't recall it. I really hope they turn around for the better, for most of the teachers' sake, since they have done so much for the school.

I am an Early Childhood Specialist and I had my child for about a month in this child care center. I give this place one star because of several reasons: 1) even though they say their staff is Montessori certified (mainly online) I recommend if you are looking for a truly Montessori institution to go to American Montessori Society website and look for CERTIFIED Montessori school in your area (there are several in the Albuquerque area). 2) Look into New Mexico Kids website (www.newmexicokids.org) and look into the CYFD Licensed Provider Site Survey Inspector Reports type the name of this "School" and see what even licensing has to say of this place. 3) As in the personal side, I did not know where to look so I trusted my child to these people. During the time my child was there the interactions were poor, teachers were always gossiping to each other and paying poor attention to children. I saw once or maybe twice in a month teachers sitting with children and having real interactions (and there were not the teachers that they are always calling their "Montessori" staff), that to me is awful!



Please take a look at what is out there and trust the reviews of this place, the CYFD reports and complaints, THEY ARE TRUE!!! There are better places for your child out there!

Too many children to teacher ratio, and too many excuses as to why its not corrected. Springstone will tell you at most its a 5:1 ratio. 8:1 is common, so is a dirty diaper and and rash when I pick her up, and very thirsty. I wouldn't have ever enrolled my child here knowing now from experience. Beware.

Worse School I've seen... I had to file a abuse report Dec 21, 2012 with the cops instead of addressing the issue with their staff they drop my son to hide the incident. Sad and I hope the administration takes action. unfair my son has to go with out his friends because of low standards. I had to repeatedly tell the head teachers about seeing staff kiss kids on the mouth. Head teachers would say they would talk with the teachers.

My son has been going to this preschool for over a year and has really come out of his shell. They have great activities and the staff is very caring. They also are patient and have a good curriculum. They also provide plenty of snacks and nutritious meals.



The only gripe I have is how several pieces of my son's clothing (hat, jacket, etc) would go missing when I went to pick him up and lots of times were never found.