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My brothers and sisters, we were all at this school
and we liked it to begin with. The teachers are very different some are
really good and some are really not good. My teacher let bullying
happen in the classroom every day to one child she didn't like and who
she was mean to. I found our teacher crying in the classroom and she
got mad at me and I felt very bad because I went back to get my
schoolbag I forgot. There were two teachers that the parents complained
about a lot but nothing changed. Some adults are upset because the
school is not like a Waldorf school. I would have been happy for it to
just be a good school. The elective teachers are really nice and there
are lots of good things about the school. I did not feel safe with my
teacher because I never knew what she was going to be like to me or the
other kids. She made even the smart kids have extra tutoring because the
school gets money for it I think. That made everyone feel like they
were dumb. Some parents said no to extra tutoring for their kids and
their kids did really well because they didn't feel dumb. The people in
the office are very nice. I am rating the stars for my one teacher.
We wish this was a better review. There are many
good-hearted and well-intentioned people at the school but the lack of
professionalism and rudeness we encountered became too much to have our
children around. They now attend HAAS, which seems to have a much better
idea of what the heart and rigor of Waldorf education means. We took
our children out after trying it for a year.
my son was in this school, but after one month
with a teacher that should have retired years ago, I pulled him out.
The kindness and fairness was NOT there, although the other specialty
teachers were exceptional and appreciated, I did not have any other
choice of core subjects teacher. The celebrations of weird
icons/subjects was too much for us as well. Rather and odd approach to
learning, not for us. Over the top tuition!
malamalama school is a disfuntional instution. I am a former
parent and have done volenteer work at this school.The administration ,
board of directors, and teachers have shown a lack of respect for the
concerns of the parents.parents concerns have been met with
vindictiveness, arrogance, and lies. many of the good teachers and long
time parents have gone. the school's reprutation in the community is
horrid. I no longer have any children at this school and would not under
any circumstances advise anyone to send their child to this school.This
is a small school with a drastically declining enrollment. the numbers
don't lie.
The administration at malamalama is in complete shambles. The best
teachers have retire from the school because of pressure to leave. I
feel sadness posting this because there are deserving individuals at
Malamalama and I believe in Waldorf, but this school is unfit to nurse
the bright minds of our youth. Many of the teachers do not incorporate
art into their cirriculum whih is displeasing at best. Look into other
schools, Malamalama is losing students and faith each day.
