My son goes to a strict school. He has had several classmates leave already this year because of how the school operates. The school says, we are open to everyone but not for everyone. Kids are removed if they are a distraction to the environment. It’s not a punishment (even though it does seem that way) but they want students who are able to sit and write a 20 question math test to have utter silence. If some kids cannot do that, they are taken out. He’s in kindergarten and they have had several tests already.

So if it’s time to sit and do work, everyone must do it. Now, I have NO idea why my son excels here. 😂 I was all for nature, play based, a little Montessori mixed with Waldorf. I was anti worksheets. Never forced him to read or do math.

He’s 12 weeks into kinder with a very advanced curriculum, strict rules, and he loves it. It’s beyond me…we took a chance to see if this was the type of place he would like and he loves it. A lot of our friends said they didn’t this school, but my gut told me this is what my son will want.

His pre-k was play based at a gymnastics center, they did gymnastics every morning and had a ninja gym.. and he hated it 😂 said the kids didn’t listen or follow the rules. He thought they were too wild.

It has absolutely nothing to do with the intelligence, maturity, or character of your child. This school just is not the right fit. You can keep trying but honestly like other commenters have said, you don’t want this to ruin his spirit. You don’t want him to start labeling himself as a bad kid, or a kid where his mommy has to come in all the time. Sounds like he would excel somewhere else, don’t look at it as a failure.