I don't have issue with Montessori philosophy AT ALL.

The issue relates to how the school is handling the D between my STBX and I. Neither of us has primary conservator. We are 50/50, and nearly a year post separation, we still have not had a temporary hearing to determine who does.

Even IF the STBX had primary, the school, nor he, can control certain aspects of my involvement or decision making regarding pickup/dropoff on my parenting days, yet this has been what has been attempted and backed by the school director (our child's teacher's mom) under the guise of "state regulations". It was initially successful.

I have not been a wilting violet. I did my homework and presented copies of the state childcare licensing regulations to the director. I thought we had the issue resolved; however, upon needing to exercise my parental rights to designate someone else for pickup/dropoff, her daughter made yet another attempt to tell me "as long as STBX approves". This was three months after I thought it was a done deal.

Director's mom was in her last days, and the director was absent. I called her and had a brief conversation with her regarding what her daughter (our child's teacher) had said. I took it one step further and wrote a letter to our child's teacher with copies of state regulations and the resolution I had come to with her mom several months earlier.

Okay fine. I got done what I needed to get done. However, since that day, our child's teacher literally RUNS back into the building when I drive up. I can only imagine what she would do if I showed up to observe our child's class....

The teacher brings her new puppy to the school. While I don't have issue with that in and of itself, the director buckled our child into the carseat one day stating that all the parents had to sign a release that it would be okay for the dog to be in the building. Yet I never saw that release form and heard nothing of it either from the STBX.

The nonsense cited as "state regulation", which I research and can find no inkling that supports what they're saying, that has me very concerned about our child attending the school in the future. Rather than continuing to call the school on the table and being labeled as a bonafide biotch, I would like to see our child in a different program.

And as I stated, as a result of the D, the money isn't there for her to attend this daycare/educational program next year.... unless STBX is going to foot the bill (I agreed to pay in June of last year, but wasn't expecting that it would be indefinite), and again, that just creates a whole new set of issues.