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My 3.5 year old grandson was kicked out of Intrinsic Academy after 2 hours.

When we dropped my grandson off for his first day of school at Intrinsic, something was immediately off. There was no one at the front desk, the lights in the front were off, and when a woman finally came to the front to collect us, it was obvious that we were not expected, in spite of numerous emails back-and-forth between my daughter and the school’s administration leading up to his first day of school. They informed us that the woman who would be his teacher was not in yet due to car trouble and there was no cubby with his name prepared.

Two hours after we dropped him off, we were called and told to come pick him up. Ostensibly, Intrinsic claims he threw a toy (which hit no one nor damaged any property) and refused to join circle time, choosing instead to sit quietly and play with toys. When we arrived, my grandson was playing, calmly and quietly with the toys.

They have refunded all of the money we paid upfront, but we were left scrambling, to find a new place for him, now with the added stress of worrying we would be unable to find a place that could “handle him”.

My recommendation would be to find somewhere else to place your child. I’m honestly not sure I believe the reviews here are real and I’m frankly amazed that the state of Georgia is willing to let this place keep its license if a child like my grandson is too much for them to handle.

Before Intrinsic, my grandson had never been in a full time, daycare environment before. However, we have left him at the YMCA daycare, multiple times, for up to 1 hour while we worked out, where they never had any issues with him.

And I’d like to finish this review by noting that we have my grandson in a lovely school, Mt. Elizabeth Academy, that has had zero problems with him, and had him sitting quietly in circle time, participating with the other kids, on the very first day, in the very first hour.