This school used to be excellent when Marina was the owner. The new owner is not friendly, unapproachable, severe looking and looks angry all the time. I don't know what her phD is in if it's piano performance or what but a piece of paper does not make a teacher. A person is either born a teacher or not. She is abrupt when she talks, her customer service is questionable because when we were there and we needed something she talks to you as if you just did something wrong. When I talked to the secretary about my child's schedule and she comes and she's there she butts in and wants to take control of the situation. It made me feel like she want to control everything it made me uncomfortable when she's around. It's not a pleasant feeling. She has this negative vibe. What I don't like most is when she talks to her staff sometimes it sounds like she has no respect for them. I would never want to work for a person like that, I don't like being controlled. When Marina's around she makes you feel at home. Marina is the epitome of a very good teacher, always smiling at you, making you feel good that you're there and very professional. Marina's is secure with herself w/c is probably why I don't feel like she's always watching me. The staff also loves her just the way she is. I wish Marina would teach in another school I'm sure a lot of the students would love to go to her. There used to be a lot of very nice people working there, most of them left so did a lot of the students because when Marina left it felt like she took the sunshine with her and all the school care about now is money. Now there's only a few nice people there and the school is very lucky if they can hold on to the few good and wonderful teachers left.
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