This is an excellent school! My son has excelled in school, confidence and compassion since…read moreattending IGDVBS. He came from Ukiah public school district where they wanted to sign him up for Special Ed classes. We brought him here and he is a A student, class president and roll model. I believe in this school and trust the teachers and staff.

Do NOT confuse the boys' school with the girls' school! I learned it the hard way. All the good…read moreratings you see online on IGDVS is for the girls' school. Many years ago boys and girls school had same administrators. It was good. But these days, boys and girls schools have separate administrators and different teachers. Boys' school administrators are LAZY! Many of the "teachers" there have no credentials. Many parents agree they only wasted their money, time and energy sending their boys to that school. Our sons could be achieving so much in different schools. But due to Juan Gracia, Reed Smith and others who completely lack compassion, take advantage of the school being Buddhist and private and nobody checking on them have no regards to the boys' academics and emotional well beings. They let their friends and family work there who also have no positive influence to our sons. In one word they do Not care about the boys there. They know they are sheltered there. Many of the boys are very stressed out not because of school load but because of the adults' attitudes there. Academics are bad. The boys who should be tomorrow's leaders are already giving up.

Our experience has been top-notch. They may not have the newest and shiniest things but they do…read morehave the same standards I have for my child.

Loving, Montesori school with auburn teachers and staff who genuinely care about the success of all…read morestudents. Inspires an intrinsic motivation to learn and be curious about the world.

There is a major lack of education, especially in the lower grades. And while this is a corner…read morestone of Waldorf style learning, it really puts kids at a disadvantage. If you need to switch schools, your kid is going to be at least 1 to 2 years behind their peers. The current principal does not want to believe bullying is an issue at this school, however a chat with parents at pick up and drop off reveal that bullying is rampant within the school and no one wants to address it. Physical assault doesn't even illicit much of a response. If kids have the nerve to defend themselves, they find they are the ones getting into trouble. There is a lot of victim blaming instead of dealing the real bullies. Many of the teachers are burnt out and it shows with how they interact with kids. I have watched teachers lose their minds, yelling at kids that didn't deserve it for things a simple as not having a jacket on a cool morning. There is a high turnover with teachers in the last several years and they don't always high people who are accredited. Most grades, the kids will have several teachers throughout the day. This wouldn't be a problem if any of them actually spoke to the other. There is a lot of "the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing." Kids are regularly given conflicting information. There is no control over several of the grades. If you want a rude, mean, feral child, this is the school for you!