Mom to open South Carroll?s first Montessori school

A Sykesville mother plans to open South Carroll?s first Montessori school and shatter misconceptions about the methodology creating haphazard classrooms.

“Children are given the freedom to choose and to learn, but that doesn?t mean I am putting them in a chaotic environment,” said Marie Atalla, who will open the Ava Wanas Montessori School in Sykesville in September for preschoolers and kindergartners.