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May 2016: My daughter attends Paul Mitchell "the school" Denver. After paying several thousands of dollars for her to attend school for 9 months now, my daughter still is still not able to do a men's cut, mix color or feel confident about coloring or cutting anyone's hair.

Students were provided with no nail or make-up training and only had about 10 minutes of facial training. Students have not received a nail kit and will ultimately fail the state exams without the instruction necessary for them to pass. There is one male teacher (Marcus) who has been known to sit at the door to the school and send students home in the morning if they are one minute late (even if they have a valid reason for being late) and consistently degrades and belittles the students. If anyone from Corporate office would do a surprise visit (and not allow the teachers to pretend to be on their best behavior for the time Corporate representatives are at the school) or just video tape what goes on in that school (or actually videotape what doesn't go on at that school) they'd be as disgusted as I am.

My daughter calls me after school every time she has had a client during the day, and is so excited and is ready to put up with all of the negative aspects of attending the school for about 2 days after her client has left. Then, with no instruction (and basically no tools anymore since theft by the students occurs daily) my daughter basically is left to feeling useless, inadequate and unskilled. I have had three calls from my daughter this year (since January 2016) after my daughter has had her only clients (and it's May 2016 now). THREE CLIENTS!!!!

How are the students supposed to learn when there are no stations or clients available to them since there are too many students enrolled in the school without enough teachers to assist them in their "supposed" learning process? My daughter has basically learned nothing in her 9 months of attending the school. And, I know this is the case for the rest of the students who are standing around texting for the several hours at a time (or those who are lucky enough to have a station for the day to sit at while they text) while I have been at my appointments. Students are quitting constantly and I am just appalled!!!!

However, family’s like mine are consistently sending their kids to the school thinking that they will have a bright future with the Paul Mitchell school name behind them so the school apparently doesn’t care that the instruction and teachers are worthless since they keep getting other new students. Three (3) teachers have quit within the last few weeks with no replacements. And, as a client, who has gone to the school to get my hair done by my daughter, I know how hard it is to even get a teacher to acknowledge the student's existence, much less help the students learn anything. And, as stated earlier, because there are so few lockers, and no locker was provided to my daughter, almost all of my daughter’s supplies have been stolen by other students.

This school is not worth attending and should be shut down. The Paul Mitchell name now disgusts me!!!!!!

My daughter will be videotaping and recording teachers for the next few days. After my husband and I review the tapes, we will be making a decision regarding removing my daughter from the school and will be speaking with our lawyers regarding potential legal action against the school and against the male teacher (Marcus) who should have already been taken to court multiple times due to defamation.

Monetary Loss: $12000.

Preferred solution: Corporate needs to start monitoring and managing the schools to ensure they are providing the utmost/best instruction to students who pay a lot of money to attend the schools. Obtain more instuctors who care about their students and learning..

Location: Denver, Colorado

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That's because there only goal is for students to get their cosmetology license. Nothing else matters!

Guest

Understand that the schools are just teaching introductory to Cosmetology and the only thing TDLR is concerned about is if you are safe and not a liability to the general public, they don't care if you can do hair. A Cosmetologist license is a very wide umbrella and covers quite a lot of material so my suggestion would be for the prospective student to find out what they want to specialize in and get a specialty license.

Nails-Nail Tech/Manicurist, Facial and Skin Care- Esthetician, Hair additions- Wig/Extensions/Braider. When I was in school I was doing a apprenticeship in a salon as a Shampooist and it helped me so much. Trust me whenever you graduate you will throw all of it out the window and learn on the fly in a real salon. Also Toni & Guy lets their students specialize in color or cuts.

I personally went to Ogle here in TX and was beyond pleased with the standard of education. Your hours should transfer to another school and only have to pay for hours completed.

Guest

So it's not just the Webster, TX location? There are so many students and no instruction.

Just unsupervised gossip and sniping all day.

This good product line's reputation is going to end up ruined by their shoddy, unprofessional schools. They should get out now.

Guest

Did anyone ever sue or did anything ever come of this? Currently attending a PM school in Wisconsin and dealing with a lot of the same problems.

Guest

Same scenario at the School in Tulsa! Wish corporate would listen.

The school is supposed to be for educating- yet it's just a poorly managed business being funded by Parents like us.

The employees are very unprofessional , bullies, and play favorites.

Guest

Wow, my daughter had a similar experience at Paul Mitchell in Colorado Springs. She still hasn't gotten her stuff letting her get her license and they won't talk to me about it and my daughter is so shaken up by them, she's afraid to call them.

I would like to figure out where to go from here. This is an awful school

Guest

My daughter goes to Paul Mitchell in Denver as well. I hear the same horror stories.

My daughter told me this morning that the students now have to buy their own hair color for their practice dolls!!! Things are out of control and we need to stand together!!! I want my daughter out of there and her schooling paid for at another institute by Mr. Paul Mitchell.

I am going to get a lawyer on Monday and I am going to expose this shenanigan publicly everywhere!!!! Enough is enough.

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If you need any help please let me know! My partner goes to Paul Mitchell Denver and has had a horrible experience with dealing with the director who is completely inappropriate with favortism, unethical, no professionalism what so ever.

Staff have quit almost every month, they don't teach the ciriculum needed for state boards since that teacher also quit this month! She allows staff to be rude and unprofessional towards students and clients with no repercussions

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I found this after looking around for help as I am currently a Paul Mitchell student fighting a battle with the school

Guest

Same thing here in Oklahoma we are trying to figure out what to do if you can help please contact me wesley_howell580@***.com

Guest

I am a mother of a student at Paul Mitchell in Portland. Your story is identical to mine.

It's the exact same things happening. Corporate does not care. They only have four teachers (total) at this location AND they aren't licensed educators!

I don't know how to help my daughter! It's just awful and she HATES going there.

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For a trade you don't have to have a teaching degree you just have to have worked in the field you are teaching for 10 years. At least that's how it is in VA.

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