Empire Beauty School IS A JOKE!!! Richmond, Virginia

I started in August of 2009. Everything was great when I started. About a week or so into it is when all the drama started. The whole school had problems with eachother, rumors were going around about the teachers and students, I felt like I was in middle school all over again. I soon found out that the school didnt care about its students, just the money they got from us. When we moved to 360, we didnt know who our teachers were, they threw us out on the floor with barely any experience on an actual person, and things just went down from there. We NEVER had towels for our clients because the washer and dryer were messed up. Guess they couldnt afford new ones. We hardly ever had the products we needed, but we failed if we didnt get our 15 services. Even though most of the time it was because they didnt have what we needed. There was a giant hole in the ceiling of the despensary from water damage, you could see the stains, with buckets underneath catching the leaking water. And dont expect to find the director of the school if you need her or if something is wrong because MRS DESIREE is quick to leave when she knows somethings going on. Not to mention shes hardly ever there anyway. Before even making it to sr. level i had already had atleast 4 different teachers. They make a new rule every day and conveniently forget to tell us until were getting in trouble for it. There is ALOT of favortism. Student handbook says dress code is solid black and/or white. Certain people could get away with wearing pink, orange, green, etc. but others would either have to change or get sent home. And to top it all of, before I left, I discussed with them the reason and made sure Id be able to re enroll and before I got a chance to try to re enroll, I had been dropped, student loans cancelled and all. I took time off to spend with my grandfather who mind you, was 94 years old and in the hospital dying and I felt I needed to spend time with him. And to think, this is why I got dropped. How low of this school. If I knew then what I know now, I would NEVER have enrolled there. Its a complete joke.