Centner Academy barred teachers newly vaccinated against the coronavirus from being near students. Some parents threatened to withdraw their children. Others clamored to enroll. By Patricia Mazzei ...

The school has a history of spreading inaccurate information about the vaccine and penalizing those who choose to get the shots. In April, Centner Academy employees were told they had to notify ...

The school’s CEO and co-founder, Leila Centner, sent a letter to faculty and staff at the Centner Academy citing unsupported assertions about Covid-19 vaccines that contradicted a large body of ...

Long before Miami’s Centner Academy ignited a national uproar by telling teachers not to get COVID-19 vaccinations, contrary to all credible scientific advice, the school’s husband-and-wife ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Leila Centner, CEO of Centner Academy, spoke Tuesday about her school's controversial new policy trying to keep teachers and staff from getting lifesaving COVID vaccinations.

The Centner Academy email offers no scientific evidence or authority to support the claims made. The school, which is run by Leila and David Centner, opened in September 2020, according to CBS Miami.

The Centner Academy opened in 2019 for students in prekindergarten through eighth grade, promoting itself as a “happiness school” focused on children’s mindfulness and emotional intelligence.

Centner Academy co-founder Leila Centner repeated debunked claims to explain why teachers who have received COVID-19 vaccinations will have to stay away from students. Skip to Main Content.

Centner Academy, a Miami private school founded by two wealthy parents, warned its staff against taking COVID-19 vaccines and said it would not employ anyone who has taken the vaccine.

Centner Academy, which also teaches pre-K to grade 12, charges yearly tuition ranging from $17,000 to $36,500, depending on the grade, according to its website. However, ...

David and Leila Centner, whose Centner Academy in Miami is effectively barring teachers from getting the COVID vaccine, donated $1 million to Republicans in 2020.