It was originally set up by ten families, but some of these left after the first year because of differences of opinion. Some of those attracted by the school's reputation came to feel that the administrators had too little experience, and that the school was "somewhat chaotic," and they too transferred their kids elsewhere.
以毛毛蟲學苑來說，最初由十個家庭發起成立，第一學期後就有家庭因理念不合退出，而慕名來者也有人覺得毛毛蟲辦學經驗不足、稍嫌「混亂」而轉學。