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December 9, 2021
Cosmetology students are without work when the Capri Institute closed unexpectedly last week.
After the Capri Institute, a beauty school franchise with a facility in Brick, unexpectedly closed last week, hundreds of cosmetology students across the state are in uncertainty.
Last week, the school closed in the middle of lessons, according to students who spoke to New Jersey News 12. According to NJ 101.5, teachers apparently informed students that they would be closing for 30 days. Many students have paid thousands of dollars in tuition but are unsure whether or not they will be able to obtain their license.
While the Brick facility is temporarily closed, the Brick Times reported that four other locations, including the school's headquarters in Paramus, have been closed permanently.
One parent told 101.5 that teachers at the Brick site advised pupils on December 1 that they were temporarily closing. Teachers informed students that they had not gotten payments for the previous few weeks, according to Michelle Leonard of Toms River, whose 20-year-old daughter Haley attends the Brick location.
Students were also informed that the school would be shut due to COVID-19 guidelines, although neither Leonard nor her daughter were aware of any positive cases.
According to reports, students were issued transcripts without a signature or seal, making them unofficial and difficult to transfer to another institution. Hundreds of students arrived to the Brick location on Friday, according to another student, wanting to acquire transcripts and contracts. Students knocked on the school's windows Friday, according to student Sarah Lavroff, but administrators ignored them and eventually phoned the cops. Lavroff, who said she videotaped the incident on her phone, also claimed that she received her transcript finally, but that it was essentially useless without the signature and seal.
Several news organizations reported that they were unable to reach the Capri Institute at any of its four locations in North and Central New Jersey. Since December 1, the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has received 13 complaints about the school, according to News 12, and the cases are still open and being investigated.
