This elementary school is an Orange County voting location. It's convenient and easy to find with…read moreplenty of parking for voters. The lobby area is pretty and it's a great neighborhood.

Our 3 kids attended CFS from early school through upper school and have now all matriculated into…read morecollege. CFS was a fantastic partner in helping support our children's development. They nurtured all aspects of our children's development including social-emotional development while also, preparing our children for the most competitive colleges. Importantly, the school was a safe space for our children to explore, play and learn and we, as a family, gained a fantastic community of values-driven families. We couldn't be happier with our 25+ years of children at CFS.

This review is coming from an actual former middle schooler at CFS. I did succeed at making…read morefriends, as the school is very social-focused. Academic is a different story. When I started at CFS, I loved math and literature, and learning in general. However, by the end of the three years I spent there, I hated almost every subject. I'm usually able to at least seem smart, But they didn't help me in any way succeed academically. They would call my parents in for pointless meetings, pressured them into paying the school more money for a tutor that basically taught me the same stuff I was taught in classes, made my messy tendencies worse, and just generally made me feel stupid.

My son has been at Lucy Daniels from K through 5th grade. He has had amazing care and education…read morefrom Lucy Daniels. He has a team of staff working for him and with my husband and myself to meet his needs. My son has his own weekly therapy sessions as part of his support within the school, as do my husband and myself so that we are all aligned for his care and needs. The teachers have been creative and supportive of him throughout his time at Lucy Daniels. Throughout his entire time at the school the focus has been on meeting his needs where he is at, while giving him the opportunities to grow. I was honestly so surprised by some of the other reviews I've read here. We have relied on the support Lucy Daniels has provided us and our son for years and I really don't think he would have thrived as much as he has without Lucy Daniels.

I'm writing this review in an effort to spare another family from an emotionally painful and very…read morecostly experience. I strongly urge you to do your research, get more than one opinion, read reviews on local Facebook groups, and listen to your gut before deciding to enroll your child into this school. Dr. Rosenblitt (who is a founder of LDC), deemed my 3 year old as having a severe mental illness after only taking a family history and observing my son playing with legos for 20 minutes. Without any hesitation, he told my husband and I that we should take it as seriously as though we just received a diagnosis of leukemia. We were strongly encouraged to enroll our son into their "therapeutic" school as the only way to preserve his development. We were promised a clinical team that would work hand in hand with us and the teacher to help our son thrive in a social setting and to better cope at home. Unfortunately, the school failed to deliver on all of the promises they made to us. The lead psychiatrist who was assigned to my child and in charge of the care plan, Dr. Kunaparaju, never my son in the month he was enrolled at the school. She also never read his history before our first meeting and didn't know who he was or why he was at the school. On top of that, there was no care plan or goals or any type of formal assessment that the "team" was working from. When my husband or I would press for answers to our concerns, we ping ponged between the psychiatrist, the Educational Director (Jen Reid, who is not clinical), or the lead teacher (also not clinical) - none of whom ever gave us a straight answer. We were told their approach was reflective and that we need to start getting our minds around the fact that there is nothing we could do for our son other than to try and maintain. Unwilling to accept that as an answer, I received second and third opinions and have learned just how incorrectly they diagnosed him and how inappropriate it was for them to tell us he has a severe mental illness without any sort of formal assessment or diagnostic testing. Separately, this school is completely unsafe under their current operations. Classrooms are chaotic and teachers are inexperienced and/or in over their heads. There is no protocol for backup support where there is a student demonstrating unsafe behavior. All classes simply rely on a single person (the Education Director) to come and fill in if needed. Parents and children go freely between the classroom and the main hallway with low to no oversight. Worst of all, there were several instances where the only adults present with the students were parents because the teachers were too overwhelmed with a situation going on with another student! Additionally, the classroom is not structured for pre-k kids; even with a stool they can't even reach the sink or the soap dispenser. And while they pointed to COVID as the reason behind the delay of their new playground, there was not a single age appropriate toy available in their outdoor space. My child resorted to filling an empty bucket with mulch. Worst of all, children were made and expected to play and eat outside when the heat index was above 90. Thankfully I was there on those days and was able to bring my son inside. There was another little girl that asked to go inside because it was too hot and she was told no. As a parent who stayed with my child for 3hrs a day, every single day that he was there (they failed to help me with a transition plan), the situations I witnessed were appalling. This school was very quick to take our money and then didn't support us in any of the ways they had promised. This was truly a heartbreaking experience I hope no other parent has to go through. Please learn from our costly mistake and avoid this school.

Loved this location when my daughter attended years ago. The older man who managed the place was…read moreamazing. There is now new management and my middle school-aged daughter didn't benefit as much from going there after the change so we stopped. This could have been due to her older age or some other factor, but that was our experience.

Grade Power in Cary has been such an integral part of our kids' learning especially during the…read morepandemic. Our 15-year-old and 12-year-old kids have benefited from having Grade Power teachers help them through Zoom every week with math, writing and English Language Arts. We're very grateful that Bob and Sarah have been so helpful in keeping the kids academically challenged during these trying times.

Update on my son's progress since last November. We have been continually working with Student…read moreLearning Recovery and Ms. Leslie for the past 6 months Plus and my son is on track to pass the third grade, EVEN WITH all of the new standards that are being set. Ms. Leslie helped me navigate the School System as well and get my son to be recognized as having a Specific Reading Disorder, to get additional support in the school. I continue to be amazed at how much my son loves going to see Ms. Leslie, even as he is complaining about not wanting to go to school every day (not sure if you can relate to that at all?? ;0) The vast knowledge that Ms. Leslie has in this area is truly a vision to behold... her systems are artistic in a way, finding new avenues to bring even more success out of my son. I am forever indebted to what she has given my son... it goes way beyond reading. it is about restoring his faith in himself, that he is not "Stupid" but just has a brain that is amazing and unique. We continue to work with Ms. Leslie and plan to for years to come, with our other sons.

During a parent / teacher conference this past spring, we were advised our son Matthew (who was in…read more3rd grade) was falling behind in class in several areas. We immediately began searching for a tutor, in the hope that we could help Matthew with his struggles. After reading about the methods applied at Student Learning Recovery, we decided to give them a try. Leslie of Student Learning Recovery worked with Matthew and was able to identify key areas where he was deficient, below grade level in certain areas. Leslie applied her methods of Visual Perception Therapy twice a week, and we began to see improvement over the course of several months. Matthew's teacher also noticed that he was now keeping pace with the class. Matthew finished the school year strong, passing his End of Grade (EOG) exams for math and reading comprehension. Thank you Leslie for helping Matthew succeed in school!

We are extremely delighted and have been blessed with Class Act Tutoring! Our children are in…read moreadvanced math placement classes and have exceeded my capacity to comprehend all the changes with common core. However, Mrs. Edwards and her colleagues are experts in all areas of the subjects they offer. Class Act Tutoring are true professionals. The team makes every effort to strengthen the children's learning skills. The program and materials used are advantageous tools that has helped bring confidence to our children's individual self-learning skills. The Teachers from your child's school are contacted and work with the Class Act Tutoring team to ensure everyone is on the same page. The facility is clean, secure, under constant video surveillance, and the staff makes you feel very safe with leaving your kids. Additionally, while waiting on your children you're afforded the opportunity to have a cup of hot chocolate, or coffee, and engage in a crossword puzzle. We love Class Act Tutoring. Mrs. Edwards and her team are very empathetic and will listen and educate you as well. We highly recommend your children to be given the gift of understanding a subject they find to be challenging with a fun learning spin on it with proven results.

Class Act Tutoring and Mrs. Cindy has been a blessing for me and my daughter. My daughters grades…read morehave improved and she is thriving in math. I would highly recommend Class Act Tutoring to anyone that has a child that is struggling in math. Carol Chisholm

My daughter has hated math. Hated math. She started at Mathnasium about a month ago and never…read moreargues about going. I watch her grab her work off the shelf when she walks in the door and when she sees me in the parking lot she waves from inside and CONTINUES to work. When she comes out she will share things she's learned that day. Tutoring was necessary because she's starting high school next year and she has been behind in math for a few years, she has worked herself to the bone in school, attending tutoring afterschool and on weekends IN SCHOOL but never off campus. As a last resort I decided to enroll her in a paid tutoring class. I wish I had just gone in this direction years ago, it would have saved her a lot of struggle. Please don't wait if you're on the fence. Your child doesn't have to struggle with math, she or he can succeed.

The math skills my son Timothy has gain working with Mathnasium is amazing. Just in a few months I…read morecould see a difference. Timothy is now making higher test grades (Avg. 90). We owe this to the strong support / instruction from Mathnasium. Ben, and the team have help build confidence, and strong math strategies. He is no longer counting on his fingers!!!!!!!!!

We have been so happy with the people and instruction offered by Mindspire. The tutors are kind,…read moregood-natured, and patient, and it's always a good sign when a teenager looks forward to going to SAT prep class. My daughter's confidence in her testing ability has really increased, and her scores have made significant leaps.