Not Disability-Friendly & Big Drop in Quality After Management Change…read more I worked with Goals Art Academic Tutor through the Department of Rehabilitation while dealing with a serious health condition that affects my memory and brain function. They knew this from the beginning. The whole point of me being there was to get help building systems so I wouldn't forget tasks, emails, assignments, and basic things that come with school and life. At first, the experience was much better. When Mason was there, the service felt more supportive and accountable. If there were issues, he checked in and made sure things were handled. After he left, the quality of service went downhill. Leadership didn't take the same level of responsibility when problems came up, and concerns were mostly kept "within the tutors" instead of actually being addressed at a higher level. One of my tutors (Brianna) was great and genuinely supportive. My experience with another tutor (Maddie) was not a good fit at all. Our sessions felt uncomfortable, and at one point I was told things that made me feel like I wasn't going to succeed. She also made negative comments about my other tutor, which put me in a really awkward position. I tried to request a change in tutor because it wasn't working for me, but I wasn't given that opportunity. What made this worse is that when concerns were raised, it felt like leadership relied more on what this tutor reported rather than actually checking in with me or looking at my progress. At the time, I had been sick and told her I was behind on some assignments, which is pretty normal when you're dealing with health issues. What wasn't acknowledged is that I had caught up, completed my work, and finished my exams shortly after. That context didn't seem to matter. Instead of adjusting strategies to support my memory and health-related challenges (which is literally what DOR is paying them to help with), it felt like the blame was put on me. The support I was supposed to receive to help me remember things like emails and tasks wasn't consistently implemented until very late in the process. There was progress happening, but it got overshadowed by internal issues and poor handling of concerns. In the end, my services were terminated without a real conversation or collaborative attempt by the CEO. It felt dismissive and honestly pretty hurtful, especially as someone with a disability trying to rebuild skills after a major health setback. If you're someone with ADHD, neurological issues, memory problems, or any kind of disability, please be careful with this organization. They may work fine for people without complex needs, but in my experience, they are not well-equipped or properly trained to support people with disabilities. The service changed over time, and not in a good way. I'm now working with a different agency that actually understands disability-informed support, and the difference is night and day.

My child worked with GOAL for a year. The first tutor found a great way to work with my child and…read morethe tutoring sessions seemed successful. Then. In the middle of the year, the tutor left. They found another tutor and my child started the process again, getting to know this new tutor, as the new tutor was also coming up to speed. Then this tutor left. In total, they had four tutors work with my child. The last person was very pregnant, although we couldn't tell as the sessions were on-line. She was with my child for only a month prior to going on maternity leave. Then they offered to find a new tutor for the few remaining weeks of the school year and I just had to cancel services. Considering the amount of time necessary for both the tutor and the child to learn about each other and comfortable move forward in the learning process, I am unable to recommend this team to anyone as their style of replacing tutors is counterproductive.

Baker school I consider to be one of the top schools in the Bay Area. We currently have our third…read morechild in first grade and already had had two other children of ours from the last 15 years attend Baker. We cannot say enough how much we appreciate the teaching staff as well as the principal and the administrative staff that always have gone above and beyond facilitating good care and teaching for all of our children. I highly recommend the school to any of those in our area that consider having their children attend! Many thanks Baker school for all that you have done to make our children very successful going forward, in fact our oldest is currently attending UCLA a lot to do with the care and expertise that has been put into giving five star teaching throughout every classroom they've attended at Baker school. The Wills Family

I was assaulted by the front desk Kathleen Villanueva on 10/31/2024 which resulted in me having to…read morefile a police report. The front desk along with Ms Naylor all committed perjury to police officers and falsely reported that I was the one who did what I called to report about and the HR department of the school district tried to allege that there has been all this misconduct on my part AFTER I complained with a police report on their staff - they ironically have no emails , incident reports, or police reports against me or my conduct at this school as a parent but are now alleging this with zero documentation after I had to file a report on this school - this gross misconduct and illegal behavior needs to be investigated immediately. I tried to complain once before about Kathleen's unprofessional behavior and was ignored. Kathleen and the women in this office have gotten away with so much that they now feel emboldened to put their hands on parents of the students. After I filed a police report and contacted the superintendent- they retaliated and stuck to a similar lie behind Kathleen (which they weren't able to say the same story when separated and on the stand which is why their claims were dismissed ultimately). They are now trying to falsely defame my character to other school staff members and parents by saying there is a retraining order against me when there in fact is not further adding to the lengths these people are going too to save themselves from a pending lawsuit

My kid loves going to Action Day and has wonderful things to say about the quality of instruction…read moreand the level of engagement from every single teacher. What I also love about ADMS vs. other private schools is that the parent community is down to earth, and I don't hear about the other kids having access to expensive or unnecessary privileges. I love the fact that my kid is surrounded by other regular kids - something that's really hard to find in the Bay Area.

This school features a small, caring community with fun activities, dedicated staff, and…read morewell-rounded instruction. My child is lucky enough to have Mrs. Kim, who models dedication, kindness, and excellence every single day for her math students. My family is thankful for this middle school experience and the ADMS staff.

Our son has been evaluated by DLS a few years ago for learning differences and ADHD and we have…read morebeen attending regular therapy sessions here ever since. John Fleming is the kind mastermind behind the center and its approach to helping children and parents alike. We call him a gem of a human, truly. His precise and detailed IEP has helped our school so much, is easy to follow and most importantly allows our son to thrive at school. We were blessed to be matched with our phenomenal therapist Anne-Laure Grigsby who we absolutely love and who became such an invaluable part of our family in regard to our son's educational journey. Anne-Laure is highly professional, knowledgeable and extremely supportive in every possible way, but more than that, she is very patient, kind, loving and intuitive in customizing his sessions to what is most needed at any given time. Anne-Laure has a gift of always putting our son in good spirits even though he suffers from depression while teaching him and helping him with challenging tasks. He has improved so much, gained confidence and genuinely enjoys his sessions on a weekly basis. We are so grateful to DLS for all the improvements and will continue with our sessions for as long as needed.

My son has been attending Ed Therapy for ADHD and learning differences for nearly 2 years. I cannot…read morestress how invaluable our twice weekly sessions are with Sujatha Srinivasan. John Flemming has reviewed school assessments for us and consulted on our IEP. I don't want to think how much more of a struggle this would be without them. Forever grateful for the work of this organization.

Both my 4 year old and 2 year old boys have been going here for a little over a year now. They…read moreprovide breakfast and lunch, as well as their own diapers and wipes. The classrooms and playground are fine, although due to the blacktop outside my sons NEVER wears shorts due to skinned knees. The teachers are harder to review, as each one is different and interacts with the kids differently. The newborn room was very relaxed, calm, clean, no shoes allowed, and quite. My youngest was always happy to go to school when he was in the newborn room. He was moved to the next room at age 18 months, then again at 2 years old. That is a bit too much changing around for a kid only there for a year, he's already had more than 8 different teachers. My 4 year old was in the 3 year old room for a year, and moved on to the 4 year old room just recently. He is pretty happy with his teachers, although he has had a couple issues with other students and we had to get the teachers involved they seems concerned and willing to work with us.

My daughter attended this school for the first time this June 2009. We were referred by a friend…read morewho has a kid that attends their preschool program. I'll start off with the positives.... They are reasonable in pricing, flexible with their time and days, and they also provide warm lunches that are delivered daily for the kids, and majority of the staff are pretty nice. However, just recently, my daughter was playing at the playground during outdoor free time and a boy from another location was placed there for the day b/c he was not allowed to go on a field trip (older boy). Somehow, they were arguing over who goes down the slide first and my daughter was allegedly accused that she was adamant on going first when the boy was actually first. The boy scratched her face and left her scarred from forehead down to around her ears, cheek, and even her right arm, near her armpit. When my husband and I went to question the teachers, staff at CYW, they were not very straight with us. However, the people we talked to that very day did not have the insights. We just asked what happened and how come the teachers weren't watching to prevent this from happening. And basically, the Director (Ms. Trina) called me later that afternoon and said that the teachers were watching and that the ratio is always the same. BUT if the teachers were watching, how come it wasn't prevent? Shouldn't they stop the kids from fighting over the slide? Shouldn't the teacher tell our daughter and that boy to play nicely, and to share...or ask who was there first and direct the other child to wait?? NO! but of course not, they weren't paying attention that's why my daughter left with scars on her face! She's still traumatized til today. Touches her face and says "friend hit me".....how sad is that for a 2.5 yr old to have her first daycare/preschool experience like this. Lastly, sadly to say....when my husband and I decided to pull her out and place her somewhere else, Ms Trina, the Director didn't seem to care or want our daughter there. Obviously they don't want our business and does not care about their students or parents concerns. My husband comes into the office, tells Ms Trina we will pull our daughter out, and all she said to my husband was "sign here!" Seriously what kind of service is that? There was no questions asked of "why? how can we work around this? Can we find a solution to keep her here to try it out again? What are your concerns for pull her out?" NOTHING, NADA, ZIPPO!!! We were very disappointed to see how she handled our decision, but we're not surprised because the situation was handled exactly the same way they handled our daughter's incident...and that's without a CARE! obviously these staff does not care about anyone but themselves and their wallet. We are glad we made the decision to pull her out. LIke the saying goes, True Colors show when sh*t hit the fan. I suggest you take your kids elsewhere, definitely not here!

My son is enrolled at E2 Young Engineers after school program since last year. The classes take…read moreplace in his elementary school campus, so several of his classmates from first grade attend the same program. He looks forward to his Lego class every single week! You can see how much he and his classmates enjoy the models they build and concepts they learn in class. The owner herself is teaching the kids, so she make sure every child receives attention and help when needed, and always make some time to talk with parents when is pick up time so you know how your child is doing. She also knows how to motivate the kids to keep learning and focused. We can notice that our son became more creative and motivated to build his own models at home.

Pinecone has a really good program. I brought both of my kids here all the way from Hollister. I…read moresaw a big improvement within a week of them starting. My kids loved going here and the staff was wonderful. I highly recommend Pinecone if your child is struggling or needs extra help.

My son attended Pinecone for the past 5 years till we relocated out of state. We had a wonderful…read moreexperience with Vivian and her team. Initially, my son had some trouble adjusting to do the math and English on daily basis but the teachers were patient and he soon started enjoying the work he was doing. His math and English skills have improved a lot and we really like the materials and the curriculum. Highly recommend Pinecone active learning.

Both of our children attended this preschool and I could not have asked for a better introduction…read moreto school. The staff is warm and know how to connect with the preschoolers. The classrooms are colorful and stimulating. The playground and classroom are always set up with a variety of activities. In the Tinytots and Kinderkids classes there is always a play-doh table that is stocked with homemade dough (colored and even sprinkled sometimes!). The class has a teacher, aide and parent helper in each class. Before we enrolled, we took the Parent Toddler classes that were held in the Tinytots classroom. It helped us both get comfortable with the room and how the format would work in preschool. Also, in the summers, many of the preschool staff work at the Campbell Community Center Summer Day camps so your child will see many familiar faces there as well. We hope to be at these camps well beyond our preschool years. I really can't say enough good things about this program. It is one of Campbell's treasures!

My daughter started in the Kinder Kids class this semester. She had never been in a classroom…read moresetting before but she felt comfortable right away. We visited the classroom for a tour beforehand and she was able to meet her teacher, Ms. Karen, and her teacher assistant, Ms. Michelle. They both took time to introduce themselves and play with her even before we had committed to enrolling her in the program. The price is very affordable and the classroom diversity is perfect. We couldn't have found a better place for her to get introduced into a school setting. She looks forward to preschool and has a blast playing and learning.