As a parent, my two children have made great strides at Hunterdon Central. The communication of…read moreboth staff and teachers is phenomenal. The teachers have given my children encouragement, showed care along with their excellent pedagogy, and introduced thought provoking topics to my teens that have been brought home and debated. We are a small, non diverse community. The school battles many topics do to this reality. However, the school administration is aware and deals with issues fairly and appropriately.

Great school. The teachers and staff are very committed to doing everything they can for the kids.read more

The school itself seems incredible and great. However, if your student has a disability do not…read moreallow them to enter the animal science program. One of the teachers of the program, Amy Balliet is NOT good with students with disabilities. My niece has autism and had her when she was in the Lehigh Carbon Community College Vet Tech program. She could be great with her at times but other times she wasn't. She simply isn't patient enough to be a teacher for people with disabilities. She gets frustrated with them and sometimes would yell at them. My niece told me of a time they were at a farm doing things for the program. Her friend who also had a disability got sick and needed to sit down because she felt dizzy. Amy got upset about it and after the lab was over came over to her and told my niece and her friends to go away so she could talk in private. They could hear here yelling at her friend who still wasn't feeling well. She even threatened to kick her out of the program. Then once she was finished yelling at her she didn't even bother to check on the girl who was having a panic attack and was bawling. She left the premises which you aren't supposed to do until all students left and left my niece and her friends to calm down her friend. Not to mention Ms. Balliet picks favorites and is known to treat some students better than others. The school itself seems great. I just wanted anyone who has a child with a disability to know not to let them attend the animal science program. Because with Amy balliet as a teacher they will NOT make it through. My niece did not make it through the vet tech program when she had her as a professor she doesn't have the patience to help students with disabilities click things in and fully understand it. She gets frustrated with them and gives up trying to help them understand.

I have 2 kids enrolled at CP. Both are doing very well for their age group based on recent…read moreperformance in a Kumon entry assessment (scoring is not tied to a particular school system or program). A unique element of the CP curriculum is that it is a dual English/Spanish language program with some subjects being taught in English and others (like math) taught in Spanish. Although my kids are learning math in Spanish at school, they still placed very well in the Kumon assessment conducted in English. The CP academic program and teachers prepare students well in core subjects while also preparing to read and speak an additional language. Overall, I am pleased with CP. My kids are developing well and seem to be pretty happy there.

We were quite disappointed with Community Park. One of our son's kindergarten classmates was quite…read moreuncontrolled and sent him to the nurse after punching him repeatedly at lunch. This incident was followed up with others, including a chokehold while being pushed down the slide and one where he was dragged around the playground. The school was unable to change this situation, with one of the incidents happening the very afternoon after we'd had meetings with his teacher and the school counselor. We were directly told that our son, "needed to stand up for himself more," and that the school, "had no disciplinary policy." We ultimately transferred him midyear to the Wilberforce School, which has been superb. We had other less serious disappointments in the school. The library sent home books that were often not even aimed at the right age. At scholastic day, after encouraging us to send money with our son to buy books, he was sold direct commercial advertising for ninjago (compete with figurine) and dc comics. The classroom experience that seemed most prominent to him was the time spent playing an iPad game with the refrain, "I am a kitty cat, meow." We thought well of his teacher but had evidence that the school lacked a coherent educational philosophy and certainly was unable to deal with violent incidents at lunch and on the playground.

Both of our daughters have been enrolled in Childtime Flemington since they were infants. The…read morestaff has been wonderful, even throughout the Covid shut down. They took initiative to make videos and zoom calls to read stories with the kids throughout the shut down and even made "back to school" videos to acclimate the little ones to teachers who would be wearing masks. In school, they have done so many activities and encourage family interactions. They host Muffins with Mom and Donuts with Dad for mothers/father's day; hosted Pre K graduations after hours to celebrate all the graduates; encourage Trunk or Treats (now decorated tables in the yard instead of cars which makes more sense for safety) for Halloween; make special Christmas crafts for purchase to use as gifts. The list goes on. The curriculum is very good. My older daughter was over prepared for kindergarten. She was taught all Kindergarten basics in the Pre K class and did very well academically (she still does well). My preschooler only left to go to the district free preschool, otherwise we would still be there. She too was well educated, taught to write her name at 3 as well as spell her name. She can even spell her friends names (both first and last!) The cost is consistent with all the other private preschools in the area except that the camera access is included with tuition. I know other friends that pay extra fees for the camera/app access. The app was accurate and consistently used which allowed open communication between staff and families. I would definitely recommend Childtime Flemington to any families looking for a private daycare/preschool!

My son was here for Pre-K and we are so happy with our experience. Ms. Briana is a wonderful…read moreteacher and really prepared the kids for kindergarten. Ms. Cindy, Ms. Robin and all the other staff members are caring and supportive. Mr. Pete and Ms. Jackie run the school well. All meals are included and my son loved to share what he had for lunch. We will miss this school!