This is a special school in the Schenectady, New York area, that serves children with many…read moredifferent abilities. They have before and after school care with highly trained staff and lots of opportunities. Come check us out!

Colonie Central High School seems to be a very good compromise between having good facilities and a…read moregood educational program along with keeping school taxes reasonable. My two special-needs kids both went to school there and, with a lot of help, both graduated with Regents diplomas. One went to a technical/trade school after that. I'm not saying the school is perfect, in fact, it's far from it. But I've been quite satisfied, for the most part, as a parent. I feel we got a really good value for our money and while our kids both had some problems they were not insurmountable. I feel the school has an excellent location, even if it is somewhat hemmed in, that is convenient and easy to reach for a good number of students (we were very close so our kids could walk) and yet also close to other facilities such as Colonie Center Mall. We don't see as much of the school as we did when our kids were there, helping with such things as Line n Cue or watching our daughter play lacrosse but we still are reminded when football games are played there behind our house or when we see runners on our street for the Raider Classic.

I signed my child up for services here. The previous 2 star review is very accurate. Our care…read moreworker called CPS on our family with little knowledge and research. She was already behind in her paperwork and could not keep up with our needs. The CPS call was inaccurate and put more stress on our family. We have asked to be discharged from the program and we will go somewhere else where we feel safe. I would not sign my child up here.

I have devoted almost 5 years of my life working for Northern Rivers. I was only a few months away…read morefrom celebrating my 5th anniversary. For 2 years of that devoted time I have made multiple complaints to my Supervisor Willie Leaks (Director of Residential), he always fed me whatever I wanted to hear to shut me up and go on with his day. For over a year Willie allowed Troy Kennedy to reek havoc within the organization and treat people like complete trash and discriminate against anyone who was white. Multiple reports were made against Troy Kennedy and his puppet Nicole Praylow who was promoted to House Supervisor with only being with the agency for 8 months and having ZERO knowledge of the job. Troy's reasoning was 17 yrs experience which was a lie, he's been friends with her for over a decade, that's the real reason she got the job over everyone else who was more deserving of that position. Nicole Praylow did nothing but abuse her new found power that was just handed to her. She began treating the youth worse than she did prior to title change, started acting down right disrespectful to all the staff, more so the white ones. She spent most of her days doing no work, just sat in her office on her pedestal watching movies on her iPad, scratching her lotto tickets, online shopping or talking on the phone to every family member she has. She failed to go grocery shopping weekly and would go out on vacation with barely any food in the house and would not leave money or card access for anyone in the house to go shopping. When staff get fed up and put in a Justice Center Report, that is when she finally goes shopping to prove to them that there was food in the house. After she stocks the food in the house to save her job she then retaliates against who she THINKS put the report in. I being the ONLY white person in the house received the most mistreatment. This was brought to the attention of Troys' replacement Natasha Johnson, as well as her boss Willie Leaks. I continued to get ignored and brushed off. Natasha's response to the reports was to retaliate against the only white person and write them up without a prior conversation to ask if they needed help or support in anything after I expressed struggling with things. Nicole saw her opportunity after giving me another write up which put me at my final. I put in for a transfer because I sensed my termination was inevitable if I didn't leave that location, I was terminated the next day. When I attempted to rectify my final write up I was then terminated for "falsifying documentation" which had nothing to do with my previous write ups. When I attempted to reason with Willie Leaks at my termination meeting he refused to listen to what I was trying to tell him and rushed me out the door. All of this highly unethical and possibly illegal behavior is happening under Bill Getmans watch as CEO. I intend to reach out to him in hopes of getting this situation rectified, but I remain doubtful he will even respond or take me serious enough to follow up on anything.

They're no longer at that address. Primary activities are now in New York City and online.read more

Had an awful experience with the program, the staff, and the owner. I regret choosing this program…read moreand would not recommend to others. Please do your research before sending your children here. I now see they have dozens and dozens of violations on the OCFS website and are constantly getting more added.

We were looking for part-time care for our first born and had very few options in the capital…read moredistrict. Luckily, Eco Kids helped us out and we could not be more pleased with their care!

Our daughter had danced at Eleanor's for almost three years. She has some special needs. After two…read moreincidents of emotional outbursts that she was unable to control, we were asked to try one more time or we would have to leave. We have chosen to leave as we are not going to be a part of that discrimination. Very unfortunate.

I really don't like it there. My daughter likes to dance and the times work for our schedule but…read morethe teacher is kinda mean to the kids, its very rundown inside and the staff isn't very friendly. There has to be better places but my daughter's still little and she doesn't seem to notice the flaws. If she keeps with it we will be looking for somewhere else.