February 3rd, 2025 I was Made aware of some out of character behaviors my son was showing. While…read moreout of character for my son, they were pretty normal behaviors for a three year old and were also behaviors his peers exhibited as well. At first notification it was requested to have a mental health behavioral specialist come observe my son; I explicitly declined As it was the first I'd been notified. February 21st, 2025 the above referenced specialist came to observe my son, under the guise of observing the class. The director went so far as to send a message to the entire class of parents saying the class was observed, however, said specialist admitted that she came to observe my son specifically. During her visit he did not exhibit the behaviors (which were admittedly exaggerated by director). He did however sit in an upset mood longer than they thought was acceptable. And swat. And yelled. A plan was created that outlined my son was expected to move out of a deregulated stated within 5-10 mins to be within acceptable range. As well as removing him from the classroom to calm down when his behavior became too escalated that it required intervention. This is not aligned with current early childhood development best practices. Best practices say to offer co-regulation tactics while keeping a three year old in its environment with its peers. A meeting to discuss this plan was had on February 26th 2025. I met with Kate, the mental health behavioral specialist March 3rd, 2025 to discuss the plan. The plan also says my son has an IEP and he does not. It had exaggerated behaviors. It was sudden and out of nowhere. There were many forms of retaliation that I could Go over but I wont. March 19th, 2025 my son had his third set of tubes placed and his adenoids removed. March 26th, 2025 a meeting with myself, director, assistant director, 2 NHA teachers, Kate, the mental health behavioral specialist had a meeting to discuss all the discrepancies in reporting. During this meeting his teachers outlined he'd had behavior that required intervention approximately 8 times over the last 6 months. During this meeting Kate, the mental health behavioral specialist blurted out "we didn't put your son on an ICCPP because he's black". Which caused the meeting to end earlier than anticipated. The plan leaving this meeting was that a second version would be made to reviewed and signed. The second version had additional behaviors id never been made aware of. March 31st, 2025 I requested We try a third time and only use documented behaviors as everything was very inconsistent and again, I was Never even made aware of these issues. I never Received a response to this email. April 4th, 2025 I got A message that my son was having a rough day; exhibiting extremely escalated behaviors. April 7th, 2025 the director at this site suggested i remove my kids because I said the trust had been eroded due to miscommunications and lack of resolution. And got a message every single day from April 4th, 2025 until today, April 15th, 2025, the day they "ended care" for both of my children. My 8 year old included, who has life long friends at this center, and had no behavior issues. Over the course of 60 days my son experienced a complete 180, according to staff at NHA. From April 4th to April 15th - 8 days - my son experienced an even more extreme change in behavior, only present while at NHA, which resulted in his expulsion. Corporate is aware and in support of this course of action. The other one start reviews are right. My son was bit and hit and scratched multiple times, over months, by a peer and that peer is still enrolled. My children are kids of color..

This place is an actual joke. Bring your kids here if you're okay with them being picked up by…read moretheir forearm and dragged around. Or if you're okay with them charging you, even after you've terminated care and then taking FOREVER to refund you. Never will I recommend New Horizon Academy to any parent.