Everglades Academy

Since my review was removed: Ever since the new owners took over this school has been awful. All of the good teachers left because of them. As far as parents-​they change the rules constantly and do not inform the parents. They try to say they’re cheaper than the surrounding schools but they charge for every little thing extra. For example: $ 3.50/day for lunch ($ 4 on pizza and ice cream day) is not included in tuition. They are open at 7am but now (for the first time ever) they are trying to say «camp» starts at 8am so they can charge for an extra hour (that’s $ 25/​week!!!) and they didn’t mention that until everyone had been enrolled for summer camp for a week! Every week of summer camp there is a new list of extras to bring for the following week. T shirts. Dress up days etc. Camp shirts are $ 12!!! It’s a Hanes shirt with an iron on! School year care to summer is a $ 320 increase per month. That’s a lot for anyone and it doesn’t even include all that! AND! If you offer to pay a full month at a time they won’t consider any discount at all. I’ve had several issues where there records were incorrectly kept and I had to show proof of payment. Perhaps worse is that no one speaks/​understands English well. It’s great to speak a different languages but you have to ALSO speaks English to run a business. Same goes for the people they hire. It’s a safety concern if my child cannot communicate effectively or vice versa in an emergency. We stay because my daughter has established relationships there, and I don’t feel she is in immediate danger. However there is no business sense here and it’s run very poorly. I can’t see how they won’t get bought out or have to close down within the next 2 years. Start planning people!!!