Balsa Plan in Anderson Village by McGuinn Homes
Spartanburg, SC 29301

Not at all impressed with our experience with this school. I would not recommend it at all. The front lobby is a HUGE safety concern!!! You are rung into the main lobby but then you have access to the main hallway to the left and right. At busy times the front office would not even notice you didnt come through the lobby and into the double doors to the secretary's desk. I feel like this is a bad situation waiting to happen. The front office staff is very unfriendly and loomed uninterested in helping me, barely acknowledge me and look at me as if to say "what do you need??" My child only attended a short amount of time, thank goodness! They did not challenge him what so ever. He was very bored. He came home daily with many, many worksheets, the same type of worksheet daily just a different letter or number being learned. He came home many, many days with randomly cut up and doodled on notebook paper, saying the teachers just told him to sit and doodle/cut up and glue notebook paper together. We had an issue where my child was hit by another student and i was not notified properly upon it occurring. I had to go out of my way to get more info into the situation. The teacher was very upset about this and took it out on my child, marking him red for behavior every day after i spoke with the principal about the situation when he had been marked green for behavior every day for 4 months.

This is a great school. Sent two of my own through Dorman. One graduate at old campus (attorney now) and one at new campus. Several family members, including Grandson just graduated from Dorman. And another Grand will start there in five years.Great academic, sports and art. Dorman offers something for all.