Juniper Beach

Amazing school! best environment for any age kid. Teachers and staff are always respectful and well treated!

Unfortunately, my family had a negative experience at Chance School. While many children thrive there, neurodiversity is not their strong suit. Many of their early childhood teachers are inexperienced and they have very high teacher turnover. The faculty and administrators are capable of serving only a narrow range of developmental needs and struggle to support those who need any additional guidance. *If your child attends this school, you will most likely be required to seek out and pay for additional services such as Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy* Most families we knew there were on a "treatment plan" that required 2-3 visits per week for early childhood. Not only is this cost prohibitive for many families, but it reflects an ignorance of early childhood development. They will say the school is "not right for everyone" and that they "want every child to thrive," but what that translates to in reality is an abandonment of any responsibility to support different needs, the onus of which falls into the parents laps to make up any *perceived* gaps. Should the family fail to show fast progress, the child will be abruptly dismissed from the school - in the case of our child and others' children I know, without any chance to prepare for other arrangements.These issues are especially insidious when there are two children involved with discrepancies in financial contributions to the school - or as is sometimes the case, a connection to administrators. The school will show favor to families who have made large donations in their tenure at the school and/or with legacy, contributing families. There have also been numerous cases of students being bullied at the school with no repercussions because the bullying child was connected to the faculty or head of school. This has left many students and staff frustrated and upset.The school has a new director now and I truly hope that will make a difference. However, based on their responses to the other negative reviews here, it would appear their general ethos has remained unchanged.