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Our kids are thriving! It is hard to express how thankful we are for the staff and leadership at LCA. We can’t imagine being anywhere else.

Toddler teachers are not trained to be patient enough to handle young kids. One of the staff member dealt with my 2 years old grandson roughly to level where he dislocated his arm and ended up in the ER for 7 hours. Owner is protective of her staff for their mishandling of the children.Not a safe environment.

St Thomas has gone downhill. My siblings and I attended this school as children and my kids went here. I pulled them out because I can no longer justify the cost with what goes on. Education is a joke, administration supports bullying and there is staff there who gossip about things that would make your head spin. My kids needed a tutor for the past several years because they aren't teaching on the same level as the local public schools. There is a huge lack of support since they let go of all of their additional staff who aren't classroom teachers.The tuition has drastically increased and so have all the "extra fees", yet they are cutting jobs and increasing class sizes. Numbers in some grades are higher than the public schools. That should never happen, especially in the primary grades. There also seems to be a large population of liberal staff at STM which is terrible since it's supposed to support Catholic values.

As a parent of a student at the Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley, I have had a negative experience with this school. Not only did I have to remove my daughter from the school due to issues with bullying and a lack of accountability and transparency, but the board also responded to my requests for oversight by refusing to re-enroll my younger sons (who would have to enter public school wearing a kippah and tzitzit and deal with the consequences thereof). The school claims to offer a strong dual curriculum, but the general studies program is significantly weaker than other schools in the area, and their Judaic studies is watered down and focuses more on Israeli culture than Torah. The building is safe and well-maintained, but the administration, led by the head of school, Mrs. Golding, has been known to act unilaterally and without consequences. There is also a lack of inclusivity at the school. My daughter was bullied for several months, and when the issue was raised with the administration, they failed to take appropriate action. Additionally, when my children were enrolled in the public school district after leaving the Jewish Day School, we were disappointed to find that they were behind in math and other subjects. Furthermore, the Jewish Day School withheld records that were requested by our public school district. Overall, I am disappointed with the quality of education and lack of accountability at the Jewish Day School, and I do not recommend it to other parents.