St Elizabeth Ann Seton Academy

I attended Lincoln School from kindergarten to grade 6, as did my children to grade 5. A lot of great memories there. Wonderful teachers and principle and staff.

The school used to be very good and it used to feel like family. But, now the overall experience has deteriorated. The only thing school really cares about is money and how to get more money from parent's pockets. We had a bad experience where they started charging us for AM and PM care randomly for being 1 or 2 minutes late or early. When we tried to explain that the timestamps appear to be made up(which they were - I had proof), they just charged us anyway(without authorization).Following is what I observed in being ~4 years with the school:1. They find new ways of getting money from parents.2. Their fast track program($100 per month) is a waste. When the teacher of this program left, the school didn't inform the parents about it and kept charging us.3. Even the tution director who does the billing doesn't know the correct buffer pick or drop times for the parents. These buffer times changed when I exchanged emails with her. Earlier it was said that it's 10 minutes for morning but later this was changed to 15 minutes in the same email thread.(looks like a scam to me)Their payment system has been designed to make holes in parent's pockets:1. There is no free AM or PM care, and buffer times vary based on whom you ask.2. During covid they did close classrooms for weeks, but we as parents never asked for refund. They should have at least brought it up. We kept our kids home and never said that we need money back for services we never got.3. Fast track classes are charged $100 per month. Why would you charge for extra class when it should be available for every kid paying the monthly tuition.I can't give less than 1, but if they keep going on this path then parents like us will keep leaving this school.Stars for the management : 0