My son is in kindergarten. The teachers truly care about the students, the principal is super…read moreinvolved (she directs traffic after school!), the staff is friendly and loves what they do, and (my son has special needs) --- the teachers are very well versed in working with all types of students.

The staff so far a awesome. My twins love their new school. This year they are committed to…read moreimproving in all aspects. One of my children has an IEP and they were very diligent and calling me to discuss updates for the beginning of the school year. The school is immaculate and classrooms. The location has beautiful grounds. I'm looking forward as a parent to curriculum night. They recently had a "father walk" where all the fathers walked their child to class in the morning. The teachers are all licensed professionals and are reallly good with responding to text and on their parent communication site "Blooms". I'm giving this school a chance. Class sizes are 16:1 which is what my kids needed.

As a parent of a child with special needs, do not send your child here. The process for the IEP is…read moreslow and inefficient. It took more than half of the school year for them to complete the initial process. I requested my child's IEP before school started and they didn't even start the process until November 2024 when break happened. Then they didn't even start observations until January 2025. Afterwards, during the mid end of the year they stopped some interventions (February - March 2025), and when I noted concerns they said they would start them again, which I believe is illegal for them to do without proper procedures. Also, one day, I came to the school to pick up my child, and there was a child with special needs (autism) sitting on the sidewalk near the busy street. I got the child to come back inside of the building, when we came I went to the assistant principal and the school didn't even know that the child was out there. The assistant principal didn't even seem as concerned. She asked the girl why was she out there like it was the girls fault. How is that even possible. The teachers do not have proper educational materials to give the children. My child would receive hand written worksheets that were copied, and some of the information would be cut off. Then they would say they would have homework, but it would be something that a younger student could do and not grade appropriate. I feel like my child deteriorated education wise since being at TIS. I do not believe the new principal and assistant principal are suited to run the school. They need more experience in management, educational rules, and procedures. They come across as caring of a child's need, but in reality they don't have enough skills to handle the positions. The discipline procedures are bias, and not fairly administered. Also, the school is not proactive in planning for school events. Often times events would be canceled or delayed, due to lack of planning and preparation. I mean, overall, the school concept is great, but the administration including the CEO/Board are concerned about the business more than a great education. This is probably why the other school closed down and merged with TIS east.

I would highly recommend this place. My grand kids have been going here for 8 years. The teachers…read moreare amazing. I just wish they would open up to the later hours again.

They are absolutely amazing my son started in the infant room and is now in the preschool room…read more When he was in the toddler room he wasn't talking as well as the other toddlers in his class. Now he is talking more clearly. I couldn't praise this team enough.

I do not recommend the Akron Goddard School for many, many reasons…read more First, my 15 month old was transitioned to an older room by himself (not in a group of peers) abruptly, with no overlap or plan in place to help him adjust to the new routines and teachers. His drop-offs got worse and worse until we removed him from the school. I later learned that there is supposed to be a written transition agreement plan signed by both the school and the parents. Second, when we made friends with other families in the same room, we learned that we were being charged $200-300 more per month for the exact same service (same number of children, same number of days/week, same room, no meals). These families were not part of any corporate or income-based discount, were not aware of being on any promotional rate, and started at the school after us, so they weren't being grandfathered into a lower rate. When we spoke to one family and asked what they paid for 3 days vs 5 days a week, they were perplexed because they had been told it was a flat rate no matter how many days they sent their child. When we tried to ask the owner why we were paying $200-300 more per month than other families, the owner would not make himself available to discuss the issue and we had to go through the director. She was kind about it but couldn't give us any explanation. When the owner finally contacted us, it was through email to tell us he would not refund our pre-paid August tuition since we left voluntarily. In the same email, he accused us of threatening the director and cced his attorney on the email. Finally, the owner lied to us during our initial tour. He told us (bragged about it, actually, which is why I remember it so clearly) that all additional activities (like soccer, dance, gymnastics for example) were free to all students because he does not want children to feel left out. This is why, he claimed, they charge a larger yearly registration fee-- to cover the additional activities. This turned out not to be true. They did charge us a larger yearly registration fee ($300) compared with other schools in the area, but we learned that any extra activities cost extra. I do not recommend the Akron Goddard School. If you are already there, I recommend asking others in your room what they pay for the same service and being very proactive with making a plan for your child to transition between rooms, because they did not look out for my child's well-being in the transition and I did not know enough at the time to insist on anything else.

The owner processed a ~$1300 charge on our credit card without our consent. When I sent an email…read moreasking for this amount to be refunded, he responded accordingly. However, soon after, I received an email claiming that my email was rude? (see attached emails of our correspondence). As a result, he asked us to find another school and kept our $200 deposit for our daughter. We were loyal customers to this school for two years. This meant nothing, it seems. We understand the policy had changed for holding our daughter's place here; however, the way the owner communicated this change was lacking and unprofessional.

Great school. On the expensive side, but a great education and program. Have the motto "Men For…read moreOthers".

Knowing what I know now I would have fled this school and attended Cleveland Heights High. Every…read moreday I was depressed here. I just wish I'd understood that plenty of local schools are so much better. Ignatius routinely employs uncertified alumni with little experience. Two teachers and a coach were emotionally and psychologically abusive. I was a year younger than all the other students which doesn't help in this toxic environment. Homophobia and racism are endemic. Zero science during freshman year, zero opportunity to socialize with girls. Ignatius now offers a health science mentoring and internship program, probably because they noticed very few of us smarties were prepared for medical studies. They had to improve their game given the exhorbitant tuition and inferior curriculum compared to good public schools in the area that have four years of science, superior arts programs, healthier culture and don't subject young boys to four years of mandatory religious indoctrination. They actually told us there was zero networking for medical school. It seems like efforts were made to improve, but I would never send my son's here or indeed to any "Catholic" school after my experience. If your parents hold you back a year or two in one of the local "Catholic" grade schools, play football and the administration will shepherd you with better instructors and manipulate your record to improve your GPA.

I am driving from Cleveland to bring my son to the infant room because no other center compares…read more They send updates and photos to my phone for every thing he does, which always brightens my day. Miss Kathy and Miss Shannon are amazing and always in a good mood. The other teachers I see in there occasionally are just as sweet and everyone is always getting along. Kristi, the director always has a different child with her, even when having to work. You can tell she really loves her job. The center also has made cute hand print artwork with my son and notes for me. It melts my heart. I love this place. The best ever for any child.

I have three children at KidsFirst. My two oldest have been there for three years, and my youngest…read morejust started. All three love going each day. My oldest is about to head to kindergarten next week and I feel completely confident that her experience with KidsFirst has greatly prepared her for school. She amazes me with all that she has learned over her time there. I didn't start my older children until 1&2 but I had to start my baby a bit earlier and I had no hesitations. She adapted to the transition to daycare with ease and I highly recommend KidsFirst. I have nothing but positive things to say about our experience throughout these past three years.

Absolutely love this place. My 2 girls are there and have been going since they were 1. The…read moreteachers are great. The leaders are great. I'm so happy i chose this place.

PGI Young Explorers is the worst company I have ever dealt with. I ordered a stroller for my new…read moregrandson in November 2020. Got a notice backordered and no idea when it would come in. I needed for Christmas. I cancelled order. Kept getting notices they can't cancel and I kept sending to cancel. I finally cancelled my credit card. It is now March 10 and I just notices a charge for the stroller and the shipping which was supposed to be free and never got the stroller. After 1 1/2 hours on phone with credit card company I got my answer. The company somehow found out I had a new credit card and fraudulently used my new card to pay for this stroller I never received. Chase is contesting it, but they told me the company has a special program that can find out you new credit card and number. So much for privacy and what a fraud. Buyer beware.

Our 14 month old son has gone to Young Explorer's since he was 11 weeks old and we couldn't be…read morehappier. All the teachers (not just those in his classroom) are so friendly and helpful and really care about their kids. I have never worried that my child wasn't getting everything he needs. That peace of mind is invaluable. We were only planning on being in Aurora for 3-5 years and we're coming up on 4 years here - the only thing stopping us is that we (and our son) are so happy with Young Explorers.