The school is a scam. The director, Janine, has been accused of at least 3-4 serious crimes (most likely felonies) including theft, fraud, extortion, and medical malpractice.
Janine hides the paperwork regarding tuition costs and claims that tuition is $2,000 more than the agreed upon amount, then extorts students for the additional money and holds their graduation certificate for ransom.
Janine hides the paperwork saying that students have passed the unit, claiming that they have failed, so that she can charge them an additional ~$700 to retake the unit.
Janine has allowed a POTENTIAL student unaffiliated with the school to wear the school uniform and perform massages as part of "community outreach" (which she, of course, takes all the money from)--without having ANYONE sign ANY kind of waiver, without the potential student having any kind of insurance. This is extremely illegal and could cause injury, including paralysis. This is medical malprictice.
Janine has stolen students' financial aid, including VA benefits.
Janine's son is a violent drug addict who has broken into the school, stolen money and property, and vandalized the building. Most classroom doors are locked with codes.
Janine herself also seems to be under the influence, as she is completely mentally absent with a ten thousand yard stare. Not a single person had anything good to say about her. Just red flags after red flags after red flags. To recap, she's been accused of at least four serious crimes which are all probably felonies.
Thankfully, I found all of this out on day one before submitting any payment aside from the application fee. Needless to say, I am no longer attending this program.
The positive reviews come from massage clients, not students. Look this "school" up on Glassdoor for the real story. This school is the definition of fraud and will likely lose its accreditation soon. I pray for the students. I am reporting this "school" to the Department of Education.
The allegations above were made by instructors and students (at least 3-5 separate people) on what was supposed to be the very first day of class. I was shown photographic evidence of the tuition fraud by one of the instructors. Janine pretends to be ignorant and claims that she's COMPLETELY UNAWARE of the allegations against her, and that I'm just... making this up for no reason?
Absolutely baffling. This "school" is like a twisted alternate reality, a true crime documentary, or a cult where one deranged person abusing their power tortures their poor followers who have been scammed out of thousands of dollars. Janine needs to be put behind bars immediately.
I could go on to say that the school seemed disorganized to the extreme, understaffed, and cheaply and poorly run, but all that pales in comparison to the serious crimes listed above.
The other students kept asking the instructor why they stayed in such an abusive, chaotic work environment, and the instructor responded that essentially they felt bad for the students who had already paid so much money and were just trying to get an education, so they didn't want to abandon them.
A nightmare fever dream of an experience. read more