Laurel Springs School

This school may be good for some but I have had a terrible experience. I haven’t learned a thing and when I am clearly having trouble instead of helping the teacher gives me a zero and says redo it. In their comments they say that “You completed all the parts of this activity very well but I don’t like your phrasing”. This is not how you teach kids. That's not helpful. Try helping. And don't even get me started on how hard it is to learn a foreign language without a teacher and math. Overall terrible experience. Don't recommend to anyone.

My son's custody was transferred to me via court order. At first the school was cooperative. After five weeks all of a sudden my son and I were unceremoniously terminated from accessing his account. I sent various emails to his supposed support coach as well as the school in general to no avail. Now they refuse to accept a request for a copy of his current transcript so he will most likely be forced to either have to repeat 7th grade or hope his new school makes an exception until it's sorted out in court. They actually sent me an email stating my ex-husband would need to give written permission for my son to access school, apparently it is the 1930's and worse; is it negates the entire point of the court order provided. But either they can't read or prefer patriarchy to stand.

As a military family facing many moves and uncertain timelines with deployments and DETs, education for our young and very active little boy was a large concern. We wanted to have him start his educational foundation in a positive environment where it will always provide the stability for educational success (the paperwork completed for us too). His home environment is something he doesn't always understand and with limited family support (due to duty stations being far from family), we needed some stability educationally. We enrolled him in kindergarten, project based and we LOVED the program. Now he's in first grade and they no longer have the project based program, so we enrolled him into their computer based program. From the assistance of his (beyond amazing teacher- Mrs. Lewis) and his advisor, we have the perfect team I can call on for assistance or questions.

We signed our twins up at the very onset of Covid-19 Shelter in Place. Our boys had completed Mandarin 1 at a Junior College so we signed them up for Mandarin 2 thinking this was logical. We told the Admissions coordinator that they had taken Mandarin 1 at the JC, never were we told that Mandarin 2, at a High School would not count towards their foreign language. We found out a couple months later when we told the Counselor at the at the boys High School.

There are better options for homeschool that are free and won’t cost you five grand per year. Material is not put together well. Little continuity with lots of random facts to memorize for a test. No social interactions whatsoever other than online texting. They advertise lots of student connection but Don’t expect anything other than online chat rooms. Way too little for them when you pay. Teachers have crazy office hours. 5 AM to 7 AM in the morning or 7 to 9 in the evening. Teachers have other jobs and do this part.

I have three daughters and each is close in age. I never thought I would do online school. After finding that each child had needs that could not be met in their schools I started to look into online schools. I did all my homework and found that this is the best online school private school. It offers you a fully accredited and quality curriculum. My children needed the flexibility to do ballet.

We were very happy with Laurel Springs for Kindergarten. We enrolled our girls in the 1st grade and was told at first they didn’t have a payment plan for the project based curriculum. So I told them I wasn’t able to enroll the girls then. They called me the next day and said they would make an exception. I received the books and the same materials I received in kindergarten. I told them I didn’t need 4 of the same materials. They told me it comes in a package and I can just donate it. I was furious knowing how much I paid.

There was absolutely zero communication from the teachers during my child’s first year enrollment as a freshman. She did not do well because she’s not a motivated student and there was little or no communication from her teachers. To me as her parent to try to get Her some tutoring or some help or to see what the problem was. She was behind the entire year. They never sent an email or communication until a week before the end of the year to alert me that time was running out. I asked, emailed, called several times to find out how many credits as a freshman. How many credits do they need to be a sophomore etcetera and never ever received a response. I still don’t know.

Education is outstanding. Weekly they send the schedule of online classes that complement the daily assignments. I am happy with the system because I receive notifications by mail both when my daughter sends a job, and when she receives a response from a qualification. The system is simple to use and allows to read the comments of the teachers. I could not coordinate an appointment for the week of meeting with the teachers for being on a trip and each one sent me an email about the performance of my daughter. The clubs are fabulous, my daughter socializes a lot and shares hobbies. Very happy.

This school is a disaster. From the beginning they didn't properly enroll my son in geometry, so he was behind two weeks and I had to argue to get an extension. Then they switched websites in the middle of it, confusing him so that his work didn't get uploaded. They switched teachers, and the new guy sends 1 warning email & flunked him within 10 days. My son also flunked online French. They are the most expensive online school there is, and they like your kid to fail so they can change another $2400 a class when they do.