Stay away from this school
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6/5/2017
Stay away from this school. It is run by a bunch of people whose main goal is to make money. My son is currently in 8th grade and for high school, he will be going to Walter Payton. The British school made us sign a contract 3 weeks before the results of the magnet school comes up, to secure your place at the school. Now that my son is not going to the British school, not only do they keep your downpayment ($2k), we now have to pay for the full fall semester which is $10k.
I understand this was stated in the contract but the British school purposefully made us sign the contract before the magent school results because they know some students will leave. Now that I am doing my research, I found out that this has been going on for years now and a lot of parents have tried suing them but they all failed because of the contract. And if you don’t sign the contract, you lose your spot so we had to and we were ready to lose the 2k but to pay for the full fall semester is just so unethical.
Last year, my ex wife mistakenly paid the invoice twice and they refused to give her the refund, stating that those funds can be used this year. She literally had to get an attorney to send them a letter before they refunded her the payment
The school itself is not that great for the price. The standard of Math is very disappointing and he teachers really don’t do a good job at paying attention and giving your child the attention he/she deserves.
Stay away from this school…they are scammers.
ayyamani | Darien, IL