Description: We are excited to share information regarding our quest for excellence and our goal to provide the best possible nurturing and education for each student in the Carlton Academy family. Our mission is to be a “home away from home†where warm embraces and kind smiles and words are given to strengthen and encourage our children to become generous and considerate of others. Our mission as a learning academy is to arm our students with the skills and knowledge necessary to become high achieving world citizens.
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| 2022-05-16 |
| 2021-12-02 |
| 2021-09-01 |
| 2021-06-15 |
| 2021-06-02 |
| 2021-03-25 |
| 2020-11-16 |
| 2020-07-17 |
| 2020-03-26 |
| 2019-11-05 |
| 2019-09-11 |
| 2019-08-19 |
| 2019-07-19 |
| 2019-03-12 |
| 2018-11-27 |
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This establishment has hired a drug addiction that has history of stalking, and domestic violence with children on her public criminal record. And her fb shows sexually content and drugs and alcohol. Now recently she are posting kids in here care at this school something must be done here.
I have two children in the facility; one 3 year old and a 5 year old in VPK. My 5-year old reported physical abuse to me. I reported it to the school director and to Hillsborough County Department of Child & Family Services. The Director did nothing and kept the teacher in the classroom. This teacher should be fired! The investigator substantiated our allegations. Do not send your children there for their own safety.
My son has been at Carlton Academy for a couple years. Over that time there has been several small issues, but nothing that would prompt me to write a review or condemn the school to a one star rating. Things like very high turnover rate, poorly trained low paid staff or cleanliness. You see most of those issues in most other day schools and Carlton is no different. However a few months back I was home and getting my son ready for a bath. As I took off his shirt I discovered that my sons entire left side was bruised like he was in a street fight. Keep in mind he is 4 years old. When I asked him what happened he tells me that there are kids that are torturing him. I asked him if he told the teachers, he tells me that they ignore him and tell him he's lying. The next day I go into the school and inform the school of the situation. I even showed them pictures of the bruises on his body. At first they seemed really concerned and tell me that they are going to look into right away. The next day they call me in for a meeting and when I sit down I'm expecting to hear the outcome and what they are going to do about it. Instead I hear that they interrogated my 4 year old son and say they think he is just being a problem child. They also tell me that they "uncovered" some questionable things that my son said. They told me he was talking about death. On a side note, I asked my son about the death comment later and he said he was talking about the video game he was playing and they made him die in the game by talking to him. I sat in this meeting in shock wondering what this all had to do with the bruises on my son. The next day after the meeting I was dropping off my son in his classroom, and one of the teachers starts giving me an attitude. I left and just laughed it off. Later that day his grandmother picks him up from school and the same teacher who neglected my son (and gave me an attitude) was now giving an attitude to his 70 year old grandmother. I went to the management and explained to them what was now going on and never heard from them. Needless to say we decided it was best to move to a new school. This opened up a whole new host of issues. Based on the schools policy, you must give one months notice in writing. Which seemed a bit long, but I still wanted to follow their policy. We gave notice in writing and that same day the owners wife calls me. She's clearly angry on the phone and very confrontational, but indirectly. Then a week and a half later I get an email from the owner Michael. He says there's a problem with my letter format and need to submit a new letter and the clock starts over and we supposedly owe more money. Clearly that was a feeble attempt to extort extra money, but we still complied since my son was there still and I didn't want to create any further issues for him. Finally it was the last week and my son had only three days left. That morning I get another email from Michael saying that I had an outstanding balance of $17 and if it wasn't paid today that my son will be kicked out and they will purse further action. Funny thing about this was that I paid in advance and had a bill showing I was paid in full. So I leave work and drop off the money. I send Michael a reply email letting him know that I paid the $17 asking him to not threaten my son and family with termination so the last three days just would go smooth. Well that prompted Micheal to threaten me with a slander law suit and tell me we were terminated effective now. So needless to say that I would not recommend this school to anyone. I've read other positive reviews which seem to be written by their management. But if you are looking for a school to abuse you and your child, well Carlton may be the place for you. Also they don't really follow a curriculum. They will tell you they do, but really they just let the kids play all day. My son was in their VPK class and now is behind in his new VPK class.