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My son is in his 2nd year at TCS and doing great. He attended public and private schools before TCS. The other private school was a very highly recommeded school and advertises educating LD kids. At re-enrollment time, we were surprised to be told our child would not be comming back. Later, we found out that the school, while advertising LD education, is really commited to college enrollment. That's not a bad thing in itself, but I felt like my son was cut off since he could potentially skew their numbers. We found our options are more open at TCS and he is respected as an individual - and more than just post graduation college placement numbers.
My child has grown academically and socially during the four years at The Cottage School. He is a student who would have slipped through the cracks at any other school. At TCS, he received the modifications needed for his non verbal learning disability, He graduates with the HOPE scholarship and acceptances at two colleges. The teachers are dedicated, stay in touch on a weekly basis, and are ready to help any child willing to ask for help. Yes, the student must advocate for himself, and these skills are taught in many ways. When he gets to college, parents will not be able to advocate on their student's behalf.
This school is mismanaged from the top down! Might be a solution for some but one of our primary goals was to be kept informed on our child's progress and areas in which they need to work harder. Total failure in that regard. They are very defensive when you question their organizational skills. We went back to the public schools.
The Cottage School is an excellent solution for many kids. There are 3 types of students there: kids with diagnosed disabilities (physical, mental, emotional), kids that need a smaller classroom environment, and kids that have failed in other environments. The school has an innovative structure that teaches practical life skills like personal responsibility, meeting job requirements, balancing a checkbook; and is organized similar to a work environment. A very high percentage of students that graduate from TCS go on to college, and successfully graduate from college after having been told they could not even finish high school. The environment also has a lot of freedoms, but it is most challenging for students that have failed in other schools due to their never being held accountable for obeying rules (by their parents or school. TCS does that, and provides an environment where they can, if they choose, succeed.
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