For all those who are reading, my child attended S...

For all those who are reading, my child attended St. Jude's Academy for past few years.

Since past week I am getting unreasonable calls and emails from school to force send my child to school in person or virtual and pay in full academic year fees. This is really disturbing.

I had informed school this year 5 months in advance in advance that my child will NOT be attending next year school due to health reasons. But now I am getting emails and phone calls in October mentioning they had reserved a spot for my child and I HAVE to pay in full for the services which I have not rendered at all.
I am actually confused. I was never contacted about school re-opening, class teacher assignment for my child, new mode of delivery of education etc. How were they holding spot for my child?

Since beginning there was no open communication from school during Covid-19 situation to parents unless parents were asking questions. 100 parents joined hands together and sent a formal "letter of concern" including request for pro-rated childcare refund as many other private schools provided tuition fees discounts but SJA did not even consider it instead the plan is to charge full fees for Before-after care with year long commitment for $4000.
When I did bit of a research, I learnt that most of the other private schools provided options to parents (opting out/ online / partial online, etc.) during difficult times and worked with parents to come up with reasonable solutions. St. Jude's turned a blind eye to parents questions and concerns. It has been a nightmare dealing with the school. As a parent you would want to invest energy on your kids education not to deal with management all the time..

This is an educational institute where parents like me would want their child to attend and excel in life, but the way SJA dealing and putting illegal demands to innocent parents, I feel cheated and heartbroken that my child attended this school. And I know many other unhappy parents who pulled out their kids from school this year sharing similar stories..

I would definitely recommend you all to do your research and choose wisely before you enroll to SJA. You would want an institution with education as a focal point, NOT MONEY!!
I don't wish anyone to be in a situation like I am facing currently.