Founders Academy 5 Perimeter Road, Manchester, NH 03103

"This is such an Amazing school !!! Teachers and staff truly care and it shows. My Kids love to go to school they wake up motivated and happy everyday. Wish I could give 10 Stars. Update to my Original Review.. My wife and I continue to be amazed everyday just how great this school is. My kids come home happy everyday and talk about the what a great day they had."

"Curriculum not shaped to see children succeed. Went here for two years and some of the people were great however some left 1 year in then they refused to renew a teachers contract that deserved it. This resulted in a good chunk in the faculty leaving and going to pursue jobs elsewhere due to the schools unfairness and absolutely atrocious actions toward one of the best teachers they ever hired #justiceformoore"

"My goodness, a lot of 1- 2-star reviews with no text. Makes me doubt their legitimacy! Well, I'm writing this to offset that a bit. We chose Founders because our school district is the absolute lowest-rated in NH, and we heard horror stories about the public middle school. It just so happens that our daughter started 7th grade at Founders for the 2020-21 school year, which made for a very hard setup regardless of what school it was. She was remote the 1st & 2nd quarters, hybrid the 3rd, and full-time in the 4th. For being all remote, she really took to the classes and the teachers very quickly and has nothing but positive things to say. And from our observations, and looking at her schoolwork and what they are learning, it is a rigorous but interesting curriculum and the teachers are VERY good. There has been just one problematic teacher, and when we wrote the dean with our concerns, she immediately called us to talk with us for half an hour for more details. (We hate complaining about teachers and had never done so before.) The workload is a lot heavier than at her elementary school, and even though she had the option to drop classes as needed if she felt overwhelmed, she hasn't wanted to because she really likes all of them (except the one mentioned above). In the 4th quarter she did start to be unhappy with the workload--but her previous charter school had very little homework so it is a bigger change for her by comparison than it might be for kids coming out of the local public school. Founders is EXTREMELY flexible with parent requests and/or student needs when it comes to tailoring their curriculum, something which public schools can't do nearly as freely. And although the classes are challenging, the teachers have been very fair with allowing make-ups and re-do's, even to the point of walking her through things she was having trouble with on tests, giving extra time, and such; I think their flexibility may be partly due to the extreme challenges which are inherent to this year's remote learning model and we're very grateful for that. And if it's just business as usual, that's even better. She also had some issues with anxiety in 2020 just due to the pandemic and then we were thinking that may have been added to with the entirely new learning environment, and her guidance counselor was very helpful in this area. It definitely got better when she started doing hybrid. So, that has been our experience so far. We do not have any complaints!"

"Updated Review April 2021: Beware of sending your kids to this school. Pay close attention to the material your kids are learning, as the faculty takes no responsibility or concern as to what is being taught to our children. There is a topic being discussed in American Lit called Dark Romanticism that is aimed at exploring whether a child can experience love (romantic love). The subject used for exploration is none other than, "Annabel Lee," a poem Edgar Allen Poe wrote to a girl he married when she was 13 years old and he was almost 30. The question that I brought up to Faculty was why is this topic being discussed in school and no one gave me an answer. This school should be monitored by the school board, and their teachers closely watched. Parents should also pay attention to what their children are being indoctrinated with under the guise of "exploration and learning"."

"As a student at this school, I can say that I have learnt more than any school I've ever attended. It truly works it's hardest to meet it's goal and the administrators have been nothing but kind. The student body is also very well mannered, especially compared to anywhere else in Manchester."