THEY CLOSED!\r
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New Convenant suspended operations for the 13/14 school year. If the Degeneste’s reopen a school, avoid it. They can not be trusted with the education or children. They are trying to raise funds, and find a location, to reopen. \r
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Degenestes (owners of the school) waited till 2 weeks prior to school opening to tell parents they had no place to hold the school. The left about 20 families scrambling for last minute placement of their children. The gave the flimsy excuse that the church they were in let an ex convict stay on the property. So they had to close. Funny how they did not react when the church had excons working there. \r
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It was common knowledge in Plainfield that the church wanted them out of there. They told parents last year that they would move to another building that had playground facilities and more classrooms. NCCA kept promising better facilities, but they never materialized. \r
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The church is about a block long and the apt is at the opposite end of the campus. Plus, their is a head start, and a bunch of youth programs within 2 square blocks of the location. \r
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It closed because the curriculum is horrible. The graduating seniors of 12/13 could not pass the English test and they had to go to Summer School. NCCA closed because parents were pulling kids out of school in the middle of the week because of the way administration treated their kids. The administration was so hard to deal with that over half their teachers were not returning. \r
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If New Convenant re-opens avoid it. Their test scores are abysmmal, the administration is dishonest, and your kids would fall behind their peers. Plainfield public schools are better than this one. Catholic schools are cheaper and do a much better job. \r
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