I took my daughter to this school. At first I could afford it and they received payments, and everything went smoothly. I moved about a year after enrolling my daughter there at the school and informed the school shortly after moving that we couldn't afford the school anymore due to my financial situation and having to cut back cost due to buying my 1st home. At this point my daughter was part of their basketball team and they didn't have enough players on their team, and even with my daughter on the team they barely had enough girls to proceed with the basketball team. So when I went to them and explained that I couldn't afford the school anymore due to cutting back my financials.... my daughter mentioned something to the coach and she mentioned to have me call her so she could talk to me about scholarships offered and programs that cover tuitions for children that already attend the school. So although that week was supposed to be her last week at the school she was just finishing up the week at the school before pulling her out the coach called me that week saying that they have a program called the "angel program" which means they have parents or other donations given to them by people and that i should think about taking out my daughter out, before doing so I should talk to the principle because hes the one that can set up the angel and has the sources to make that happen. So I took her advice and set up a meeting with the principle explaining what the issue was and how coach mentioned the angel program and he said that they do offer that, but at this time he didn't have any funding for that, but because they wanted to keep my daughter their and it was in their interest to do so because had I taken my daughter out right then in there they wouldn't have had enough players to proceed with their basketball team and it would of affected the other girls on the team and there reputation for their basketball team. So he said he would work on finding us an angel so that my daughter could proceed at the school and this point I'm just concerned because i knew my financial hardship and couldn't afford the next month payment, so he said don't worry about payment by the time Payment is due he will have funding and have an angel in place of her. And i trusted them I even spoke to the coach about it on different occasions at basketball practices on how worried I was because he didn't have funding for my daughter and i couldn't afford payment and didn't want to be stuck paying anymore amounts to the school for having to keep her there longer and not knowing how the funding was going to work out. So after calling him several times he would just blow me off and just tell me he's working on it....but of course my daughter was still playing on the team so He was just trying to postpone it until she was done playing and then once basketball season ended and they didn't need my daughter anymore I started getting billed for payments and being held responsible. Oh I see now that basketball is over and my daughter isn't needed anymore for your team I just need to pay although I told you I couldn't afford it anymore? They are scammers and money hungry institution! How dare they play off such a stunt like this one and use the child to ransom because its in their convenient to keep a good basketball reputation and as soon as there done with her and us that was it want they promised doesn't have to be granted to us anymore. There just not good people. Then i finally ended up having to take my daughter in the end anyways because they started demanding payments, and since I got tired of the broken promises I just took her out like i should of in the first place. Once my daughter was taken out of the school then I started getting threatening calls and letters from them that I had to pay or else I would get sent to collections!!! Well sure enough my argument with them wasn't understood or granted to me even though they told me during the time they were searching for finding I wouldn't be gel responsible! The coach went along with it and knew what the principle intentions were all along, but since it worked to her favor she let it happened because when I was getting harassed by them I came to her for help and to have a witness of the agreement we had and she never advocated on our behalf being honest what i was promised. Then what they finally did is turn account over to collections for the full year my daughter didn't even finish off, and garnish my husband my daughter step dad that one time as a favor to me because i had to work around that time, he enrolled her for me, and since he signed paperwork for me they went and garnished him for the full year tuition! These people are just thieves! I tried calling them and talk to their headquarters and many other people for help everyone gave me the run around, and the last person I spoke to in a higher up position said sorry i signed paperwork and agreed to pay so I'm responsible for all tuitions that should of been covered by their angel program as they denied that, and their defense were they tried and it didn't work out so now it's on me! Well I mentioned i was afraid this would happen and they affirmed that it wouldn't, but everyone that knew about turned their back on me acting like none of this was even talked about, or arranged. My husband who is Just helping me raise my daughter and did me that favor to enroll her for me gets completely screwed on this whole deal is just shows the type of people they are! Do not go here! Don't waste money taking your child at this school there are many other honest private schools that don't screw people over and will keep promises to you in this situation that happened to us! Just watch out for these Christian hypocrites that teach about God but then figure out how to get money from u even when you tell them you don't have it! Scammers!!! That's all I'm gonna say!
Portland Lutheran School Reviews
I took my daughter to this school. At first I could afford it and they received payments, and everything went smoothly. I moved about a year after enrolling my daughter there at the school and informed the school shortly after moving that we couldn't afford the school anymore due to my financial situation and having to cut back cost due to buying my 1st home. At this point my daughter was part of their basketball team and they didn't have enough players on their team, and even with my daughter on the team they barely had enough girls to proceed with the basketball team. So when I went to them and explained that I couldn't afford the school anymore due to cutting back my financials.... my daughter mentioned something to the coach and she mentioned to have me call her so she could talk to me about scholarships offered and programs that cover tuitions for children that already attend the school. So although that week was supposed to be her last week at the school she was just finishing up the week at the school before pulling her out the coach called me that week saying that they have a program called the "angel program" which means they have parents or other donations given to them by people and that i should think about taking out my daughter out, before doing so I should talk to the principle because hes the one that can set up the angel and has the sources to make that happen. So I took her advice and set up a meeting with the principle explaining what the issue was and how coach mentioned the angel program and he said that they do offer that, but at this time he didn't have any funding for that, but because they wanted to keep my daughter their and it was in their interest to do so because had I taken my daughter out right then in there they wouldn't have had enough players to proceed with their basketball team and it would of affected the other girls on the team and there reputation for their basketball team. So he said he would work on finding us an angel so that my daughter could proceed at the school and this point I'm just concerned because i knew my financial hardship and couldn't afford the next month payment, so he said don't worry about payment by the time Payment is due he will have funding and have an angel in place of her. And i trusted them I even spoke to the coach about it on different occasions at basketball practices on how worried I was because he didn't have funding for my daughter and i couldn't afford payment and didn't want to be stuck paying anymore amounts to the school for having to keep her there longer and not knowing how the funding was going to work out. So after calling him several times he would just blow me off and just tell me he's working on it....but of course my daughter was still playing on the team so He was just trying to postpone it until she was done playing and then once basketball season ended and they didn't need my daughter anymore I started getting billed for payments and being held responsible. Oh I see now that basketball is over and my daughter isn't needed anymore for your team I just need to pay although I told you I couldn't afford it anymore? They are scammers and money hungry institution! How dare they play off such a stunt like this one and use the child to ransom because its in their convenient to keep a good basketball reputation and as soon as there done with her and us that was it want they promised doesn't have to be granted to us anymore. There just not good people. Then i finally ended up having to take my daughter in the end anyways because they started demanding payments, and since I got tired of the broken promises I just took her out like i should of in the first place. Once my daughter was taken out of the school then I started getting threatening calls and letters from them that I had to pay or else I would get sent to collections!!! Well sure enough my argument with them wasn't understood or granted to me even though they told me during the time they were searching for finding I wouldn't be gel responsible! The coach went along with it and knew what the principle intentions were all along, but since it worked to her favor she let it happened because when I was getting harassed by them I came to her for help and to have a witness of the agreement we had and she never advocated on our behalf being honest what i was promised. Then what they finally did is turn account over to collections for the full year my daughter didn't even finish off, and garnish my husband my daughter step dad that one time as a favor to me because i had to work around that time, he enrolled her for me, and since he signed paperwork for me they went and garnished him for the full year tuition! These people are just thieves! I tried calling them and talk to their headquarters and many other people for help everyone gave me the run around, and the last person I spoke to in a higher up position said sorry i signed paperwork and agreed to pay so I'm responsible for all tuitions that should of been covered by their angel program as they denied that, and their defense were they tried and it didn't work out so now it's on me! Well I mentioned i was afraid this would happen and they affirmed that it wouldn't, but everyone that knew about turned their back on me acting like none of this was even talked about, or arranged. My husband who is Just helping me raise my daughter and did me that favor to enroll her for me gets completely screwed on this whole deal is just shows the type of people they are! Do not go here! Don't waste money taking your child at this school there are many other honest private schools that don't screw people over and will keep promises to you in this situation that happened to us! Just watch out for these Christian hypocrites that teach about God but then figure out how to get money from u even when you tell them you don't have it! Scammers!!! That's all I'm gonna say!