I will start off by saying that many parents and their children have had positive experiences with this school. I am not negating, disparaging, or invalidating their experiences. I am going to share the facts of my child’s experience with this school, and you Reader may make what decision you will. My child attended HOA for kindergarten in the 21-22 school year. Before enrolling, I took a tour of the facilities, and was ensured by Mrs. Khan that every child receives a top quality education, that all therapies needed would be offered by on-site therapists, and that each teacher was qualified specifically to work with special needs children. It sounded too good to be true. It was. As of the 22-23 school year, the teachers were NOT certified educators- they did not have licenses as teachers in public schools are required to, and had no evidence of “special” training to work with special needs children. Mrs. Khan was asked to produce such evidence, and declined to do so. In my last experience with this school, her primary educator who worked with grades 5-12 only had previous employment experience as a waiter in a restaurant. Her other educators either have no licenses or expired ones. There were no therapists “on staff” with the school- only the ones parents pay for themselves out of pocket. You have probably noticed a high employee turnover. There is a reason for this. Mrs. Khan has repeatedly created a hostile work environment for her teachers, going through as many as 3-4 employees A YEAR. She has also had to pay to settle a case of illegal labor practices on behalf of House of Academia- she has threatened to or has in actuality withheld wages and/or W2’s in retaliation against teachers who resign. Former parents had to threaten legal action to ensure a safe playground free of sharp metal, broken equipment, broken safety gates, and clean bathrooms stocked with the bare minimum of soap and toilet paper. One of the school’s exterior doors and the parking lot gate were left unlocked throughout the day while being across the street from a bus depot. During the 21-22 school year, a high school student (who was allowed access to the elementary students during recess) threatened to kill the children with a gun on three different occasions because they were “being too loud”. Parents again had to threaten legal action to compel Mrs. Khan to move the older girl to a different recess. Parents were the ones who had to report this to the police after the fact, even though Mrs. Khan as an educator and an adult is a mandated reporter. During this time, a Maitland HOA location was being built- and the electricity and water were nearly shut off at the Elboc road location due to her financial negligence and mismanagement. In retaliation for notifying parents of the severe issues in the school and “creating problems”, Mrs. Khan fired the only kindergarten teacher at the school 2 weeks before the end of school, threatened to expel the students of parents who complained, barred the RBTs of children whose parents had complained (preventing them from receiving any of the therapy their parents had paid out of pocket for) and refused to have a kindergarten ceremony for the children whose parents had contacted police. This could ALL be overlooked- except that Mrs. Khan is charging the parents of special needs students over $1200 per month for these facilities that are poor quality and educators who are not certified or trained. It is obvious from her multiple luxury cars, expensive brand-name clothing, and 4,000+ sq. ft. home in a gated community in Dr. Phillips/Lake Buena Vista that Mrs. Khan’s priority for her schools is the money they bring her- not the educational improvement of special needs children, who deserve a quality education just like all their neurotypical peers.

Here is the link to the court case corroborating her unethical labor practices (you will also see she has 7 traffic tickets as well- not the beacon of safety I would want for my child): https://tinyurl.com/yjhtm9xx