Educational Services of America

Tampa, Fla., August 28, 2006 – Educational Services of America has acquired The Bishop-Eton School in Tampa.

The acquisition, which was finalized recently, will strengthen the presence of ESA in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area as the region’s leading private provider of special education programs. Bishop-Eton provides a nondenominational curriculum for up to 100 students with specific learning disabilities.

With the addition to Bishop-Eton, ESA operates six schools in the region, including a new school opening this fall, Broach Zephyrhills. ESA operates a total of 26 campuses in Florida under the names of Atlantis Academy, Broach Schools, Crossroads Schools and others.

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The seven faculty and staff members have all been invited to remain with the organization, which will be led by School Director Greg VanPelt.

“We are extremely pleased to welcome the faculty, staff and students of Bishop-Eton to the ESA family of schools,� said Mark Claypool, ESA founder and CEO. “Bishop-Eton has a successful track record of working with students to see past their learning disabilities and develop their technical, visual and intuitive talents.

“This approach, which focuses on personalized attention and experience-based education, dovetails nicely with ESA philosophy. We look forward to helping Bishop-Eton expand its enrollment and reach out to more students and families in the Tampa area.

Bishop-Eton got its start in 1988 when a group of concerned parents and educational professionals joined forces to build a K-12 coeducational day school dedicated to students with dyslexia, ADD, language delay, hearing impairments and other learning disabilities. The school maintains a low student-teacher ratio in its classrooms, which combine multi-sensory experiential education methods, such as visual, auditory and tactile teaching techniques.

Tuition costs for parents with eligible students can be offset through the McKay Scholarship program.

During the 2006-2007 academic year, ESA plans to expand the scope of academic offerings at Bishop-Eton to include a Spectrum Center Program, which is designed to address the needs of children diagnosed with autism, related pervasive development disorders and more serious learning disabilities.

“The Tampa-St. Pete area of Florida is growing rapidly – as is the need for educational programs that serve the needs of students with learning disabilities,� Claypool said. “We feel that our current ESA schools can learn much from Bishop-Eton, and we are pleased that its team has joined our growing family of schools.�

Since its inception in 1999, ESA has completed 18 acquisitions, acquiring 24 schools and 68 learning centers in 13 states to become the nation’s learning private educational providers of special, alternative and post-secondary educational programs. For the 2006-07 academic year, ESA plans to open or expand programming at 22 schools in seven states.

About Educational Services of America

Educational Services of America is the nation’s leading provider of special, alternative and post-secondary educational programs. Based in Nashville, Tenn., ESA manages more than 100 schools and programs in 16 states. ESA provides highly personalized academic and behavioral services for students through four branded areas: College Living Experience, ESA Exceptional Schools, Ombudsman Educational Services and Spectrum Center Schools. For more information, visit www.esa-education.com.