This campus has closed. We keep the entry so families who find old listings know its current status.
The Academy of Thought & Industry's East Village campus closed in 2025 amid the bankruptcy of its parent company, Higher Ground Education (the operator behind Guidepost Montessori). If you find it in an older listing, it is no longer enrolling.
Academy of Thought & Industry (ATI) was Higher Ground Education's older-grades brand. When Higher Ground filed for Chapter 11 in 2025, the East Village ATI closed along with the company's other New York locations. The entry stays here only so outdated search results resolve to its real status.
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Violations heard and decided at the city’s administrative tribunal. We publish these in full, including when there are none.
No cases on record. No summons to this school appears in the city’s hearing records.
For comparison: across all 18,161 DOHMH child-care cases heard at OATH, 63.1% were sustained, 21.3% ended in default and 13.1% were dismissed. Most citations concern records, repairs and paperwork — staff immunisation files, premises upkeep, sink water temperature, background-check timing — rather than incidents involving a child.
Source: NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, case status data, checked 11 August 2026. These are adjudicated outcomes, not inspection allegations. The record gives the rule cited and the result, but never the inspector’s narrative — the charge text always reads “see attached NOV”. Outcomes can change on appeal. Something wrong? Tell us.