As a Best In Class Education Center franchisee, how will I operate my center?
Best_In_Class_Education_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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The franchised business you purchase is referred to as your "Business" or your "Center". As a franchisee, you will provide school-aged children with Math, English and, if applicable, STEM enrichment studies ("Enrichment Programs") as well as SAT and ACT preparation courses from a dedicated brick and mortar facility that you establish. You may also offer small group or "private" tutoring services and teach a variety of high-school subjects. You will offer classes after regular school hours and on weekends. Currently, we do not allow you (or other Centers) to offer or sell any merchandise or retail items.
You may, but need not, offer: (a) our After-School Program (students visit every day after school for at least 2.5 hours and receive one packet of Math and one packet of English each week); and/or (b) our Summer Camp
Program (students visit every day at least 2.5 hours per day for 5 days a week during the Summer and receive one packet of Math and one packet of English each week). The After-School Program and Summer Camp Program are referred to as "Special Programs".
With our prior approval, you may offer programs or engage in revenue generating activities at your Center that are not part of the BEST IN CLASS EDUCATION CENTER® system. These programs are referred to as "Affiliate Programs". For example, with our approval you could partner with a business that offers drivers education classes at your Center and share revenues from that program with the other business. You could also generate income from subleasing a portion of your Center during hours when you do not have students at the Center. All Affiliate Programs must be approved by us in advance. We may impose any requirements we feel are appropriate as a condition to you offering the Affiliate Program at your Center.
If we award you a franchise, you must sign the form of franchise agreement attached to this Disclosure Document as EXHIBIT "C" (the "Franchise Agreement"). Under the Franchise Agreement, we grant you a license to use certain service marks, trademarks, trade names and logos, including the service mark BEST IN CLASS EDUCATION CENTER® (collectively, the "Marks"). The Marks also include our distinctive trade dress used to identify a Center, whether now in existence or developed in the future. We also grant you a license to use our business format and operating system that was developed for the operation of a Center (the "System"). The operational aspects of a Center are contained in our confidential Brand Standards Manual (the "Manual"). You will operate your Center as an independent business using the Marks, the System and the support, guidance and other methods and materials we provide.
With our prior approval, you may establish one or more satellite offices (each, a "Satellite Office"), which are spaces that are rented on a temporary basis (no longer than 12 months) and shared with other businesses/organizations. Examples of Satellite Office locations include churches, temples, libraries, HOA buildings, YMCAs, Boys & Girls Clubs, community centers, schools, and similar types of facilities. We will not consider allowing you to establish a Satellite Office unless: (a) your initial Center has been open for at least 6 months; and (b) your average monthly Gross Sales (defined in Item 6) equal or exceed $5,000 per month for the 3-month period preceding your request. You must sign our then-current form of Satellite Office Addendum for each Satellite Office you develop, the current form of which is attached to this Disclosure Document as EXHIBIT "H"-4. The Satellite Office is operated as an extension of the brick-and-mortar Center and is subject to all terms of the Franchise Agreement except as otherwise provided in the Satellite Office Addendum. Only franchisees with an established brick-and-mortar Center are eligible to purchase a Satellite Office. A Satellite Office cannot be purchased at the same time as the purchase of your initi
Source: Item 1 — FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 8–10)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Best In Class Education Center FDD, as a franchisee, you will offer math, English, and STEM enrichment studies, as well as SAT and ACT preparation courses, from a brick-and-mortar facility. These services are targeted towards school-aged children. You will provide classes after school hours and on weekends. Currently, franchisees are not allowed to sell merchandise or retail items.
Best In Class Education Center allows franchisees to offer an After-School Program where students attend every day after school for at least 2.5 hours and receive one packet of math and one packet of English each week. Franchisees can also offer a Summer Camp Program where students attend every day for at least 2.5 hours per day, 5 days a week during the summer, and receive one packet of math and one packet of English each week. These programs are referred to as "Special Programs".
With prior approval, you can also offer programs or activities not part of the Best In Class Education Center system, called "Affiliate Programs". For example, you could partner with a drivers education business and share revenues, or sublease a portion of your center when not in use. All Affiliate Programs require franchisor approval, and they may impose requirements for offering them. Franchisees can also establish satellite offices, which are temporary spaces rented for no longer than 12 months and shared with other businesses. To be eligible for a satellite office, your initial center must be open for at least 6 months and have average monthly gross sales of $5,000 or more for the 3 months before your request.