One Couple, Two Failed Schools, Can the Third Survive?

and both closed this year, and the founders are staying tight-lipped about, well, everything.

Calls to the owners are going unanswered.

The Kid Connection, American Heritage Academy and were founded by the same couple: Bob and Bettina Crenshaw.

The Crenshaws opened The Kid Connection in Holly Springs in 1998, according to a Holly Springs occupational tax permit.

In 1999, Bob Crenshaw opened American Heritage Academy with another partner.

In February 2007, a former American Heritage Academy investor filed a lawsuit against Crenshaw and his partner for more than $3 million over the “mismanagement of school funds,” according to the Cherokee Ledger-News.

In 2009, Crenshaw left the school because of "personal family illness."

and would be closing at the end of the school year.

In June, Bob and Bettina Crenshaw opened Brenwood Academy under the Kid Connection umbrella.

This month, the Crenshaws told a Patch blogger they would be closing the two locations of The Kid Connection at the end of the year because they were, once again, dealing with a personal family illness.

Tuesday, Brenwood director Mary Townsend said The Kid Connection had been consolidated into Brenwood and the students were welcomed at that facility, which opened in June.

In 13 years, the Crenshaws have owned three companies—American Eagle LLC, which operated American Heritage Academy; Preschool Partners Inc., which opened The Kid Connection; and Brenwood Schools Inc., the operator of Brenwood Academy.

Preschools Partners officially changed over to Brenwood Schools when Bettina Crenshaw renewed her business registration with the Georgia secretary of state. She submitted that registration Tuesday.

After the blog post announcing that The Kid Connection was closing, several people claiming to be parents said the closure resulted from bad business practices, not an illness.

Only a few complaints have been filed against The Kid Connection.

The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning has only one complaint filed against The Kid Connection—an incident in which a student allegedly was hit in the head with a block and required professional medical attention, but teachers failed to report the injury.

According to the Better Business Bureau website, the agency had one complaint filed against The Kid Connection concerning billing and collection issues. But the bureau was unable to reach the business to process the complaint.