Our History

Lumen Academy officially began when it was acquired from an existing ISBE-approved nonpublic program in the summer of 2022 by CSES Schools, LLC. CSES Schools focuses on staffing short and long-term contractors into school districts to serve as members of their special education team and conducts special education assessments. CSES Schools and its parent company have been successfully carrying out this model for over 20 years. 

Our Leadership Team has over thirty years of experience in Special Education in both public and private school settings. We had been actively looking for a therapeutic day school to operate and further our expertise in special education programming. Early in 2022, we found an excellent opportunity to establish Lumen Academy.

Lumen Academy continues to be an ISBE-approved program and provides services to students with emotional disabilities and internalizing behaviors including: Emotional Disability, Specific Learning Disability, Other Health Impairment and Traumatic Brain Injury