Kanapaha

The principal is a micromanager who makes the teachers miserable, which shows in the lack of smiles and warmth at this school. All she cares about are the state test scores, not the well-being of the students. She runs the place like a penitentiary, and it's just as cheerful.

Why is there only one counselor on staff? If 35% of your students are low income and they are severely underperformed when compared to state indicators, you'd think that would be a wake up call for greater SEL teaching, greater after school programming for study support, and greater amount of social workers and school counselors. The veneer of wealth put out by the well funded PTA meetings needs to address the crumbling foundation, and all the yearly beautification of the school grounds can't help you if you don't put that in check first. You should be ashamed of yourself.

I called in advance to confirm seat availability and was told there were openings, so I proceeded with the paid application—only to later find out the seats were already filled, with no clear or timely communication. I don’t care much about the amount of the application fee, but the way the admission process was handled was totally unprofessional and lacked transparency. This does not reflect the reputation one would expect from The Rock School.

Learning was great and the teachers were nice but have absolutely no support from their administration in dealing with students that have special needs. Our child was portrayed as a Tazmanian Devil that wreaked havoc. We felt that he definitely had a target on his back (not by his peers but by the staff and administration!) and sure enough, at his new school with an engaged administration, his teacher describes him as a pleasure to have in class. Mind blowing and infuriating all at the same time! Save your money and send your kid somewhere else.