Palmers Corner

I am a recent graduate of this school and there is alot to unpack so lets begin. On the outsde this school is great, what they show the parents after hours and at special ceremonies you would think this is the best school ever, when in reality, pre-k3 all the way to kindergarten are in the same class together, 1st-3rd grade are all together 4&5th aswell. When you get to 6th-8th they get seperated, but when it comes to creative arts you could easily have a class with each grade level. This could be okay but each grade requires a certian level of care and teachers cant give that if they have to teach 3 differnt cirruculums to 3 different grades, in the same classroom together, at the same time. This school is awesome for pre-k but once you hit 1st grade it could be a train wreck, or it could be great. 1st-5th grade are just a mess, teachers come and go. Your child could have 1 teacher first grade another half of second then switch then change agin in 3rd, 4th grade seems good until 5th grade its not. It's not a stable enviorment and doesn't benefit the childs education having to adapt to new enviorments every few weeks. And the main reason why? Because TEACHERS CANNOT CONTROL THEIR CLASSROOMS. 6th-8th grade may seem better and they are, but truth is, the middle school program doesn't prepare your child for high school. The workload is non-existent. At traditional schools, kids have homework, and not just a game on the the computer tyoe homework, real work, but not here. The most kids get for math is a IXL here or there. No wonder the math scores are bad. For ELA, kids barely learn to write. Their essays are not good, they don't have the basic skills beeeded to succeed in the rest of their educational career. Your foundation for High school and college is built in middle school, and this isn't a good place to build that foundation. Not to mention, kids are often kept in the same class with the same students for years. After a certain grade kids cant come to the school. Kids need to learn how social skills, you cant do that if you see the same faces for 10 years. So before you send you kid here becouse you dont have to worry about chaning schools and teachers. Really think, is this the enviorment you want your child in. Another Kicker they just changed schools because the facilities were a mess. Now 6th-8th grade are in modulars detached from the building. Hope this was helpful!

Worst school ever my child will not be returning

This school truly doesn't provide the best accomodations and support needed for children with special needs. Administration barely even knows the kids, the kids' names, or close to anything about special education. Severe staffing issues in special education due to lack of support from administration and the turnover rate is only increasing more. Funds for special education are definitely not used properly. This school needs a whole separate wing for the special education programs (Regional Autism, Regional M.O.V.E., and CRI) so the students have everything needed for their educational experience to be successful (to include a home suite to learn life skills such as cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry; laundry rooms with laundry machines to wash student clothing if accidents occur; Adaptive PE room with proper equipment; aquatics pool for students to have their aquatics program; classrooms that ALL have bathrooms in them, etc.).

It was terrible they don't even care about us

My daughters went to this school for 2024-25 school year and I have to say this school was 1 of the worst schools my daughters attended. Number 1 was the bus, it either never arrived or was always late. The stop finder app was so useless I just deleted it from my phone. The teachers were not very engaging with their students nor supportive. My daughter was bitten by another student in the past and neither the teacher or nurse contacted me. I had to reach out to the school to get some information as to what happened with my child. Their one excuse was it was a substitute teacher that day. They are not very communicative with their students nor parents or students. My daughters were sent home with a multitude of papers throughout the school year, when I asked them questions or information on some of the papers their response was mostly “they just handed us the papers and said give to your parents”. This school was so horrible I have been counting down the days to the last day of school so my girls can attend a better school this upcoming school year.