322 River Rd
Andover, MA 01810

I'm counting down the days until this year is over. On the 3rd day of school the kids were still meeting in the gym, parents walked them in. My son was crying, the teacher looking at my and firmly said "leave". She then turned around and told my son, and I quote, to "sit down and be quiet". After speaking to the superintendent and head of school all they did was make up excuses for her behavior, never once did my son or I get an apology from the teacher. Outside time is 20 minutes if at all. And in the winter they can't bring boots or snow pants and play in the snow. "If" they go outside it's just in the parking lot and it's viewed as "a special treat". The reason is because they have to much curriculum to get through and in the winter I'm assuming they don't want to deal with the hassel. Oh and if your child can't sit still for 5 hours straight you'll be hearing about it. They expect the child to conform to them, they don't care about conforming for the child, they are expected to be robots. They have 4 levels for behavior. Red, yellow, green and blue. Blue is for fabulous. If your child doesn't get to blue expect them to come home in tears because 'they aren't fabulous' depsite making the best efforts that they can. We wonder why kids these days are self conscious. I emailed the teacher to ask why was needed in order to get to blue so I could help coach my son, the response was " they need to go over and above to meet my expectations". The recommended foods are basically whatever is in your junk food isle and fruits and veggies are listed last uner "other". So I'd plan on packing lunch daily if you'd like to keep your child healthy. Please spare your child from this place if you can afford it.

Love all the staff: They all are helpfull, kind, interested in the well being of the students. Each morning all students are greeted at the door with a big smile.

Hey, this school is great, the teachers are excepting, and evryone tries their hardest to make kids comfortable, people complaining just are mad that they get bad grades

Although Covid was poorly come about, overall the system of learning is good. But, I recommend they focus on helping the students excel more who are able to, and allowing the other students to be placed in a different class or curriculum.

This school is terrible! It focuses more on paperwork than on the well-being of the students. There is also a teacher here who is quite difficult to work with, and neither the superintendent nor the principal has done anything about it. The superintendent only provides assistance up to a certain point, and after that, it seems no one really cares. The overall system in this town reflects this same attitude. Don't waste your money in this predominantly white community where diversity is not a priority, low-income needs are overlooked, and special education is not valued. It's disheartening to see that discriminatory issues still exist in places and among people.