4 Briar Oak, Saint Louis, MO 63132

It wasn't great at times and good at others. I served 5 years at Reed and a lot happened. The bullying that I and other kids went through was bad. Worthy of middle schoolers. The teachers really did nothing about it. We weren't really watched during recess. I remember it being very easy to slip into forbidden areas including the woods behind school. A gate that's not even locked sits out of teacher site. A curious kindergartner could easily slip behind the fence and get lost. The teachers s I said were GREAT. Besides the bullying thing of course. Also, kids were allowed to have bikes and scooters at recess and ride them around the track. That's cool, but no teacher watch them. I WAS RUN OVER by a kid on a bike and the teachers didn't come over even when I started crying and screaming. On the other hand, Reed had lots of cool stuff for us kids that we did throughout the years. State-of-the-art tech was available at all times. Each kid had there own laptop or iPad. The library was huge and allowed us to check out 2 books a week and we could come back in the middle of the week for more. Art class had lots of fun projects, and Spanish is great too. You learn all types of instruments in Music class. However, they took away computer class and replaced it with free time for some reason. The class sizes were huge and the Spanish room and Computer Lab were lost to this. But they never expanded! No, that was beneath them. Why give the kids room to move a pencil in their classrooms?? Overall, it was a pretty "meh" type school. Maybe it's improved. I don't know or really care. All I can say is be ultra-careful when you are picking between Reed and the private schools.

My son had only been in the district for 2 years before going to Ladue Fifth Grade Center, so he didn’t know a lot of other children when he started. But the supportive nature of the teachers, staff, and other families made us feel at comfortable and at home. And the diverse and expansive curriculum help to make it a stellar educational experience. I can’t tell you how many times my kiddo gets off the bus and proceeds to tell me what a great day he had. How many parents can say that? Don’t bother listening to people who don’t have first hand experience with this school. Knowing that my son is so happy going to school makes this worth every tax dollar that we pay!