Address Not Disclosed, Lake Mary, FL 32746

My daughter attended for one year. It’s okay; safe and adequate. There were some things I did not like. There were several instances that a substitute teacher told a kid to “shut up”. I reached out to Principal Windish by email 3 times and never was responded to by him. After the 3rd email, someone I cc’d had replied and said the teacher apologized to the students, but my daughter said that didn’t happen. It didn’t appear to be a big deal to them. Pros, the front desk staff is so kind. The teacher my daughter had was kind. No school projects or events or family participation for the whole year though. There was one field trip but we were told about it the morning of, no info sent home ahead of time, so she didn’t go. Overall it was adequate, no big issues. The staff that handle carline do an incredible job! It was very efficient and quick.

Would not recommend, and the reason comes down to accountability.I asked both the principal, Ms Sharpe, and the school district to tell me exactly what interventions my daughter received: who helped her, how often, and what the plan was. To this day I have never gotten that information. I believe that is because it does not exist.Here is what her kindergarten year looked like. Papers came home sporadically, sometimes once a month, sometimes whenever the teacher felt like it. When they did come, it was a stack of 30s, 40s and 50s with no note, no phone call, no explanation. Just a smiley face in the agenda book every single day. My daughter told me she often did not understand the work and could not finish it. She said sometimes she got help and sometimes she did not. Either way the papers came back marked F instead of anyone stopping to ask why a five year old was failing.I requested a meeting early in the year because I could already see she was struggling. I was told not to worry, that it was still early. Nothing changed after that meeting. I kept advocating for a paraprofessional and as far as I know she never received one. All I ever got was "she is receiving extra help."Since leaving, I have heard from other parents who say their children's IEPs are not being followed either. That tells me what happened to us was not a one time breakdown. It is a pattern.I waited a full year to write this so I could compare Bentley to her new school. The difference is night and day. That comparison is what convinced me this is not normal. The communication at her new school is awesome, my daughter has expressed to me that she loves her new teacher she said "she smiles all the time and is always happy to see me" we no longer deal with morning melt downs and refusing to go to school. When they notice that she is having difficulties they reach out to me first. Not me having to chase down meetings with the teacher and most of all they show us RESPECT as parents. Bentley has the potential to be a great school. The teachers are working inside a system, and the system starts at the top. Right now the leadership is simply not there.

This school has the most unprofessional front office receptionist and administrators Ive ever experienced. They are extremely rude and unkind when it comes to family engagement. Being that this is the first impression of the school outside of appearance, you would think they would get their act together. Would not recommend. And they also try to make it hard for minorities to enter here as well all while having minorities working for them. Its ridiculous. 0/10