Compass Ln
Tallahassee, FL 32301

I went here for all of middle school and the social experience was absolutely terrible. The teachers are mostly amazing but besides that it was terrible. I only put no because the social side of life tends to be more important but I still love the teachers even though a lot of the ones I had left I still want people to experience the ones left.

Rickards is an awful school. Beset with a fossilized administration, devoid of interest/knowledge about the student body. Further, one gets the sense there is a cabal, a Clinique,- an in group among the administration that maintains a stasis even if incompetence and scurrilous behavior (including the voyeuristic, objectifying golf cart crowd/drivers). Take a look at the Dept of Ed./Professional Practices website and you’ll find Rickards specializing in seeking out those of questionable moral character. Don’t risk your child’s sense of self, intrinsic motivation and emotional well being by placing them at Rickards.

Poor communication, staff and administrators are very uneducated about education and how to differentiate instruction to assist all students reach their potential. They are very retaliatory and are negligent when dealing with children. Between the profanity the teachers use and the behavior they lead with, I would keep my child away from this school but unfortunately majority of the children on s.s are doomed to attend due to zoning restrictions. If education tort and negligence was a name for a school, it would be Bond. Hopefully they can get the A they’ve been repeatedly attempting to obtain for years and have yet to achieve. A change in leadership is required for the school to grow further.