Demuth Park

I never had a problem with the teachers, the new principal Ms. Pherezchica was beyond horrible and destroyed my special needs child's school experience and caused continuous emotional damage. If your child does not fit the standardized education program stay away from her. She will bully you and your child out. They have no special education program and will NOT tolerate any children who can't sit and fit their perfect cookie cutter mold. It started during the pandemic when my neurodivergent child could not sit through virtual learning, My son was in Kinder, and his ADHD would not allow him to sit at a computer for hours and watch strangers he has never met sing and count. she mom shamed me and said "I used to think you were doing everything you could as a mom and now I don't" . At one point i tried to physically pick him up and sit him in front of the screen because she was pressuring us so much for attendance. Kinder is not even state mandatory, and my Dad was dying on a ventilator, during the pandemic So I decided to do what was best for my family and opt out of virtual learning for Kinder. She told us as long as he shows his face every morning they would get paid for his attendance. Her only priority was money. not my son. It got way worse after that. When he started attending school he was having some behavioral problems (rightfully so after everything he had been through losing both his grparents during the pandemic and missing years of school). The school used to take away my sons recess for even talking in the LUNCH LINE. where can they talk?? My son has ADHD, Taking away his physical exercise and making him sit quietly for 7 hours a day is cruel punishments for children with attention deficits. She clearly has no idea how to manage neurodivergent children and has taken no workshops or courses on managing children with disabilities. She once even screamed at me that my son wasn't even diagnosed yet. Because it was the PANDEMIC and the office that diagnosed him was closed so I couldn't get the paperwork with his diagnosis. Being screamed at by the principal is something that should never happen. And what"s worse is that it's a charter school. So they are not governed by the PSU school district. So when I tried to get help from the district they basically said her word is God at that school. Please do not send your special needs children there, her bullying got worse and when I transferred him she tarnished my sons reputation at his new school.