Eastside

If you are worried About bullying at the school then you should be. Bullying is an issue not only from kids but also from staff. If you can afford to pay for afterschool care for your child that would be your best bet. I would avoid the hearts program. My child went from loving this program to begging me to pick her up early daily. When I tried to discuss the issue I was gaslighted. I then contacted the office concerning the issue and I was told I could just remove my child from the program. I was told that my child did nothing wrong but she was being punished and made to feel uncomfortable and I could not figure out why. They truly need to do better. I now try to pick my child up early as much as possible which is difficult because I am a working parent. I am concerned about her well-being. I must say her teacher was great.

My daughter is special needs and attended this school for summer exploration. There were days she wouldn’t return home with their backpack and the staff couldn’t find it until days later. For there to be such a small student to teacher ratio, her belongings shouldn’t have been that hard to find with as many teachers there were. The staff knew my daughter was non verbal but still issues like this were happening and she would come home with injuries and the school would sometimes not have any clue how some of the injuries happened when I would ask about them. When I alerted the principal about this, she was very rude and seemed to instead prioritize defending herself and staff and showed little to no emotion for my concerns that I had about my daughter during this program which is an awful feeling as a parent. I think this school could benefit from much better communication between parents and staff and more training with special needs children and their behaviors. Hoping this school improves in the future.