Catoctin Manor Estates

A very active and supportive community with dedicated, experienced teachers

Horrifying. Kids with severe learning disabilities not separated from other students, thus constantly disrupting the class and not affording those students the teaching they need. A counselor in a classroom, students distracting with profanity outbursts and running out of classrooms yelling "I want to go home" This is just the first three months of school. Also, my child has had homework twice this year. Twice. I verified and there is no homework, and when it is given ( 2 times) it is ridiculous how low a bar this school sets for its children. It is impossible to learn with children with disabilities constantly distracting the class. Bringing a counselor in the classroom only creates more distraction. I took my child here because we HAD to. But i am looking in to moving just to get another school, this has been an absolutely heart breaking experience. DO NOT SEND YOUR KID TO THIS SCHOOL if you value their education.

Our experience at SJRCS was positive until we discovered that our child's learning disability and need for additional reading support had not been identified. Once we raised our concerns, we felt the administration and teacher were unable to provide the level of support or resources needed to help our child make progress toward grade-level reading. We were informed that the school did not have the resources to meet our child's educational needs, which ultimately led us to transfer schools in the middle of the school year. Based on our experience, families whose children require specialized learning support or significant reading intervention may want to carefully consider whether SJRCS has the resources that will meet their child's needs.