Ken Gar

Great teachers and staff. Very communicative and responsive. The PTA and wider community are heavily involved.

Horrible experience with this school. The school is extremely disorganized, and in my experience, there was a serious lack of emotional intelligence, compassion, and concern for the students’ well-being.The staff were often rude, standoffish, dismissive, and made me feel like my concerns as a parent were an inconvenience rather than something they genuinely cared about. I also experienced treatment that I felt was discriminatory and racially biased, which was extremely concerning.My daughter suffered a cut to her cornea while at school, and I was extremely disappointed with how the situation was handled. I felt there was a lack of urgency and appropriate care when it came to her injury. As a parent, that was extremely upsetting and unacceptable.There are also ongoing issues with student behavior. Many of the children seem to have little supervision, structure, or accountability when it comes to basic manners and respect for others.Overall, I did not feel that my daughter was in an environment where her safety, well-being, or emotional needs were taken seriously. A school should be organized, compassionate, attentive, and respectful toward both students and parents. Unfortunately, that was not my experience here, and I would not recommend this school based on our experience. If could give no stars I would .

There is a mean girl culture that is rampant at the school and it is well known throughout the Kensington community. Many families of past generations who went there say the same thing about the bullying that is allowed to happen and remains unchecked. It is an unwelcoming environment from parents, and the Principle had done nothing about, but seems to favor the primary PTA clique that runs the school. Sadly, the mean girls are just like their parents and it's learned behavior. Unfortunately, the teachers or administration are not redirecting this bad behavior when they see it. It's so ironic they proclaim to value the 4 C's to include compassion, when they actually place no value on those virtues by allowing bullying to spread rampant. There is no doubt families will be removing their funding due to the administration looking the other way.