Clegg

Daughter started first grade here. I’m impressed that there are a lot of community events. The teachers and admin are wonderful. There seems to be core messaging to the students on a daily basis about treating people with respect.

There have been many unexpected and concerning incidents involving my young child during just two months at this school.We had sent our kid to other schools we never had to worry about.For safety reasons we decided to leave - it's the best choice we can make.The teachers are unable to manage students properly, and LE director is not supportive when children are hurt or bullied.We've experienced multiple cases of assaults and bullying in the classroom, only for 2 month, but the school did nothing to protect the victims.If you read other reviews, you'll see this in an ongoing issue here.I would only recommend this school to parents whose children are bullies - because the school is extremely generous and protective towards them.GOOD LUCK.

We are new to the area, and our daughter is going to PGES from another zone (the other school is capped). We had no idea what to expect given the not-great ratings, but we have overall been very happy with the school (and the ratings make absolutely no sense to us whatsoever!). Our daughter seeks challenge in school, and her teachers have been great about doing the best they can to help get her there, answer our questions, etc. (Having any support for GT/AIG is new to us, as the district we were in before in another state had zero support for teachers or parents/students in that situation.) The principal is very nice and supportive. Our daughter's teacher has been very kind and helpful in working both with our daughter and with us. My only substantial concern is that there seems to be far too much food-oriented rewarding at the school, which is not universal in the district, but too common from what I have gathered (it's the same for our son's middle school). This is complicated and concerning if there are health or behavioral concerns around food for some children, as we deal with, particularly with no school nurse on the grounds the vast majority of the time (that is a state/district issue). That said, the school is good about working with us when food presents a challenge in school. Overall, we have been as happy in most ways, and in some ways happier, with PGES as we were with our kids' former school (rated an 8). It's been a very good experience overall.

This school has been incredible! From community engagement to supporting our children when they struggle in a subject. We have been at Parkside for 2 years and absolutely love them!