New Salem

My grandkids attend Allen. I volunteered at Allen. I never saw volunteers discussing children. I was busy helping teachers with menial jobs so they could focus on providing materials that helped their students. As a former teacher, I was able to do quite a few projects for them to enrich learning. I know how much teachers do at night just to keep students interested and to provide individual enrichment for students that learn more slowly. All students in one grade do not learn at the same rate. I would think that volunteers could do more than sit around talking. I certainly did not have time to engage in idle gossip. And I never saw that occur. Sounds like more of a volunteer’s responsibility to stop this. Teachers do not have time to police volunteers. If you can’t help—stay home.

I would not recommend this school if your child has any learning difficulties whether it be ADHD, ADD, autism etc. The teachers will fabricate grades and push them through to make it look like they are doing well, then turn around and say they dont need help because their grades are "passing." The teachers do not communicate well at all. I understand they have a lot of kids and alot more children now have learning difficulties, but regardless, if you want your child to succeed and actually learn and be supported with their learning difficulties, I would not recommend this school at all. The special ed department also acts as if your a burden unless your child has very extreme deficits. If your child is a typical learner with no issues then this school is good.