2015 Illinois Rd
Northbrook, IL 60062

We are thrilled with our experience at Greenbriar. All of our children's classrooms have two teachers that are very experienced. There are a range of great additional resources (speech, reading, etc.) available to students. The communication from the Administration is clear and consistent with a lot of opportunities for parent involvement. There is nothing about the school that comes to mind that I think needs improvement.

Great school meets all my needs and more

If your child needs special education this may not be the school for your child. The special education teachers are wonderful but the process of getting your child enrolled in special education is a nightmare. Don’t even dream of doing it on your own. Make sure you have an official diagnosis for whatever your child’s learning issue or disability is because the only way to get anything done here is if the school is legally required to do it. The woman who is promoted over the school psychologist is the coldest most unempathetic, difficult and unpleasant person I have ever had to work with in any school system. Make sure you have everything documented and don’t back down with these people. If your child has a need for special education and they are in regular classes at all do you not expect those teachers to know what your child’s needs are. Again, The special education teachers are wonderful but the administration and the red tape are terrible. If need be get an attorney to help you but at the very least have a psychiatrist or a letter indicating that your child has specific needs. Even then, it’s a struggle but they don’t want to let go of your child because then they lose funding dollars. Surprisingly, the art program was one of the most difficult programs to work with with and teachers had little patience with kids with disabilities. I felt like they experienced my child as nothing but a nuisance.