26036 Braided Mane Ter
Aldie, VA 20105

It's incredibly frustrating to see a well-funded school completely drop the ball when it comes to caring for its students, with the counselors being a major letdown. Instead of providing genuine guidance and support, they seem to be there solely to collect a paycheck and call it a day. They lack any genuine care for the students they are responsible for. Growing up and attending school here, my counselor was the person I turned to the most and looked forward to conversing with. Sadly, my daughter( her counsler jaun barrios) doesn't feel that way at all.Counselors are supposed to be the go-to people for students who need advice or help, but it's as if they're robots programmed to give canned responses. Not only do they fall short in helping students, but they are even worse when it comes to being resourceful or helpful for parents. It almost seems impossible to have a real heart-to-heart conversation with any of them. It's great that they answer our questions as they're paid to do, but please, at least pretend like you care about the students you are providing help for. They clearly don't care about the kids they're supposed to be guiding. It's really sad to see. If you're that miserable, why be a counselor at all? Don't ruin a student's educational path because you hate your job.It's such a waste of resources and potential. Education should be about more than just fancy facilities and a big budget. It's about helping students grow, and this school is failing miserably at that

Terrible administration. Buffalo Trail did not hold up their end of our child's 504 plan, which was not a very difficult plan to follow. Our child came out below grade level in reading and math after two years at this horrible school. Buffalo Trail is overcrowded, and the Principal/Vice Principal and Dean only care that the kids sit down and shut up. A few teachers do their best, but there are many who are just hanging on until retirement. One teacher made a comment in front of me about a child (whom did something a bit ridiculous) "the world needs plumbers too". Nice attitude. During lunch the staff screams and yells at the students berating them. It's not the kids fault that Loudoun County has allowed this school to be overcrowded. During recesses the supervision of the children is nil. I've seen it personally. They let the kids play unsupervised which has led to bullying and scraps. They also let the children wander far off so no intervention can happen if an issue comes up. So happy to be out of this school.

Great welcoming school Awesome community and kind people