Benchley/Weinberger Elementary School

This school is a nightmare. They claim to be a loving community, but they don’t do anything about the bullying. Most of the good teachers left with the last principal and half the teachers now don’t even have a teaching credential. This school only caters to the wealthy parents who donate large sums of money.

I was a student at this school, and it is very poor in understanding. In the 4th grade, my friend was being bullied and had major depression, and when she told teachers and staff. All they said was to pray and hope God will fix her. They all constantly referred to her as sick or in need of Jesus instead of helping her or telling her parents. She went on to become more violent and depressed. In 5th grade, she left the school. Another red flag about this school is that they are culturally insensitive. I was one of three Asian girls in my grade and teachers were constantly mixing myself and my friend up. They would call us by the wrong names and tell the class how we were "exotic". My former 6-grade teacher went as far as to teach us his political beliefs. My only memory of this school was constantly crying in the bathrooms because of how I was wrong or being publically shamed in class by my 7th-grade teacher. I would NEVER recommend this school.