Lyndale Elementary School

In my humble opinion this is the best Rocketship school because they are not as strict on the kids. The OM is super friendly and super organized, the teachers here are TOP NOTCH, The principal here always listens to parent concerns and is bilingual. They are super big on community and it shows. They encourage parents to advocate for their children. The ISE(special education) team here is also top notch. The only thing I do not like is how small the campus is and where it is located because of parking issues.... that is it. If you want a family type school where you are not only given access but encouraged to talk to your children's teachers do it. If you want a school that has top notch education do it. The homework is a page of math, a page of english, some online programs like corelexia if needed and read to your kids/have them read... not overwhelming at all. The proof is in the pudding. My oldest who graduated is ahead of peers, my youngest who has special needs is not only included he made so much progress. During shutdowns kids here had work the NEXT DAY vs months of nothing until the district school figured it out. They do not cherrypick kids, they do not kick out kids they are a public school that just outperforms our neighborhood school when it comes to academics by a lot... honestly the community is better here too than our district school. Give it a try I PROMISE you will love it here and your children will thrive. I will cry when my youngest graduates from here. Never been or seen a school quite like this hidden gem.

Terrible school a boy was bullied and gotNo help from teachers !

On an individual level my child has grown as well as improved academically in the 3 yrs she's attended Goss. I cannot speak for others just my own experience.

While teachers were as effective as they could be, administrator, safety, and protocol are severely lacking. There is no security and people can come and go as they please. The administrator is focused on scores rather that social emotional well-being of student which also includes instruction. Taking things personally means there is no equity or fair contribution to the students. Without having a background in actual classroom management, both principal and coordinator are ill-equipped to run a school. In fact, coordinator with no credentials or teaching certificate which was in classrooms unsupervised without a Certificate of Clearance (COC) for over a year was with students without teacher supervision. In fact, they only have a certificate of clearance and should not be in a coordinator position to begin with and sometimes acts as acting administrator without any certifiable credentials. Unsafe on many levels.