Swansea Elementary School

This is the worst run school in DPS. I was encouraged to send my kids to this school through the positive things I had heard of this school through a Facebook mom group. But having my kids here has been the worst decision. It is clear that the school is so poorly managed. There is high turnover at this school with often times classrooms not having a full time teacher throughout the entire year. Classes relying fully on various substitute teachers coming in and out. On top of all of this. The Principal did not announce that the school would have an additional 5 teachers leaving for next year until AFTER choice round 1 closed. Jenks is the worst principal and clearly does not care about staff, students or families. We have applied for choice round 2 and now because of their incompetency and disregard for families, my kids will be at 2 different schools for the following year. AVOID COLUMBINE AT ALL COSTS.

We are new to Garden Place this year and their Montessori system but could not be happier with our decision to enroll our son in the ECE program. We have found his teachers and school faculty in general to be very welcoming and involved with his learning process on a day-to-day basis, providing plenty of feedback and as much attention as he needs. I am confident that he would not have matured and prospered as much in his first year of formal schooling if he was in a different or traditional pre-school setting. I am encouraged that having Montessori in a public school will be a good balance of independent learning principles set to the standards and core expectations of traditional schooling. I love the diversity and urban setting of the community school with the city as a backdrop. We look forward to keeping our son enrolled there and hopefully have his younger sister there in a couple years as well.

The staff is really disrespectful including the principal she is the worst it seems that instead of caring for there students they only care about just sitting around doing nothing the regulations for this school is a total joke starting with the uniforms the students are there to learn and it seems that principal cates more about how there uniform looks the school overall is terrible specially because the building is so old it seems that as soon as you walk in the school its going to fall down

I totally love the culture in Cole. My children love how teachers treat them. The principal is open to talk if any issue is happening. They are really supportive with their students and families. My kids are reading above grade level. The academic level is getting better everysingle year!!!

This is been an absolutely wonderful school for my daughter! We will be sad and excited all at the same time when she moves on to 1st grade. She has learned so much academically and socially in this environment. She has the ability to focus on tasks from start to finish, is already reading at a rather high level and is very independent. These children are cherished as individuals at this school. My daughter has also learned how to respect others and this is taught and highly valued at Garfield. The children here learn how to deal with problems and interactions with others and take responsibilty for themselves at a young age. It's been a wonderful experience and the director and teachers are exceptional.