Whiting Lane School

A soul crushing experience. Can't even begin to describe the damage done to our youngest daughter--"missed" diagnosis of a math learning disability. Since she tested as a low average on standardized tests, they kept telling us there was nothing wrong. The crazy "Trailblazer" (I like to call it "Failblazer") math curriculum was uniformly despised by teachers and parents. Yet, it continued for a full 10 years until they realized that practice, repetition, and rehearsal were critical for learning math skills. Add to this an obsession--and I mean OBSESSION--around test scores, and no acknowledgement and/or enrichment for superior writing and reading skills and you get the idea. Finally, there was a "red,yellow,green" behavior/discipline approach in which a student would be asked to turn his/her color accordingly. I'd be hard pressed as an adult to do my best work if I had to turn my color from "green" to "yellow" in front of my peers. It didn't change behavior, only served to humiliate. Brother. So glad to be out of there...

My child has been at this school for 5 years. The last 4 years I have tried to get her out. She has been waitlisted each year. Every year the school goes down. They lack supervision. Kids do whatever they want. They have no respect for authority. Security Officers are a joke. Some teachers care while others show up to collect a paycheck. Office staff can be very rude. My child has expressed that she doesn't feel safe and the staff could care less. Academically this school sucks. My child is a bright kid always scoring very high on the state testing. She does not feel challenged at all here so I have to find ways to challenge her at home so she doesn't get bored. I am afraid that if she does get accepted somewhere else she is going to be behind. There are so many kids that go there that are disruptive so the ones who want to learn can't. I DO NOT recommend sending your child here. Find any other school to place your child.

its a very amazing school it helps any student with anything they or try to fulfill our request

My daughter thrived at STA. Mrs. Disanto was always fair and the teachers were all fabulous. I would give them 5 stars for sure!!!