Vanderlyn Elementary School

Very Good and very strict school in Dunwoody area. My daughter goes to 1'st grade here.

We simply love Kingsley, a STEAM certified school. They really excel at providing project-based enrichment opportunities - including Montessori Mondays where students get to rotate to 2 different specials classes (e.g. in one of them called Writer's Workshop, my daughter spent 9 weeks writing her own books). The STEM lab and Art studios are both amazing, and the club opportunities are so cool too. My daughter is in an all-girls club called STEM Gems, and they've gotten her hooked on coding!! We feel so fortunate to be at this gem of a school!

Chesnut is wonderful. I love how equally diverse the school is and that all subgroups are performing well. The school has many activities for kids to get involved with and my son loves being a Chesnut Cougar.

My child's second grade teacher did absolutely nothing to protect her against being bullied and abused by other students. The teachers were not watching the children during recess when my child was repeatedly attacked, ostracized, and physically abused by other children. When my child was touched inappropriately by other students it was not taken seriously by the teacher, the assistant principal, or the counselor. The claim was never completely investigated and my child lived in fear of these monsters for years. It took years for my child to speak up about what actually happened. I am outraged as a parent that this was ever allowed to happen and that it occured due to a complete neglect of supervision and oversight by a careless teacher. Let me put it plainly - There are child aged predators in this community and the playgrounds are not well supervised. Teachers stand around in groups and talk while children are left to defend themselves against older predatory aggressors.My child was afraid because the counselor did not believe their claims and the second grade teacher did not help when my child went to her for help. Her teacher was supposed to protect her but instead made things worse by leaving the class unattended for long periods of time, and ignoring when I brought up my concerns. When I raised concerns as a parent they were not taken seriously and only partly investigated. If your child is now in middle school you need to start asking difficult questions about their experiences at Dunwoody Elementary.If you are anything but the all american white family with a large dunwoody home you will be treated as inferior by teachers, parents, staff, and management. I personally witnessed mistreatment of minority families during the registration process. The fact that parent volunteers check your address on a google map is insulting and discriminatory practice. The commentary from these so called volunteers that some received at this part of the registration process is unbelievable. The fast pass registration system is also discriminatory. Not all families can afford these large donations to get into shorter registration lines.

The school is closed....It closed in 2018

We love CCA which is a wonderful school with small- sized classroom. Teachers and staffs are caring and attentive. Kids are polite and friendly. We believe it is a good choice to let our daughter be in CCA.