Jacob G. Smith Elementary School

These people put an autistic child in a plywood box and called it a “cool down box”. WTOC has the article! DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT SEND YOUR BABY HERE!!!

Haven is a despicable school and needs to be closed down. They don't protect the kids from bullying and constantly tell them to let a teacher know BUT they don't do anything about it. My kids will definitely not be attending this juvenile facility next year.

Unorganized, rude, can’t keep the actual good staff and the resource officer is so nasty constantly getting upset for having to do his job.

Teaching to the middle of the pack. If you have a high achiever, don't bother. Ask the high school administrators what schools send the best prepared students - it will not be this one.

Stay far away from Calvary. They put off an image on social media that they are Christian based but the administration acts far from it. They discriminate against any child who shows signs of disability by falsely accusing them of behavioral issues. Stories of incident's are inconsistent and out of character for your child, and administration is dismissive when confronted. Dr. Chadwick admitted mismanagement and lack of training between the ELC and lower school program. Our son went through there evaluations in ELC and then the Bridge To pre-k summer program. We were informed he was absolutely ready for pre-k, that we would be doing a disservice to him keeping him back. Example being, there was an Activity on the wall in the summer program where he was the only student who finished it. With an August birthday, we were prepared to do that but trusted them with our child’s future.I won’t pretend my child is perfect, He is a normal 4 year old with high energy, but very intelligent. Once we informed them, especially his pre k teacher, he was on a waitlist to be evaluated for ADHD, things changed. He was sent home almost daily with accusations of incidents that made him seem feral. His art work wasn’t being displayed on the walls like the other kids. When asked to review camera footage to see some of these claims we were denied and dismissed which raises safety concerns. We asked Dr. Chadwick what steps were being taken to help progress training and certifications for children, especially the Covid babies entering that level. He dismissed us stating the desire for “partnership” had been broken. Our son was dismissed from the pre-program 2 weeks after the start of the school year. They had very little remorse or desire to work with us as we tried everything possible. They didn’t care as they cut off Communication. They took our money and ran offering no refund. They kept most of his school supplies we bought. Now our 4 year old has no school, and is on waitlists after the year has started. The emotional damage he has received by now saying he’s scared to go back to big kid school is irreversible. Calvary should be reviewed by the U.S board of education for lack of certifications and discrimination.