William Beye Elementary School

My son thrives at Whittier. We moved to Oak Park from Nevada because of the school district reputation for supporting kids with ADHD. This school gives our son the supports he needs to excel academically. He is making friends and he is learning to manage his strong feelings and meet his academic potential.I am so happy we landed not only in Oak Park, but at Whittier.

This place sucks nobody listens to teachers. I watched a kid YELL a slur and nobody said anything.

I wouldn't recommend this school to my sorst enemy for their children to attend. The display favoritism among the students, I have heard of school employees engaging in arguments with and cursing student. There was even an instance of 2 students, who are sister's in 7th & 8th grades, along with their mother actually jumping on another student and her mother! Neither one of the sister's or their mother was disciplined for the attack, they suffered no consequences while the student whose mother was attacked lost all of her graduation privilege's. They have been allowed to continue with all school activities because the staff sides with these type of individuals. The principal has no control and has no idea how to be a leader! I will be contacting the board of education about the misdeeds of the students and staff at this horrible school. If you value you're children's safety and education then you may want to look into other schools because this school and it's staff is terrible!!

This school is TERRIBLE. Do not send your kids here. Teachers are immature. Kids are allowed to bully with little to no consequences. The students also lie on other students. After care workers are terrible, they will lie and pick with children. Teachers aren't equipped to be teachers. They have mold in the school and some of the lunch has mold in it. Kids shouldn't feel like this is all their worth because this is a private school. They're charging for an education when there's nothing special about what they are teaching. They penalize the whole class based off the wrong doing of one student. They have so many extras working there that shouldn't even be working with kids. They feel like they can talk to students however they want but when students respond they get in trouble. They send out certain people to make their school look good. They also put on an act when that's not their true character. The communication is terrible and they will even stop responding to you.

We absolutely love Alcuin. Our son has thrived in the Primary classroom, and our daughter is new to the Toddler class. Both children are happy and actually look forward to going to school! Since starting at Alcuin, my daughter has shown significant progress with her verbal skills and interest in potty training/toilet learning. It's only been a short time, but the difference in her is truly remarkable. For those considering a high-quality, Montessori education in a loving environment, look no further!

Overall my experience at this school had been great. My adult daughter attended this school and now her children attend.