Divine Providence

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We have been a part of the Divine Providence family since 2016. The principal, Mrs. Foleno, at the time was an exemplary individual. She was always warm, welcoming, communicative and engaging. Many schools have gone through the transition of merging due to a decline of enrollment and our school was blessed enough to remain open but our sister school, Divine Infant, was not so fortunate. With the merge came administrative changes that made many uncertain for what the future was to hold. Fast forward to 2022 and we have been with the current principal for 3 years and I can't help but to feel let down by the manner in which the school has metamorphosed into a school I hardly recognize. Since her start, communication has been lack luster if anything at all. E-mails go without responses and she is unapproachable. There have been over 10 faculty/teachers that have abruptly left. The principal is hardly seen during lunch as she is constantly out. Pick-up lines start to see cars as early as 2:00 P.M to find a decent place in line or parking and she is already gone for the school day. I have had the pleasure of developing close relationships with faculty at the school that have openly discussed their lack of support from their administration and frankly seeing D.P as any business establishment: if you see that it is a revolving door for employees that you are unable to keep that is a major red flag. The morale of the teachers is struggling at best from the lack of communication and support from their principal and it shows. There is very little support for children outside of the classroom setting. So much so that families have outsourced to tutoring to supplement for D.P. Considering private school doesn't have the hierarchy like traditional public school we see no solution as to bettering the situation except for removing our children from D.P. It truly is sad.

This school has changed in many ways since the current principal has been there and not for the better.

You will get a great foundation for High School here at DP and all of the teachers are enthusiastic about their jobs, which makes absorption better for the students.

Hi my name is Micki Perez, 7 months ago my daughter passed away from Covid 19, she left me with 2 boys ages 4-11. I have both at this school and I want to be honest, the 4 years old is in pre K and his teachers are great, he is been learning everyday, they care about him, I have no complaint about his teachers. BUTThe other one is 11 years, we have been thru hell and back with 2 of his teachers. He is in 5th grade.He is seeing grieving therapy and regular counseling since the death of his mom, I think this is the worse time of his life, the lost of a mom its very hard, specially at this age. These teachers haven't show any compassion, nor empathy to him. The counselor explained to them that his behavior is part of the grieving process and the basically laugh at her. They show no respect for our lost. My grandson never received a word of love or compassion from these teachers, they told me they don't have time for that, and that no one can talk to him because they don't even have a priest. These 2 teachers basically told me take your kid out of our school we don't want to deal with him. Its very sad that teachers like this are in school, if you cant deal deal with kids them work in another place. There is one teacher there who is the one who run this place, even over the principal, she will go over the principal and its whatever she says. On the other hand I have to thank Linda Hawkins- registration coordinator, and other 5th grade teachers that have treated my kid with respect. Just be careful if your kid is going to 5th grade and he may have a temporary or permanent special need, he may not be welcome at this school.