Belaire High School

This school is very passionate about all parents who are concerned about there children

The principal, Shayla Hollins lack compassion. Her attitude is horrible as a professional, that deals with children. Be prepared to get an attitude if you’re pressing her about your own child and the way they supervise the kids. Everything is downplayed. I hate that I can’t send my child to a school that we pay taxes too! Horrible experience. So happy he’s not there and it did not even last 5 months. At his new school, in one week…I got the order and connection I needed as a parent. Love his new school. If we had 5 more kids they’d never step foot in this school.

They have targeted my child as a problem child when she’s brand new to the school and is being bullied. She sticks up for herself and others and is still singled out. She’s was in 2nd grade and finished her last 3 months there and was crying before school everyday. Her teacher was rude to her and does not handle problems well. One of the faculty members hit my vehicle multiple times because my daughter was wearing shorts a smidge too short for dress down day, i simple phone call to get new clothes would have sufficed.

My child attended this school for 3 years. It's been a D rated school the whole time. Nothing has improved. There are no activities to motivate the students. No field trips. The so called field day was terrible. Communication is terrible. I send emails asking questions about my child's progress and there are no responses. There's no PTO. The teachers don't even seem to be motivated. For teacher appreciation week, I sent something for each of my child's teacher. My child was the only child in her class to give them something. One of the days she had given a candy jar to the principal. She opened the jar, took out the candy that she wanted and gave it back to my child. I thought that was so disgusting and unappreciative of her. If my child had to attend another year there, I would take advantage of the School Choice and move her somewhere else. I just don't understand why nothing is done to improve this school. I realize it takes more than the teachers. Parents have to be involved as well. This school and others like it are failing our students.

If you're child has a disability that has not been diagnosed yet, I recommend not sending them here. We were told the school would work with us while we were waiting for a diagnosis, but this is not true. He's 5 and got suspended after attending for less than a month. They just look at him as any other "troublemaker" instead of viewing it as something he can't control. When asking about these things, the principal wanted to talk about numbers and statistics rather than what we can do to help the individual child. She said until he has a diagnosis there's nothing they will do, even though we were told different in the beginning. Considering they are a failing school, it seems that bringing up statistics is a moot point, especially when we're calling trying to discuss the issues with our child.