Shipley's Choice Elementary School

Great teachers and staff! My girls go there and they both love it. Great PTO.

Pasadena is a good school with an Autism Program that is severly lacking. My son is autistic and attended Pasadena from Kindergarten through 5th grade. I do not think Pasadena is equipped to handle the needs of their students with disabilities. The entire time my son was enrolled I constantly received contradicting information from the staff at the school. I received constant calls to advise the my son was hit by other students. Twice he was able to elope from the school. There was also an incident where my son was abused by a teacher aide and that aide was fired due to the incident. My son is now moving on to Middle School and I am battling the county where his next placement will be. I was given incorrect information regarding his placement earlier in year and not advised of the chances til mere weeks before school ended. I think Pasadena is a good place for typical children but if your child has special needs I cannot recommend Pasadena based on the difficulties we faced.

My daughter was not paying attention, calling out, being bullied, failed all test, bad grades, telling her the teachers did nothing to help her. Used to have a behavior chart sent home everyday for her. We moved schools and shes literally a different kid. Everything is so much better now.

My kids loved this school. The pre-k program is amazing and the community schools programs for younger children were such a nice touch. The teachers are very kind and personable. If ever we had an issue the administration handled it swiftly and kept me in the loop. My family was very sad to leave, and cherished our moments at Southgate.