Ernest W. Seaholm High School

I am writing to formally express my serious concerns regarding the environment and conduct at this school. I have seen and experienced behavior that I believe reflects discrimination and a lack of professionalism among staff. There appears to be a pattern of inadequate teaching practices, as well as a failure to appropriately address incidents of bullying. I have witnessed staff members speaking to students in a disrespectful manner, including an instance where an old teacher inappropriately asked a student "how much do your parents make."Most concerning is the treatment of my child, who I believe has been treated differently due to their race. This unequal treatment is unacceptable and raises serious concerns about bias and inclusivity within the school. All students deserve to feel safe, respected, and supported in their learning environment. I urge the administration to take these concerns seriously and to investigate and address these issues promptly to ensure a fair and respectful environment for all students. This school gives me the worst and creepiest vibes ever.

My daughter currently is a kindergarten student at Quarton. So far, at least, I have only positive things to say about the teachers and principal, as well as the parents and community, and recommend the school unequivocally. In fact, my wife and I based our decision to move from San Francisco, California, to our Quarton Lake Estates residence specifically because of its close proximity to the well-regarded Quarton elementary school. Having said that, I do have one issue with this school, which is its poor management of the car pickup and drop off line process. For example, certain parents feel entitled to cut in line for afternoon pickup, showing up at the last minute and cutting in front of all of the other cars who have waited patiently in line for 10-45 minutes to get their kids. The school needs to implement some system to penalize these offenders because it is totally unacceptable. No one should be entitled to cut in line for pickup; we all have jobs to do and have places to go, after all. That said, I love the school and recommend it highly.

Save your money and take your business and your child elsewhere. This institution is lead by incompetent leadership that entirely disregards genuine Montessori practices nor provides it instructors with the respect and dignity they earn and deserve each day. The Head of School does not hold the formal Montessori training or the demeanor as prescribed by Montessori to be an instructor much less the Head of the school. Top notch teachers have been terminated without cause or reason, only to be replaced by by teaching assistants that also do not possess or hold the same level of credentials or experience. Its simply non-sensical. Additionally, it was apparent that The Head of this school (her name is Judy) is highly disliked by staff and parents alike, and has been for years. Why would a change not have been made long ago? The ever changing and detached Board of Directors are equally as incompetent and simply do not care, so long as they can continue taking in grant money and funds and non-refundable parent payments. They lack any serious motivation to function fairly, properly, transparently and with any level of moral ethic and integrity one would expect from a non-profit educational institution home based in Birmigham Michigan. They should be ashamed and remorseful to operate and function the way they do. Again, save your time & money with your child's best interest in mind and find a better place for early childhood development, ESPECIALLY if Judy is STILL at the helm. Seriously.

I have had a great experience with my daughter. She has grown so much here! She is learning Arabic and we don’t speak the language at home. She was recently evaluated outside of school and her math, phonics, and spelling are far above grade level.The staff is really caring. The class sizes are small, and the school is a great community.

The teachers are caring and wonderful. The education is great if your child wants to learn and pays attention. Sadly the parents are very clicky, any great review is because they are part of it. There are ways to reach that status but its never enough if they don't want you in their circle. It’s true parents talk about the kids and their parent which in turn makes the child unpopular. The assistant principle has tried to bring the kids together and has tried to make the disruptive kids accountable, but the parents (the special families) are outraged instead of working with the school and educate the kids to be respectful to adults and their peers. They cannot and will not accept any wrong doing. It is disheartening! New kids don't usually come back after their first year. Its not about not living in the area, we live in Quarton Estates,Birmingham and donate generously. Many of these horrible parents are my neighbors and have never ever included my child for anything to help her fit in. At school parents that volunteer care for their own first and then the others. If you say anything or call them out, they will shun you, and they make it worse. Most of them will go to Marian, good luck, these girls are viciously mean. Its a strong community, a community of bullies. Many of these families are moving on, but I pray that the meanness mitigates, it really has potential to be a great happy school.

My child just took their first standardized test and is several grade levels above their actual grade. All of her friends are above too! The teachers are doing a great job!