Palmer Park Preparatory Academy

Thank you for allowing me to review the schools performance and impact on my grandsons. I must say I am impressed although I only gave a 3-star rating. I currently live in Arizona. I was visiting in town and I had the opportunity to pick my grandsons up from school. Let me be clear. I didn’t get a chance to speak with teachers or school administrators. But I was on the property. The school and property needs work (the main reason for 3-star rating). Gesu being across from U of D is a moot point when the Gesu property is so unkept. Inside there are broken water fountains in use? Unsafe and not healthy for anyone, less known 3-5 year olds. Floors are not clean. Unsafe and not healthy for anyone. I spoke to one parent who told me about one teacher who he described as a “task master”. I won’t name names because my review is not meant to be an indictment. But the parent said the teacher yells and singles out 3-5 year olds in front of the entire class. Unsafe and not healthy. Public school teachers know better than to do that to a 3-5 year old child. Then he went on to describe how the teacher did not allow the students to wear Halloween costumes although the entire school, including the principle wore a costume for Halloween. He said she is the “task master”, as if her class was a jail. From what that parent said, it sounds like a public school where teachers have a good heart but are overwhelmed by the responsibility of being a private school teacher. But like I said in the beginning I am impressed with my grandsons knowledge base. And the most important FACT is my grandsons wake up every school day EAGER to learn. For that I am grateful to the school and the staff. Thank you

There is no behavior enforcement at this school. The students do whatever they want inside and outside of the classroom. This greatly affects ALL students in the class' ability to learn. It also greatly affects the children who are on the right track to follow the majority of the children onto the wrong track; their behavior and respect level diminishes. The children do not take their classes or school seriously and can pass with little to no effort all school year. The childrens' focus is on romance with one another rather than on learning and witnesses have told me that the teachers and staff do nothing about this focus on romance and that much of the staff and teachers actually encourage it or just look past kids kissing in the hallway or girls and boys chasing one another hitting them to flirt in the hallways. They do this when they are late for and should already be in class as well as before class time starts.

Please do not send your child to this school.They do not care about your child’s safety! They only care about their paychecks. Since the staff are only concerned with the problem children, unfortunately, your child will be left behind. All of the honor roll children are left to defend for themselves. The principal is not worth a damn thing! Ever since Mr. Robinson have been the principal the school has declined in every shape you can possibly think of. None of the children respect him, because he talks down to them & he’s always bragging about the money he makes being in charge of the school. I can go on & on…This is a warning to our concerning parents do not send your child to this school and expect greatness! This school is only for CHILDREN WITH PROBLEMS!! They are lucky I had to give them one star, because they don’t deserve any stars

Bagley is now a high performing neighborhood school. The school is among the highest performing Elementary Schools in the city of Detroit. It truly is a wonderful place with excellent culture and climate. The teachers are awesome!

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