Vera Ralya Elementary School

I pulled my daughter out of Donley two weeks in to the school year! I received a phone call from the automated system saying that my 6 year old was absent from school, but I put her on the bus my self that morning. I immediately called the school to make sure that it was a mistake, but found out that for the first 30 - 40 minutes of the school day her teacher did not know where she was.When I asked what happened, and if the buses were late getting to the school, her teacher told me nonchalantly that the buses were on time, and that she figured my daughter was just late because she was eating breakfast in the lunch room. The teacher proceeded to tell me that she sent my daughter back out of her kindergarten class with no adult supervision to get a tardy slip at the main office. She has two adult aids in her class, but chose to send her alone back into the hallway to find her way to the main office. When I asked her why she did not send my daughter to the office with supervision, she told me that my daughter is old enough to find her way around the school, and that kindergarten students are expected to know their way around by the second week. I later found out that my daughter was wandering the halls with an older girl, during the time that her teacher was not aware of her whereabouts. I picked her up immediately and switched her to Whitehills right away.

I would choose this school over any of the private schools in the area. Totally charming.

0/10 my son would fake sick so he wouldn't have to go

I am a former student at this school (I am a girl, and was the only girl in my class) I went to this school in 5-6th grade, the teachers were nice. However, the people (the boys) in my class constantly belittled me for no reason at all. Most times they got away with it with a "warning". I became friends with people in a grade above me, and that helped a LOT. The education was really good, and I learned a lot there. I would recommend this school, because overall it is a great school, but my experience was not very good with some of the students there. Hope this helps.