Adams Elementary School

The admin doesn’t want any teacher input or anyone (teachers or students) thinking for themselves. They decide everything in a top-down manner while being an admin team entirely unqualified to do so. There are ZERO conversations where teacher input is valued or encouraged. If you voice an opinion you will literally not be asked back to teach there, even if you are a great teacher and they are (always) very short-staffed. (This didn’t even happen to me, but multiple co-workers.) They do many, MANY sketchy things around Special Ed, intervention and ML services. They essentially do not have intervention in a school where most students need it. They are not honest about SpEd and ML services. The admin thinks if you teach the tier 1 curriculum, most students will pick it up despite serving a population with very low proficiency. They also have awful or non-existent curriculum. The math curriculum is outdated and they absolutely do not use Science of Reading. The literacy curriculum is whatever admin came up with at some point. I truly felt guilty working there because of how poorly the students were being served. Also, parents are not allowed in the school. They do not let parents volunteer, or invite them in for any events throughout the year. There is no community aspect to this school. There is no helping your neighbors. There is no support - because admin does not value it or want it. They seem genuinely scared to allow parents to see what the school is really like. Also, the food is awful - barely edible in a way that is offensive to the students attending. They are people, they need real food.

Terrible, my kid was getting hurt by another kid in there class, so what a great parent would do was email the school, he said he would talk to them and he never did, the teachers are hard on kids like 9-11 year olds I’m talking, most teachers are nice but the office is a different story, they expect them to be little angels 24/7, and people were worried about things outside of school. If you send your kid here please only for K-3

Park terrace is an amazing school! They tailor the learning to each student. The teachers go above and beyond! They meet each student where they are at. The have some many cool programs to help kids learn about much more then math and reading! It is a diverse community that accepts all people. My kids and I love park terrace so much! Principal Perkins is a gift to the school!

I have had multiple experiences with many children going to University avenue. Many different years. My daughter was not helped with dyslexia and they even mocked me for trying to get her help. Luckily I found a tutor that we paid for out of pocket and she was able to read 2 months later after they kept doing interventions and none of them helped her. They also never allowed her in the talent contest for 5 years she tried out. She is bi racial and I never thought it was because of that until years later my grandson attended there and they kept sending him home they even made him go to Compass learning center in kindergarten and they said he was too young for that. He was being disciplined. They picked on him until they finally sent him to Morris Bye for a level 3 learning. Immediately there was a better learning situation for him. At Morris Bye they did not even think he needed a level 3 and he is thriving there.They also started picking on my grandson's cousin for behavior issues she is also not white. I would seriously question sending my child here if they are not white. This school treats non white students like criminals.