Lincoln School

The school got its rating up from being very bad a few years back by teaching to test. Their academics are not great or challenging. Advanced students are completely neglected while less advanced students are the main focus to prevent them from dropping the school's test scores. About half the day is devoted to just focusing on materials that will make the school look good when test scores come in. Not a good school if you want your child to learn more outside of tests or if you have a child that you want to experience intellectual challenges. Meadowlark and Sacajawea are much better schools for advanced children, because they prioritize them and go out of their way to accommodate their needs. Meadowlark is very competitive, and Sacajawea is more laid back and friendly. The staff at Sacajawea are incredibly friendly and kind, they genuinely care about the children and actually connect with them personally. The teachers at Chief Joe seem to be disconnected from bonding with students or pausing to understand who they are and how they could benefit as individuals. That being said, it's a safe environment. Children with special needs or who are struggling are the main focus if your child has those needs. It much better than a number of other schools in town with negative environments and openly hostile staff.

Simply awful. The bullying has been a huge problem at this school and that is mostly because of the inconsistency among staff in dealing with their bullies. Most of the time, your child will be dismissed by recess aides and told they are tattling and go play nice. When you as the parent go in and talk with the staff you will be met with concerned faces and they will reassure you it will be stopped. And that's about all you'll get because it doesn't stop. It goes on and it gets worse.

Would never send my children here again. Child was assaulted daily until we took her out and they chalked it up to bullying they didn't want to deal with. If anyone asks me, I'd tell them to never let their kids go here. A lot of undisciplined Parkdale kids in here.

Having dealt with most of the teachers in this school for 8 years and 2 children, I found that some of the teachers love their jobs and it showed in their teachings.

Over the last 8 years I've had three children attend Sunnyside. The teachers, administrative staff, and leadership there contributed to a very memorable experience for my girls. Mr. Moore and Mrs. Rausch are exceptional and Mrs. Lisa in the office is very kind and efficient. The Principal, Mr. Boyd, is very fair and has no tolerance for bullying. Mr. Boyd and Mrs. Rausch will call parents just to say that kids are doing well or being good citizens and that's something we always really appreciated. Sunnyside has set high expectations for us as we're looking for new schools out of state. You won't regret enrolling your kiddos there :)