Chapin School

Very good school, my children love it here, especially the special education teachers, very, very good!

My child’s needs were not met and teachers and principal were very dismissive and failed my child. There are many behaviors in this school and lack of resources for families. I ended up taking him out and he is at a private school now.

My son is keep improving. Teachers are doing a great job.

We will be taking our child to a school that will better prepare our child for high school. We are new this year and are extremely disappointed with how the report cards are produced. The teachers just blurt out whatever is on their minds and are unaware that these reports will be carefully scrutinized by high schools. They are sloppily written and don't take into account the entire term, hyperfocusing on the last two weeks or so leading up to the writing of the report card. The problem is that the teachers don't keep a systematic grading system, so they make comments inspired by how they're feeling at the moment they are writing the reports. It's ok not to have grades, but there should be a fair system for creating report cards that doesn't doom students for high school entry. No wonder high school placements are so horrific!

I pulled my four-year-old son from the Pre-4 class at St. Ann's and know others who have pulled their children from the school, as well. My son was belittled, at *four years old* for not being able to read and write yet. He spent his time in pre-school doing worksheets instead of playing. He began telling me he did not want to go back to school, and it is no wonder. The teacher was incredibly rude and condescending to my son's grandmother, criticizing my son *in front of him.* After pulling my son from the school, all of my requests to meet with the principal were ignored. St. Ann's also kept the remainder of my tuition for the rest of the year, despite the fact that I was forced to pull him from the school because of their teacher. Do not send your preschooler to this school!!

Bad school, even worse administrators - they sued hurricane victims for unpaid tuition fees for an entire year when their child didn’t spend one day at school.