Valley View Middle School

I really really love this school, my little one is very happy

Mis dos hijos estudiaron ahi y siempre me ayudaron las maestras muy lindas y siempre se comunicaban con migo Y le daban latida para terapia de lenguaje estoy agradecida por la ayuda dada ahí mi hija extraña esa escuela y sus maestras

My child went to this school after we moved from nyc, he noticed the difference right away. Although they are firm and strict on their requirements teachers don’t stress it out and my child is not under so much pressure. In nyc he was constantly aware of the competition among students for specialized schools in the future and if he didn’t understand something he felt like failing. Central elementary just doing their job, encouraging and preparing children for life without making them feel like they are on a racetrack

While children have had caring teachers and we are deeply grateful for the dedication of our children’s classroom teachers, and building-level staff who show up every day with heart and effort, often working under conditions that lack adequate support and increasing demands. Our overall experience has been overshadowed by persistent failures within the Special Services department—especially around safety, communication, follow-through, and delivery of services our children are legally entitled to. We've raised serious safety concerns through the proper channels, with little resolution or accountability. This isn’t a reflection of classroom teachers, who are doing their best—it’s a systemic issue that needs awareness. To quote another source, “Bayberry is no longer the crown jewel on the hill it once was” Families should be aware that navigating this system often requires significant outside support and self-advocacy. This should not be the norm.

DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILDREN HERE!!!! My sister and I went to this school and had a horrible experience. We both have ADHD, and despite this school’s reputation as the perfect school for special needs, both of our needs were not just unprovided for, but completely neglected and shamed at times. My sister’s teacher saw her struggling with the materials, and instead of taking the time to help her understand when she expressed that she didn’t, she chose to send demeaning, passive aggressive letters home, demeaning her and saying that she didn’t pay attention in class (she did. She just didn’t understand.) Her lack of care for my sister in turn caused me to have to tutor her on a certain lesson, with her sending a letter back after I did saying that we did not do it the ‘right’ way (AKA the way she wanted it done.) She was also slapped by a boy in her class and the school neglected to tell us completely. Didn’t find out until she came home and said something. Many more experiences with this teacher, but onto my experience. I had a negative experience with both the kids and adults, with one specific child behaving weirdly around me (which I will not go into further detail on to protect my privacy, but she not only called me a slur multiple times, but did several other things that traumatized me.) The adults had zero knowledge of this, so I will not fault them for most of it, but they were infact there when the table I was at brought up a certain word and it was eventually said to me, very loudly. Either nobody heard or it was willfully ignored. Running out of space so teacher actions are in bullet points.Told me I was failing when I wasn’tThrew the homework bin at me when I said I’d turned it in and told me to look for it if I really did (it was in there, didn’t receive apology)Forced me to throw a drawing in the class infront of the class when I was doodling during classLoudly asked me if I had taken my meds when I was distracted INFRONT OF THE CLASS.Got mad at me for not doing my hw when I went out for my grandpa’s birthday, excused her favorite student when he knew he had hw but went out for ice cream for no reason Shut door in my face when coming back from recess, blamed it on me for being “too slow”More I don't want to list for my privacy.In short, DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO THE UPPER SCHOOL. Lower school is okay if you want to. NOT THE UPPER SCHOOL.