Bushwick Ascend Charter School

This school is horrendous, there’s only 1 good teacher for every 10 horrible teachers, I spent my middle school years here and its awful there, the current principal is senseless and doesn’t care about her students, some teachers here are extremely biased and won’t care about your opinion or what you have to say because they favor their favorites so there’s no justice in this school and only injustice and hypocrisy, I DO NOT recommend sending your child here, many of the children in this school are unmotivated and emotionally and physically drained with all the work the school puts on them, they give the students test that don’t benefit them and just makes the school money and just keeps mentally depriving the students, if you want an ACTUAL education consider your options before choosing this school it’s not a good place and full with two faced people who don’t care about education but only money.

Bushwick Ascend Middle School is led by an inexperienced and ineffective principal lacking certification in school leadership or qualification to teach grades 7th and 8th. This leader prioritizes appearing competent over the well-being of students, resulting in the resignation of over twenty teachers. Challenging policies geared against students' social-emotional and academic needs leads to reprimands and potential job loss. The principal's focus on personal advancement rather than student and family care contributes to a deteriorating school environment. The disciplinarian, endorsed by the principal, further compounds issues. The entire network appears questionable, impeding parental access to board meetings and presenting inaccurate data. Urgent intervention from the state to address and potentially close the school is warranted.

Wonderful! If I had a choice to pick this school for my children all over again, I would do it!

I will be taking my kid out come June and im waiting that long bc i dont want the transition to affect her mid year.

Ms Knappen comes across as concerned until you attempt to reach her via phone, which is nearly impossible. She never return calls. Not even to convey that someone else will and can assist you. I’m glad she’s leaving