City Polytechnic High School Of Engineering Archi

This school needs new leadership, new support staff and a few new teachers. As a new parent with a child in school for the first time, I have never experienced such an unorganized and unprofessional school. This school is being ran by amateurs and sometimes, the individuals who claim they work there look like people they picked up off the streets. In a school with such a small amount of children there are too many people walking around (without identification) claiming to be support staff. No one ever introduces themselves and they all seem to be involved with the children for one reason or another. At times, when I pick up and drop my child there are so many people just there hanging around (not parents or teachers) in the auditorium doing absolutely nothing but yelling at the kids and pulling them off the lines when they think they've seen their parent. There is no organization and the rules at this school change frequently. One week pick up is at one time. The next week it changes. There is no consistency. Another issue is Communication here is unreliable. Whoever is running their social media and Class Dojo needs to be fired. The informational fliers are never clear and are almost always missing important information such as dates, links, etc. There is so much more I can say but one thing's for sure, we will not be returning to this school for another year. I don't know how or why this school is still open.

I adore this school. It has fostered my love for learning in every way imaginable, and I do honestly believe that it is on par academically with other NY private schools. Of course some of the teachers and students aren't the best, but not to a more significant degree than any other school. They have an amazing language and English program, science program is definitely improving, and I love my math teacher. Would not recommend it if your child loves history or athletics, but other than that I would recommend it to literally anyone. As a current middle schooler, I feel that its no-grade policy has made me love learning and seek out the classes I love and allowed me to grow in those as opposed to what I think I'll get an A in. I have heard of alcohol/drug use in the high school, but not. at all in the middle school. The staff (especially security) are all lovely and create a very safe and comfortable learning environment, and I look forward to going there every day. It's been an amazing experience to go there since I was 3, and I'd highly recommend it to any parent or child who loves learning and wants to set themselves up for success.

The high school is seriously underfunded and there are more and more administrators making big salaries. They are really just interested in their image rather then improving problems within the school. There are some great teachers but there are lots of people who are just trying to keep their job. I wish the board would wake up and make some changes.