School 25 Nathaniel Hawthorne

1. Issues are swept under the rug. 2. After principal Palermo left, the school is out of control. The current principal & vice principal walks around all day with a walkie talkie like they are working. Or, they aren't in the office to meet with parents. 3. The red (bad), yellow (so-so), and green (great) daily behavior process is a waste of time. Just call or email the parents from time with concerns about behavior. It's common sense. 4. Teachers don't answer calls or voicemails. 5. When problems arise between students in the classroom, most teachers send the children to another class without notifying parents. 6. The school lunch is not up to par. The lunchroom staff have to step their game up; I know you have rodents and other issues, I saw the reports online.This school is very small and old. Clara Barton # 2 needs a makeover inside and out.Hire staff that wants to teach and teach well. Create an inviting environment for parents. In my opinion, the school needs to close down.

I'm actually a old student I just got out of this school it's really a good school the teachers are nice buttt likee if u have a bad time in 5 school it's probably bc of the students and not the teachers yes some teachers can be a annoying some times but like the school is really good the art teacher really nice the library teacher really nice mrs Garcia really nice and cool in 6grade we had a dance it was Soo fun the food was pretty good the dance floor was nice the music it was I thought the music was going to be blame but it was really fun and I had a good time this school it's really good I never really got in trouble yeah I was in some drama but that doesn't really matter I can say I had one teacher that only reason cared about who side she heard first and I hated that I ain't going to say whoo but yeah 5 school is a really good school the lunch is ok the only time the school lunch is good is when they have chicken or pizza ok byee

My children love attending this school. Improvements can be made and the school leaders works hard for their students.

Truly from a 0-20 I would rate my school a 15

I would not recommend this school to anybody, the students are out of control and the staff seems to not be able to control them. Is hard for the students to learn in this type of environment.

Go out and just walk around the grounds. Ask how children in wheelchairs and walkers acess the playground? The lack of accessibility in and out of this buiding. Walk in the GEM classrooms and see how Ipads and smart board are nothing more than youtube players. ABC' and 123,a few favoriate nursery rhymes thrown in. No adaptive PE offered. The students with disabilities are well fed. Kept clean. They stay in their own rooms are far from the general school population as possible. It's an out of date model and I feel sorry for any parent who thinks they have to settle for this school.The parents need to advicate & agitate for better from RCSD.