Penn Alexander School

The school is not the worst place to send my child with autism but not the best place according to my experience as a parent of a special needs child. No one on here has talked about this area at all and it needs to be addressed. I just don't agree with or like the school or school district mixed my child who is moderately on the spectrum with kids that are more severely autistic up in the same classrooms for years in a row now. My son got bit twice by another child last school year and they placed that same child that bit him a few times back in the same class with him this school year and he's in 5th grade now. I feel my son is still traumatized by this kid that bit him since he acts out whenever that kid comes around him in class or if the kid is near my son on the school bus. I just don't feel my child with autism is safe there alone at the school without his behavior technician there with him. The school really needs to get that together now. I plan to move my son to another school for next school year when he goes to 6th grade that will cater to autism where I feel I don't have to hear about bitting incidences and I know he's in a safer environment. Get this together Henry Lea!!

I cannot sing my praises enough about this hidden gem of a daycare and preschool. Both of my children attended TIES TOTS daycare and preschool. My daughter went from 15 months through PK. My son went from 2-years-old until present (he's 3-years-old currently). Both of my children were loved and looked after by their teachers - starting from Sister Laila and Sister Burtukhan in the toddler room - and through their preschool experience with Sister Mensura, Sister Jannah, Sister Fatimah and others. They learned so much and my daughter was beyond Kindergarten ready when she entered K last October. TIES TOTS is now a Keystone STARS 3 facility and are well are on their way to becoming a STARS 4. Sister Manal does an excellent job of leading TIES TOTS, securing resources for the school and providing professional development for the teachers. Unlike most preschools and daycares that have high turnover, that is not the case in general at TIES TOTS, so you can rest assured that the teachers your kids start off with at the beginning of the year will be with them for the duration of the year and beyond. Lastly, the diversity in this school is incredible - from the staff to the students. My children were blessed to have teachers with backgrounds from Morocco, Africa, China, Ukraine, as well as African American and white teachers. Their classmates also were just as diverse, with a handful of multiracial students. Thank you for all you do for our community and children, TIES TOTS!

I need to notify the public on St. Francis De Sales school. This school does not foster nor works in the growth of little minds. The administration is extremely biased when it comes to certain students. My son was wrongly expelled from this school with no meetings or prior notification. The mission does not align with IHM nuns or school mission. To single out students that do not have behavior issues but placing incorrect labels and terms on children is extremely damaging. My son was not in a safe environment in Kindergarten, learned and witnessed poor behaviors form many students in his class and was singled out for being bullied. And the school did nothing.

My daughter has attended since pre k. I'm the beginning the school was organized and flourishing under sister Owen. Once she retired the school has gone down hill like a freight train. Tuition continues to increase by the year, infrastructure of the school has not been updated since the 90's, the area around the school is no longer kept up. The curriculum is not challenging. No science is being taught in the younger grades. An inadequate amount of homework is not given out. There is a new principle now. His approach is "urban education ". Which is race based. No opportunity for outreach.

Academics is very key to my husband and I. We found that here along with Christian values taught in the classroom.