Clendenin Elementary School

Principal parra not running the school organized. I am glad I am teaching at a different campus. Countless unresolved issues. Many parents filed complaints in board of education

This school has gone downhill with the new principle they hired.

Just moved here and on our second day my 6 year old was found by me outside of the front gates with lots of people after school lost! They are not supposed to be out with you showing a card first. Also on first day when I dropped all three of my kids off their were no teachers in hall ways that morning and my kids where lost so I took them to the front and questioned the family specialist why was there no one there, when y’all said someone would be there to help them get to class? She was so rude did not smile said there’s always someone there didn’t apologize, even when I just said there’s always is no one there. We are military family and they show no respect for us as parents or keep our children safe. The next follows days the family specialist was rude to me and tried to embarrass me in front of people. Also my son has an iep and he is not getting any help he needs and they expect him to do a science project on his own with no help and he is still struggling to read. He says his teacher keeps telling him to read in front of the whole class knowing he can’t read, embarrassingly him! I don’t know what to do and then they don’t provide buses for our kids because they think it’s close because we are next to the school and are military. Blows my mind because we still are walking 12 minutes there and 12 minutes back! Some people have to walk even farther and it’s hard for me as an adult imagine the kids! I think it’s horrible that the school is on a military development but won’t accommodate for our military children??? It’s not ok and buses should be provided and safety needs to be implemented and all needs to be held accountable! My first day I walked in and heard them say “yea we kidnap children “ my fourth day it was a small boy in the office and 5 staff members said who’s this and laughed and said who are you? Where you supposed to be? Who’s your teacher? Is his mom supposed to pick him up?? They said I don’t know! They all seem to know nothing didn’t really care! These are our children and they don’t respect our family who are sacrificing even for them . I hope there will be no relation for this but this needs to be said.

I am a current student at Radford School. Radford School is a small private school. It has very nice teachers but, most of them are above the age of 70, plus not very qualified/good teachers. Most of the highschool students take multiple classes online which have to connection to the professors and most don't need to put alot of effort. I would only recommend this school for students that are going to pre-k , elementary, and 6th grade. For highschool, I don't think its worth the money. There are only a few teachers that actually teach well, alot of the others is just faking it till you make it. For all the hype, I expected that the school be very nice and clean. The staff are working very hard, but the school is stuck on tradition and keeping the building how it was 100 years ago. The same carpets, same windows, same walls, and we just barely got new working bathrooms and water fountains. The good experiences are the lunch and the people you meet, which can change based on the type of student you are. The school is pretty strict, with uniform requirements. You have to wear Radford jackets and sweaters even during the cold season. The school is okay, not the best, maybe for elementary sure.