Barksdale Elementary School

Although this school is designated as an IB World school, which aims to promote a more peaceful world through understanding and respect, its practices starkly contradict these values. Under the leadership of the unprofessional principal, Jigyasa Sethi, the school environment adversely affects both staff morale and student well-being. Disciplinary actions such as making young children walk laps, isolating them during lunch ("lonely lunch"), and punitive responses to minor infractions undermine the principles of peace and respect the school claims to uphold. Moreover, the school's approach to handling concerns, such as calling security on a grandmother who voiced issues regarding emotional abuse and a lack of proper education, is concerning. With many students spending the year with a substitute teacher, critical educational opportunities are being missed. Parents seeking a genuinely nurturing educational environment might find this school, in its current state, unsuitable for their children.

Well inquiring about the school, wasnt treated with much respect.

As an alumnus of the school, i regularly tell people that Prince of Peace was the best thing that ever happened to me. While I only attended a few years, I made some of my best friends in life at this school. All these years later I still talk to many of my high school friends regularly. In hindsight, the academics were challenging and helped prepare me for college. When I went on to my undergrad studies, I felt more prepared for college than my peers. With a smaller school like Prince of Peace, it enables students to be involved in multiple extra-curricular things, unlike a large public school. Overall, I loved my time there and if I ever have a family of my own, I would send my kids here.