Passmore Elementary School

This was by far the worst experience I’ve had with teachers and schools. Unless you fit in lol, good luck being treated with decency. Had to move him. Some schools have decent teachers that obviously know how to deal with kids and genuinely like to be around kids, and then you get what I got… rude, inconsiderate, headache around every other corner. TWICE the teacher stopped talking to me about something important, in the middle of the conversation, to speak/chitchat/gossip with someone else like I wasn’t just in the middle of speaking with her? I really thought at first she was just greeting her, but about a minute or so into their new conversation, I then proceeded to say, “Well I guess that wasn’t important and guess I was finished!!” Don’t even get me started on the Zoo. They almost left my child at the zoo and I DIDNT SIGN HIM OUT. They never communicated, always moving the locations of meet ups and never communicating it to the parents, etc. Ridiculous. If you can’t handle children… why are you a teacher and why are you authorized to take a group of them to the zoo?

The admin and instructors made it a smooth process to transition my student from another nearby northside school. The staff went above and beyond to ensure my child was welcomed. The passion the instructors have in their roles is just what we were looking for. I couldn’t be more happy with the choice we made to transfer our student to Westwood Terrace.

Spare yourself and go to another elementary school. Cynthia had us going back and forth for 2 weeks. We would bring once thing in to register a pre k student and then she would mention another. Then another. Then another. Instead of telling us all once. Zero consideration for working parents and the time they need to take all the documents to the school. Different requirements for Pre K that she says are online but you really need to look for cause they aren’t the ones posted at all. Nowhere online does it say that if you live in someone else’s residence, you need to bring that person in as well. So Cynthia also likes to make up her own rules or tell people everything is online when it actually isn’t but she won’t tell you all you need upfront either. Will not give you all the information up front and 2 weeks later will just say “sorry! Can’t go back in time! That’s life! There are rules!” Yes there are! Like not disclosing child information to other people but the parents but I was just helping the parent of this child register and she gave me and took all confidential information without ever asking who I was. There are better schools that will take care of you and care for your kids and time more. Go with those instead.

This school is wonderful! I have been going all my life and have been enjoying every second of it. I still go to the school and even though I'm only a student, I would recommend it to any parent that is looking for their child to be in a safe environment. The school is like a second home to me, and I have learned so much!