Johnson Middle School

My daughter went to this school. She has ADHD and did not get any support when she needed. Other teacher told me that she was harrased by her teacher in front of others. And the new principal treated my child like a handicap. Whatever incident happened to my daughter, this school blamed on her. The new principal is very unconcerned and not caring on minority,especially Asians. Not a good school for anyone!

I personally have had a few bad experiences with this school. In one of the online meetings with one of the counselors and the principal, the principal was on the phone the whole time and muted. He was not really paying attention to my kid's IEP meeting, I was very sad to see this, counselor was a little bit embarrassed and apologized at the end of the meeting. In a different occasion, I had another counselor approaching my kid and interrogating my child like my kid was a criminal about an incident in the bus ride home. I followed up on this with the counselor, she mentioned she interrogated all the kids, I just think there are better ways to ask questions. When my kids started school at the Villa the rating was 8/10, no wonder why the rating keeps dropping. Small school and it has its advantages, but the staff needs better training and preparation. People at the front office have always been AMAZING.

Very poor communication between teachers and parents, not really friendly or caring staffing , other parents may have different experience but my experience with the kindergarten's teacher and staffing was very poor, also education system not good at all, the kindergarten teacher was very demanding and discriminating , I took my kid out and put him on private school and never will recommend this school at all!

So far so good, my kindergartener with speech and social delays has done a 180 since transitioning from their pre-k program to kindergarten. I couldn't be happier with the progress he has made.

My daugther just completed 6th grade at Daniel's Run Elementary. She was there for her entire Elementary School education and I can honestly say that Daniel's Run has gone downhill over the past 5 years since the new principal arrived.Earlier on it seemed like the school was more devoted to engaging the kids' curiosity and helping them grow into upstanding citizens. The new principal instead seems to be focused on SOL scores and does nothing to keep the school safe or follow the guidelines on bullying. My daughter has been bullied all of this year by 3 6th grade boys and the most the school would do is talk to the boys and ask them to stop. There was no punishment, the parents were not talked to as far as I am aware, and there was no interaction even when the ringleader beat up a 5th grade boy. Apparently, the goal is to be able to keep their attendence numbers up and by expelling these kids, that would lower their numbers. I am not the only one that has had issues with the principal. If a kid is having trouble learning at the school, he provides no assistance so many parents are pulling their kids out to move them to private schools, which is another way they are keeping their SOL scores up.

Its a bad school because my son had flee and that traumatized him

Our family is a proud member of the Gesher community for 8 years now. With 3 kids in Gesher at different age groups I feel very comfortable sharing they are all enjoying a very rich academic experience, by great teachers, that really give their everything for the kids to be happy and very well treated. The social environment is supportive, and the relationships and kindness between the older kids (7th and 8th graders) and the younger kids (pre-K and K) is heartwarming and beautiful. Judaism and tradition studies are amazing and given with a lot of fun. In a county where most schools are better than in the rest of the county, choosing to go private is a very difficult, but I feel our kids thrive in this school, and that is priceless.