The Steward School

Not good with bullying and truly having parent relationships with administrators.

Both of my children are enrolled at Pinchbeck Elementary, and their progress has been truly remarkable. We're incredibly grateful to the office staff, administration, and especially the kind and dedicated teachers who support them every day.I sincerely hope the school's rating continues to rise in the coming year — it truly deserves a 10/10.Thank you,Sayed

It is a good school when I went here. Good diversity and not much trouble.

I’ve had two kids at Gayton and couldn’t bring myself to put my youngest there. The first time around, the administration and faculty were excellent - dedicated, competent and responsive. Those days are gone. Now students are floundering with inadequate support and resources. Physical assaults and perpetual bullying are permitted with no communication with or response to parents. Some teachers are not at all equipped to pick up on signs that kids are having trouble. Non-verbal exceptional education students with no emotional self-control are put in general education classes of 23+ students, with no appropriate teaching aides. Lessons are solely taught to make a sufficient number of students pass the tests (PALS, iready, SOLs, etc.) and the pursuit of educating kids to learn critical thinking skills has been abandoned. Project based curricula are gone. From the very start of kindergarten and beyond, the teaching is heavily dependent on children using tablets and laptops to establish an early neurological dependence on technology. The PTA is a social club for out of touch, status facade driven moms who are mostly busy with petty power trips and “fundraising” to benefit their local businesses with increased advertising and access to customers in the community. Teachers are burnt out and express feeling unsupported and unheard by the administration. Many of them have the potential to be wonderful if they were given the right circumstances.Administration is wholly unstable, with the principal leaving abruptly before the end of the first semester. My heart goes out to the faculty members who love their students. They and the students deserve better. If you have any choice, pick a different school, public or private or homeschool.

When I worked here at the age of 23, I did not receive the training that they said I would get. I felt thrown to the wolves in a job that I was not trained for. I cared so much about my students, and did a good job with what I was given. I did not receive proper resources, materials, or training for being with 20 toddlers. Really unfortunate process for hiring and keeping teachers. I quit because I did not feel like I was appropriately serving the students, even if I kept being told that I was doing “great work.” I don’t recommend putting your young people in this school, and urge you to ask how the administration is supporting the teachers.

It has been a pleasure for my daughter and us parents to be a student at AAE. She has grown exponentially over the year in every aspect. The staff and the dean are very supportive and encouraging and has created a positive environment for students to thrive. I can’t be thankful enough for them for accommodating us.