Monument School

The Bennington school system is appalling! We come from another state with MUCH better schools, so our experience here has been terrible. If you ever need to contact a principal, vice principal, or even the state education department, forget it! They don’t take or return phone calls most of the time! My child’s teacher this year is excellent, last year the teacher was terrible even threatening to punish my child for stating they had a crush on another student (which according to the APA is healthy and normal!). In fact, when I called the teacher on this in a communication book we had been keeping for many months, that book disappeared forever. We hope to move out of the state at some point so that we don’t have to deal with this negligence for the rest of my child’s school years. It’s quite disgusting & disrespectful. Administration obviously thinks very little of the children, families, their jobs & responsibilities, etc. I would not recommend this school, or even this town or state of Vermont for that matter. They don’t take state we came from, the state education department was also much more attentive. If I could give a zero star rating, I would.

this school was terrible my son was there for kindergarten and was getting beaten up on the playground where no teacher seemed to be able to see what was going on. He told me they were all sitting around talking during recess. he was scared to go to school and would come home crying and not even know why he was crying. He was stressed out and I had talks and emails with his teacher and the principal and nothing was really being solved so we took him out of this school.

Administration is more concerned with fundraising and enrollment numbers than “partnership” with parents and modeling Christ to the school community and surrounding community. Administration labels “secular” and “public school” children and families as lesser humans. Truly sickening. Staff consists of many “educators” who have no actual training or certification. Parents who question unBiblical practices are labeled and shunned. Just because this place is cheaper does NOT mean that you should waste your children’s education on this school that places the word Christian in its name. I wish there was a way for me to sit down with you and share our nightmare experiences. Board, Administrators and “teachers” are not trustworthy and focused on donations and enrollment numbers. Please use discretion and ask to speak with parents who question the administration and largely misguided policies. Please don’t allow yourself to be fooled by a purpose statement that may “check the boxes.”

Excellent school with wonderful teachers and staff! Dedicated to teaching and engaging the students with an emphasis on morals and accountability. My children love the school and look forward to being with the teachers and their friends.