My Small-Sized Friends' Elementary Academy

Mean teachers and zero accountability when a teacher missteps.

First, this school's teachers are absolutely amazing! Our kids went here for 5 years and didn't have a bad one in the bunch. That being said, last year we left and quite frankly we were one of many families we know who did. They are the reason for 2 stars not 1. I couldn't do that to them. There is a strong family feel to the school due to it being a walking only location. But, this can lead to clichés amongst parents and if you're not able to be involved your child tends to be overlooked. Our child had an IEP and once COVID hit and we went virtual we were able to finally see into the quality of "services" he was being provided. We were shocked at the lack of follow through on the agreed upon measures for him. We eventually pulled him out of the additional services as it was more work for us to enforce what was agreed upon than it was for him to get the actual services. We were one of many parents who did this. The final nail in the coffin for our family was the overtly political nature of the administration. From social media posts to the parents PTA FB page to hall displays during specific months to the principal's very office it is overwhelmingly weighed to one political side. In my opinion keep your politics out of our schools. Teach democracy, our political process and how to form your own opinions but please keep it neutral.

Overwhelming experience with this school is that the policies and procedures are more in alignment to meet the needs of a "traditional" nuclear family. Extraordinarily limited in terms of ability to contact, only by phone and only during office hours. School leadership, principal(s), need greater structure and guidance. Unsure of who or which parties actually make decisions that affect the whole, however experiences over multiple years have repeatedly validated impression that parent(s) either agree or are considered trouble makers and not just disregarded but gossiped about by top school administrators and staff. Leadership intolerant of different points of views, and inflexible towards working single parents. Quite frankly it is below the professional standards for educators to treat a student differently because you don't "like" the parent. And to not "like" a parent simply because they have an opinion and approach different from the nuclear family structure.

This small school is why we as parents chose this place for our little one.This school demonstrates the love and integrity that a parent needs to feel when placing a child in school for the first time. All the staff is attentive knows your child well and you can trust that education here based in faith, family and academics.

About 2 two years ago my parents enrolled me to this school but then when I came out I fell very behind and I had to catch up to other students. Also beware of this school because they are very gender sided because they will let the girls not be in trouble but the boys get in trouble more so I do not recommend going to this school