Vantaggi
The students are great. Most are very smart and engaged and care about learning. A lot of the parents are also involved in the educational process.
Svantaggi
Admin is completely disengaged from student learning and from staff. No consequences for truancy or other behavioral issues, no structure to support teachers when they need help, admin often doesn’t reply to emails or texts, the principal hasn’t been to a graduation in years and spends all of his time in his office. The principal doesn’t visit classrooms. The only other admin member is rarely on campus. No guidance counselor, no engagement with parents (admin instructs staff to engage with parents, regardless of what the behavior is and this involves giving parents your private phone number). No behavioral escalation plan. No educational assistance program for ESL students, which led to at least one ESL student dropping out. Flouting of COVID protocol (some teachers weren’t wearing masks in their classrooms and staff never checked up on this). The positive reviews here come from admin