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St Albans Country Day School

St Albans Country Day School

(12 reviews)

I would give this a 4.5 stars, but it wouldn't let me. This school is truly amazing and has gave me…read moresuch great education. From the teachers to the fun activities. It has been great all the way through since Pre-K and my good friends Owen and Pierce helped me so much.

While I pretty much never leave negative reviews, I feel this is needed for all the parents out…read morethere looking at PreK options. Choosing a school for your child is especially important when it's their first time and parents have a right to know what culture exists at St Albans. The school should just be transparent and tell parents up front, that they only want one type of child there and if yours doesn't fit that mold, then they will ask them to leave the school. Our 4 year old got accepted into their PreK program and right before school was due to start, the teacher quit. The replacement teacher was implemented and within 3 weeks of school starting, the problems began. The PreK teacher started sending us these crazy emails that were a formatted play by play and by the minute, of every interaction our child had that day. They made the most normal behaviors of a 4 year old seem as though they were symptoms of a larger problem. They tried to make it sound like our son had a problem keeping still, which may have been the case but given it was only a few weeks into the start of PreK, what else would one expect from a child just starting school for the first time. And that's not even considering children growing up in a society that was locked down for years. Her verbal comments along with the emails continued and made it seem as if our son had some form of Autism, as the teacher even suggested may be the case. She also said he might have hearing problems and that he doesn't know words... I mean the most ridiculous of accusations I've ever heard. We were left dumbfounded, none of what they were accusing him of was true. Our son went to school counting to 100, He knew the entire alphabet and could write it in both capital letters and lower case. He could spell and write his first and last name as well as say his address. Apart from him struggling to keep still at times (and we don't even really know how much of an issue this actually was versus them making it seem worse), he was not a problem child. We have had parents say they are so happy our Son was in the class because he had helped their children feel welcomed, as they were extremely shy and he isn't. We had numerous meetings with the teacher and the Principal, who reassured us the emails were indeed too much and would stop but nothing actually was resolved. They had made up their mind from the first month that they wanted out son gone. The off colored comments as well as the play by play emails continued. All of this happened over a span of approximately 8 -9 weeks from school starting. I just want to be clear, he never did anything to any other students and was never accused of such. We are talking about a 4 year old sitting still and paying attention in class with a teacher who seems unhappy to be there and struggled to control her class, despite having 2 aids there to help. We eventually found out, that many other PreK parents were having the exact same experience. There was one parent who had their 4 year old kicked out a week before we were told to leave, because "their kid was not suited for this school and couldn't sit still". We realized that it wasn't really our child who was the problem, it was the culture of the school. Although they say they never kick out kids from PreK, they do and did. Plus there are reviews out there going back to 2018 of this exact same thing happening. We were told by parents who volunteered at the class, that our child was absolutely fine, he was not being disruptive or problematic and did pay attention. After receiving the last harassing email, we had, had enough and confronted the school about it. But instead of addressing the issue, they told us to remove our child and gave us 3 weeks notice. This came at the worst possible time, to try and find a new school and enroll him right before thanksgiving! So if you are looking at enrolling your children at St.Albans then be warned. Be prepared knowing that your child might be kicked out if in the first weeks of attending, they do not sit completely still. Even if the teacher is clearly checked out and doesn't want to be there, your kids will be the ones that pay the price. They will make it seem like your child has a number of issues and is incapable of being in this environment, that they need 1 on 1 instruction which they can't provide, or something similar. You guys need to know what's really going on at this school, before you start paying $15k a year for the privilege. I wish this review could be different, I really which we could sing the schools praises but we can't. We really do not want to be in this situation and our son is going to be really hurt, having to be taken from the first set of friends he ever made. Horrible experience and I feel bad for the poor parents and children who have had to go through this like us.

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George Cirby Elementary School

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My whole family went here I went here kindergarten until fifth grade this was a very great fun…read moreschool with lots of great teachers and lots of friends everybody here and was really judge everybody Mr. Hamel used to be the principal I think he retired along time ago this is a very convenient school for any kids I live off of Kirby it's very close by the school provides very well educations for any student who needs and it's a nice place to consider for schooling your children very clean establishment very comfortable atmosphere very fun play area for kids very great place to get an education very nice school they go to kindergarten until six grade they remodeled the school about I want to say 10 years ago and it looks a lot better looks improved looks very nice I would highly recommend this for anybody looking for a school for their child it's a great place to go with great teachers The school also offers hot lunches for the kids and I think a lot of kids take advantage of it it's not free though but they have certain prices for the kids I am happy to leave this review for the school if it will help anybody for their child looking for a new school that I am highly recommend this for anybody looking great place great staff great teachers

Decent place for club soccer. The grounds are well kept and Maintained. There's a port-a-potty…read morebehind the equipment shed. Play structures and work out area available as well as basketball courts.

Quail Glen Elementary School - Outside

Quail Glen Elementary School

(7 reviews)

Honestly, I think this is a great school if you live in the area. The teachers are nice and it was…read moreheartbreaking to leave for middle school. The school in general is a only a little homophobic and maybe the slightest bit of sexist but depending the teacher, some are more nice than other. As a student that used to go to Quail Glen, I would recommend this school for your kids :).

This school has a huge bullying problem perpetuated by second grade tracher Marianne Wilson. If…read moreyou're child is entering 2nd grade and is a boy in her class, you've scored. If you have a girl you are absolutely screwed. A first grade girl was kicked then poked with straws and utensils. She was so tiny they tossed her around like a rag doll. You'd think those boys would get detention or suspended...nope. Another parent had to file a Williams Rights Act complaint woth the District against the school and Marianne Wilson because they failed to let a student take home and bring back their school books daily. Aren't school books a basic necessity for school?!? A second grade girl was sexually assaulted on campus by a boy. However because the boy was under 4th grade in the eyes of the law it's only considered bullying. Another kid was bullied so bad that they had to switch classrooms and the boys that bullied that child would loiter outside the classroom. It got so bad that this child was no longer allowed to go out on recess because the school could not guarantee the kids safety while on campus. The child had to be escorted by staff. Are you kidding me?!?! Another girl was physically assaulted by a boy and after the investigation it was determined it was an accident. Uhm how many times do you accidently punch another kid...wtf. The mother of the boy that was the offender that did the physical assault was the room mom so nothing happened to the golden child. The principal Greg O'Meara was absolutely the worst. That kid that was sexually assaulted the childs parents went to O'Meara and asked him what his remedy was and he stated to them, 'what do you want me to do there's only six weeks left in school'. The principal had already asked for a transfer so he did not care one lick about those kids. The lunch lady would admonish the kids that had an under $5 balance on their meal accounts. She even told the kids that she would turn them away if they tried to get a hot meal even if they had a positive balance but the balance was low. Not low enough to where they could not purchase a hot meal. Just having a low balance even if they had enough to purchase a hot meal. Turn a kid away even if they had enough to cover their meal. That's insane! One parent had to complain to the Board of Trustees to get the lunch lady to stop. The yard duty are horrible at their job and kids get hurt real bad. To the point where kids were missing school to avoid the bullies because they would get hurt at recess. Then when the yard duty found out they never told anyone so that bad kids kept doing horrible things because nothing was ever reported. Another kids parents was threatened with having their kid kicked out of school (notified by mail only 1 day prior to being kicked out) because the school didn't mark on the outside of the school record folder that they had received the shot records. How completely idiotic of them. A simple mistake, ok. But not checking a folder then trying to kick a kid out because of their mistake and only notifying the parent 1 day but they knew about this for two weeks. Unacceptable. There are a few good people here. I'd say the male nurse is pretty great and I've heard the tutoring center teacher is pretty awesome. But I have not heard of or experienced a great teacher at this school that nourishes the child's mind in a positive manner. If you want your kid to either become the bully or get bullied verbally and physically go ahead and send them to Quail Glen. Your kid will come out nice and f'd up all on your taxpayer dime. If you can I'd highly recommend moving out of the district or requesting a transfer. We are leaving this hell hole. Worse school ever. Bullies are rampant. Staff is either incompetent or disinterested. Kids are being physically and sexually assaulted by other students. Multiple complaints have been filed against the school. The former principal ended up leaving to a place in Santa Cruz to become head of student services. The district promised this year 18/19 would be different. There is no way we are coming back. Ever!

Cooley Middle School - elementaryschools - Updated May 2026

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