Happy first day of the 2018-2019 school year! We are a transplant family that recently moved from…read moreCincinnati Public Schools to Forest Hills. We purposely moved here for the schools, Turpin and Sherwood. This summer was full of preparation for our current Sophomore son. You start by doing all of the online registration and then drop off all the important paperwork at the district office (see my review for there, too). A few weeks before school started, we were invited in by the counselor to create a class schedule. The counselor was so kind and thorough, helping explain the in's and outs of the school to us. Fast forward to new parent orientation: the staff gave us a very detailed overview of Turpin and everything it has to offer. A few days later, our son went to the new student orientation where he learned how the schedules work, where to go on the first day and how to succeed at this school. We have been SO pleased with the staff from this school. A week before school started, there was an open house type event where you could tour the school from 8a-8p! It was so nice to be able to freely walk through the school and find lockers/classroom! This is a very busy campus! Lots of active students who have Turpin pride! On the first day of school, the teachers and staff were outside cheering for the students. It is so obvious that the staff at Turpin cares about their kids. I am so, so proud to be a Turpin mom and our family loves this school district so far. The principal went out of his way to give us his personal phone number so we could have one more walk through of the school over the weekend if we wanted it. Now that is someone who cares!!!!

We went from a private school in Anderson worried that we would have a lot of trouble going to a…read morepublic school after so many years and we were so wrong. Turpin has been amazing and my daughter finally feels like she has found some people like her. Her classes are wonderful and grades have remained good. She did have a lot of homework freshman year but it has seemed to settle down and be exactly the right amount of homework now. The teachers have always been on top of communication in regards to my daughter having ADD and any help she may require for tests and homework. In the three years here we have never had a bad teacher. The principal is amazing along with all the vice principals, they are top of any issues I may have in regards to testing or SAT or ACT questions or any other basic question. We are so happy here and the community is great.

Our youngest is a senior here. It's been a great place for her to learn. She has really flourished…read morehere.

If your looking for a really good private school option that is academically solid, spiritually…read moresound, AND affordable, I've found it! Heritage Academy in Florence Ky is a Pre K through 12th grade private Christian school. They were rated 16th in all of Ky for private schools in 2015. My Daughter is a freshman there and she absolutely loves it and her teachers! What's more, it's actually affordable compared to the other private schools in the area. And if you have more than 2 kids, it's even better because you only pay tuition for the first 2. The rest are free! They also offer extra curricular activities like sports, art club etc... They offer college prep assistance, ACT,SAT testing and so on. It's a small classroom environment so students get plenty of personal attention by very dedicated teachers. Love this school!!

Not a good school for diverse groups. I was in the Social Work program and my work was failed twice…read moreby my teacher. Her idea of political change was to write letters to government officials and I was always giving different and new ideas for social work. I literally couldn't do anything about being failed twice because my teacher was also my academic counselor. As a Social Work teacher her openness was very stunted and she did not appreciate diverse perspectives. She always was very unclear. The assignment that failed me TWICE she just gave me a zero, because it was "magical thinking". It was 10 pages long and I told her I narrowed it down from the 20 pages I had. The 10 pages was "not enough" while the 20 pages were "too much". If I could rate a zero I would.

This school like others in its class has undergone political and infrastructure changes, and it…read moremirrors the neighborhood around it to a sense that it used to be better than it is. A lot of wokeness has crept into the teachings and societal structure of the organization and in my opinion has weakened the product or teachings of the organization. Teachers and professors are not what they once was!

I have trusted Goddard of Florence with both of my daughters and they are nothing but wonderful,…read moregreat communication, friendliness, the love and caring for the children is felt the minute you walk through the doors!