As a student who has once went to this school, I declare this school abusive and unfair. My…read moreexperiences with this school was treacherous. I've been in that school from 1st to 5th. The lunches are horrid, and I don't think they serve real food. Kids here are always fighting, yelling, and no maintained order. (Because nobody really cares if a student is injured or not.) The bullying was NON-STOP, I had to endure kids calling me names, and my friends (who luckily dropped out of the school) had to be aggressively pushed around like they don't matter for several years. Kids are literally HOMOPHOBIC and could not even handle sitting next to a person who was "gay." The transportation? Inconsistent. The buses pick you up so late, and I know that because I once went home at FIVE when school ended at two. The principles don't know anything, and no counselors either. Whenever there is an issue with bullying or harassment (Which I've been a victim of) The principle doesn't do anything to prevent it, even though it's his job to mainly protect the school, and there is no help to go to. No counselors, no social workers or anything. No staff team members and last I remember, no security. You were probably alone if anything happened in that school. And I know that because I know the principle personally. You are probably no where near safe anywhere in the school anyways. The teaching curriculum is just... confusing? Teachers don't teach, kids don't learn, no progress is being made and report card averages plummet anyways. And that also leads to exams and advanced classes, which is I have not heard of in a while. The 8th graders mostly don't take regents is what I heard, but why??? They just move on? No tests? Or assessments? No one is even administrating them. No one cares enough to even request them. And no one is learning. What a wonderful school you have built. Truly, A survivor student who is keeping her anonymity.

Racist discriminatory pieces of shit. I cant work with them ever again. Principal has been nasty to…read moreme since I started substituting there. Did not give me any formal introduction to anyone since I stepped foot inside that building, and came at me with a demanding attitude on my tasks during my 2 week assignment there. Being a person of color, all the white folks would side eye me, and show me micro aggressions and passive aggressive demeanor. John Paul Zeis, the principal, when giving me an instruction, would point to me with his fingers, "Come here," like Iam some kind of dog of his (his form of professionalism); let alone accusing me of being dismissive of his assistant principal because I didn't know her name (literally my first fucking day), let alone coming up with some made up stories of me being a no show when Ive sent him fucking emails a week prior and telling him in person that I was going to be out for some training elsewhere lol, like what a nut of a principal. Fucking clowns to work with, would never go back there. The white female teachers there act weird af too, yeah Iam good, never again from me.

Principle should be on unemployment for everything that happend with the bullying and the threats…read moreagainst my kid which he did nothing to stop.. thanks alot for nothing .. im pulling my kid and she's going to have better surroundings along with better teachers who teach and not hinder...

I really debated whether I should write this review and I decided it's necessary…read more I, and my husband, are both products of parochial and private education. We always believed that when or if we had a child/children, they would be entitled to the same. Daughter came along and we were loathe to put her in a public school environment - we were just plain stupid. Per the recommendation of many at the time, we enrolled our daughter into Saint John Vianney. We also joined the parish community. Things were OK initially. It seemed like every decent teacher she had used this school as a jumping off point to get into a public school system, which it was. The fund raisers and the tuition were excessive. Really excessive. Teachers came and went, as did principals. Breaking point for us was one month out of our daughters 8th grade graduation...she was headed to Nardin. Class size is exceptionally small. Families that run the school, are on the board and have the say as to what is acceptable are few as well, however these familes do set the bar. My daughter was harrassed by one of the board members' children. I don't pay the big bucks to have a bible thumping/reading numnuts give me crap. I complained to the so called "principal" at the time and was told, verbatim, "if I don't see or hear it, it's not happening". Moved daughetr to a public middle school in May of her graduating year. Received calls from "principal" threatening to forward "info" (????) to Nardin to make it difficult for her to adjust. And this is the school whose motto is "Where Faith and Knowledge Meet"?

I had doubts about public schools since neither I nor my husband have ever attended one. I pay…read morevery high taxes in West Seneca so when my grand daughter was ready for school, my daughter, hubby and I perused options. Private kindergarten starts at 10k. Please let me get a second job to pay for naptime. We finally put my/our taxes to use. Chloe was to attend public school kindergarten. Oh the shame! Clarification - daughter has lived with us since 2011. Two children in tow. Daughter attended parochial. Allendale is our appointed district however it shares a space with West Elementary. Essentially, kinda maybe the same school however I am not that well versed in Public School vernacular. I was not initially pleased. I felt that perhaps Chloe was a bit too smart mouth upon her return home from school. I guess I forgot what annoying little creatures children can be. I pushed to switch to a Charter School. It didn't happen, my review has been posted. Negatively. Bottom line. Chloe reads like a trooper. Understands math better than I - I have the advantage of an abacus!! I went to her Kindergarten graduation yesterday and I was reduced to tears. Simple presentation, hotter than you can imagine, however nicely put together! Best part, I got to visit the actual classroom. There are three for Allendale Kindergarteners and they are all so homey and cool! Not like the icy rows of learning from the ill educated Nuns of my Catholic School days where a switch was quick to get those knuckles! Only, of course, if your teaching Sister was not asleep at the wheel - as often was the case. The room. Wee little tables, arced. Not too many children. Not a super large room. Everyone can get the attention they need, if they need it. Everything was encased inside this little learning paradise. No lockers, cubbies. A cute little transgender bathroom with little fixtures. Books, and many of them. I could not ask for anything more for a learning environment for a child. And did I say HUGE windows with a view to paradise?? Where the deer play! Transoms that open to allow fresh, circulating air?? I think this will work.

Littered Caz Park with advertising. They should be ashamed if themselves! Seems very selfish to…read moretake away from the beauty of the park from everyone. If you want to advertize, pay for it!!

Both of my boys have thrived here, and truly came out as better men. The difference between what I…read moresee in the young men at St. Francis versus the public schools is striking. My sons and their friends can shake a man's hand and look them in the eye while being polite and respectful, can dress well and know how to impress, and have become more mature and responsible with each passing year. Both of them loved their time here and have no regrets.

What used to be the pinnacle of privates schools in New York is now just an embarrassing shadow of…read moreits former self. I allowed myself to be blind with loyalty and trust as an alumni, only to watch my son be disrespected, set up for failure and retaliated against by the so-called brotherhood of St. Francis. If you are considering this school for your son, keep in mind there is only one thing that matters to St Francis: MONEY. When you lower the standards, especially for a profit, the quality inherently falls