This school was amazing when Mr. Farrell was principal, and it was still amazing when Mrs. Cooke took over the reigns!! They were great with the kids BUT did not tolerate bullying and the children were reprimanded if needed. But as per usual the bored mothers of bayside alumni or busted up sex and the city crew did not like Mrs.Cooke because she kept it real and told the truth about their children and their behavior, whether they paid or not! The majority of parents that send their children here are under the notion that as long as they pay tuition their child can get away with murder and their children know this!!SAVE YOUR MONEY do NOT send your children here!!! If you become friends with the mothers your child will be spared from bullying if you're a working mother your child WILL be a target! When bullying occurred and I addressed it I HAD TO PROVE IT ! Which I did dates names of children and incidents Mrs. CONLAN made a "photocopy", MRS. CONLAN the "principal" victim blamed and protected the bullies by saying they were popular and well liked , did she reach out to the parents ? No .did she call the children to her office? No. Did she follow up with me with a letter or a phone call NO NO NO I transferred my child out of there the very next day after our "meeting"! They used to bring someone in to speak to the kids about bullying and it was not tolerated at ALL!! Now as long as you pay and wear your Ugg's in the am and roll up in your BMW and have coffee with the mothers at morning drop off your child will be okay!! A lot of children transferred out of this school for a reason. Staff turns a blind eye to the bullying they can't make waves might cost them their job. Mrs Kritikos is the only teacher worth mentioning she is an amazing teacher the ONLY one that truly cares, someone please give her a raise or at least let her run the school!!! The academics is a joke worksheets and homework answers are online, kindergarten level up to 8th grade! Sport teams can't be formed because no one wants to join the "well liked"kids that bullied them through the day after school, you guys are a joke! There used to be basketball, softball swimming when my older children attended NOW there is NOTHING!!! Hmmmm wonder why..... I can go on and on the point of this review is to save you some money and if you're a mother that cares I'm trying to save you some heartaches!!! I believe in karma and I feel sorry for all the pitiful kids and parents alike that participated in making my daughter a target and the topic of their am brew....
unfortunately had to give a star to this pathetic excuse of a school in order to post read more