I would never recommend a parent send any child to Allendale Columbia School. Many of the local…read morepublic school systems offer a better, more complete, and more supportive environment for children. Here's why: My son was abruptly expelled from Allendale Columbia, and the school has made no attempt to rectify the situation. I'm going to communicate the facts of the situation and let you draw your own conclusions about how students are treated by Allendale Columbia. As background, my son (a first grader) has some mild behavioral issues that I acknowledge can be a challenge to deal with. We were working with the school, my son's pediatrician, and my son's therapist. We were seeing positive improvements and our impression was that things were headed in a good direction. On February 24th, 2021, at approximately noon, I informed Allendale Columbia that we might not be returning to the school for the following school year. On the same day, at 3:45pm, I received a call from Interim Head of School Shannon Baudo. Baudo claimed there had been "an incident" in the after school program, provided few details, and told me that my son was expelled from school effective immediately. He never had a chance to say goodbye to his friends or collect his belongings. We never received a written incident report. Two days later, on February 26th, my wife and I had a phone call with Baudo and the lower school principal Michelle Feiss. By this time, Baudo's story changed, and she insinuated that my six year old son had acted inappropriately towards a girl in the after school program. This is an allegation I take extremely seriously, so I called the parents of the girl, who were not aware of the severity of the situation. The school has still provided no proof, and no written incident report. The school refused to refund any tuition, even the tuition for the portion of the school year we did not receive. Only you can make decisions for your family. However, I feel that I'd be doing a disservice to the parent community in Rochester if I did not make you aware of this event, and the school's callous and abrupt response.

Super impressed with the campus, the students, the staff and the school! Looking into moving my…read moredaughter out of the city district and common core into this wonderful private non-religion based school!

So I never actually attended thanks to a coastal switch, but I did get a chance to crash the senior…read moreprom in '99 ( with a group of friends who were there legit, including the yelptastic rosh) and they put on a great party and turned out some fine upstanding scholars

best friggin' school district ever! brighton high school *forever*…read more.. 'nuff said :).

aw school be like construction workers space station!! what kinda school with a super potty…read morespecial? can you please?

Attended Our Lady of Lourdes in the 70"s. I do not have fond memories of going there, I was an…read moreoutcast. I was not rich and spoiled like the other students were. I can remember a male classmate walking down the stairs with other students as I was walking up the stairs, he stopped near me laughed hysterically like a maniac and pointed down at my shoes. My shoes were cheap and not pretty. Nobody talked to me or included me, nice Catholic School, right? These student's behaviors were left unnoticed and were never addressed. I was also made fun of as well. So to all my so called classmates where ever you are I hope thru life you were treated better than you treated me God Bless

This school has been the biggest blessing to my children . We made the jump and the financial…read moresacrifice to switch our children from public school to private schooling and it was worth its weight in gold ! We decided to give our son a transition year and repeat first grade so that he would no longer be the youngest in his grade and the education he is receiving this year has been far superior he is thriving ! When learning his spelling words he is not only doing cross word puzzles , word searches but he is practicing typing out his spelling word on a keyboard. Our son has adhd and his education is no longer cookie cutter they are able to meet my son where he is at. The teachers, principal and staff all know my 3 children by name and love on my children . This is by far the best decision I have ever made for my children and their future .

All three of my children have been doing Kumon for years with Mr. and Mrs. Son. They all started…read morewhen they were before preschool, and continued on into high school. Kumon has helped them grasp concepts months, if not at least a year or two faster than their peers. As a result, my children were able to excel in their studies (Reading and Math) throughout their education. I firmly believe Kumon was a direct contributor to their performance in school in those subjects.

My son has been doing both reading and math for several years. My wife and I have been very…read moresatisfied with what he has achieved so far. To complete assignments given 7 days a week, over the years he has developed a great habit of studying alone math and reading everyday usually early in the morning before he goes to school. Thanks to Kumon, now he is in triple-accelerated math class. Mr. and Mrs. Son truly cares about their students. I know they have been invited to and attended important life events of many of their current/past students, such as graduation, concerts, and even weddings, which proves their truthful relationships with students and parents.

This school District is pathetic. The administrators are straight out of the DEI 101 class. Their…read moreTransportation Director Mike Gala does not return calls or emails when trying to alert them of serious bus safety issues. I saw a Penfield bus loading kids, door ope and red warning lights on going house to house. Very illegal and unsafe.

the school is old the teachers bad the facilities poor the students disinterested. My advice: move…read moreor go to private school!!!

My kid went and shadowed a student for a day and loved it. So we applied. They questioned his…read moreschool records....questioned his absences from the previous year, as if him being out of school for week due to bronchitis was an issue, or missing a couple days out the year due to doctors appointments or being sick was also an issue. Questioned his lower reading scores, even after I explained he has a learning disability and basically begged the school to give him a chance. And like another private school in Rochester, they also didn't give me any decision whatsoever. So if your child has a learning disability don't bother with this school cause there's no compassion. They couldn't even bother to let me know whether my kid was accepted or rejected!