I enrolled my daughter at this school in Kindergarten. I met the principal at the gime, Mrs. Passow, and really liked the small teacher/student ratio. Kindergarten was great, her teacher Mrs Reyes was really sweet and good with the children. First grade was great as well... Ms Damouh (now Mrs Miller) also was an excellent teacher. Second grade is when the mess started... They pulled a teacher out of retirement to teach the second grade. This teacher should have stayed in retirement. She spent the day yelling at the children. The parents complained. She was fired and a new teacher was hired. This teacher was no better. In addition to the yelling, there were reports that she grabbed children by the arms to yank them into their seats. Totally unacceptable. This teacher was also fired. For the remainder of the year, the principal and the music teacher, Mrs Curran, taught the class. Mrs Curran is an abrupt, abrasive teacher with insufficient patience to teach children. I allowed my child to finish the second grade but then pulled her out (as did many other parents). This was four years ago so maybe things have improved... but who knows?
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