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Parent Reviews (9 reviews)
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If all you want is for your child to be taught to score well on a star test, this is your school. I left and took my child to the REACH program at Brook Have in the Sebastopl Union district. These are the folks who started the original program and this is the type of education I expected from Hillcrest. They could not deliver. We are all happy now at Brook Haven.
Great school so long as your child is fortunate enough to be in a class without disruptive students. Serious discipline issues. The biggest issues stem from the principle of this school. Trying to talk to her is like speaking to a wall. She cares more about gov. funding than the education and well being of a child. She does nothing to help the teachers deal with the disruptive students.. if anything she undermines the teachers authority by going against a teachers punishment.
I sat in several schools before choosing this one for our twins, who just finished kindergarten. I think that all public schools have problems inherent to the system, but that the parent supported REACH program addresses these issues more effectively than any other public school program I have seen, and we've looked in two counties. (We relocated primarily for better schools.) Every staff member I have dealt with seems to genuinely care about the kids, including the office staff mentioned in another review. We are extremely happy with this school, and we intend to keep our children in this district.
We also are new to the school and REACH program. My Kindergarten child comes home every day filled with stories of science experiments, art projects, library outings and music classes. She loves it and is engaged in many different ways by the program. Yes, it costs money as what doesn't in this age of budget cutbacks. But we are happy to pay to attain all these wonderful curricular extras for our child.
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