South Meadow School

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"Effectively no homework. No text books for most classes including Math, Science, History/Social Studies. Teachers are horrible. If I could upload some of the inane crap they have done like fail my son on a math test that he answered every question correctly on (I don't know she did that, she just does not like my son is the only reason I can think of). They demand community service of all students to pass each grade. No small irony that the vast amounts of "community service" they offer is doing the teachers work for them. If in the off chance you should complain about anything to your child's homeroom teacher, you can be guaranteed that you will be called at home, work, or emailed consistently for the next two months about all the things your child does wrong. Effectively bullying you into never complaining about anything they do again. The more you complain the worse it will get. They will use whatever nuance in their school policies to hammer your child until you either withdraw your kid, or they burn you out of sticking up for your child and questioning their authority. Think of Darth Vader as your DMV associate when you try to renew your drivers license. To sum it up. You either join the PTA and be ever subservient to the teachers, to perpetuate the myth that all teachers are 'heros' or your child will hate learning going forward. I am choosing to work two jobs to get my kids into private school and hope it is not too late for them to rekindle their childhood. #$@ You SMS."

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"Effectively no homework. No text books for most classes including Math, Science, History/Social Studies. Teachers are horrible. If I could upload some of the inane crap they have done like fail my son on a math test that he answered every question correctly on (I don't know she did that, she just does not like my son is the only reason I can think of). They demand community service of all students to pass each grade. No small irony that the vast amounts of "community service" they offer is doing the teachers work for them. If in the off chance you should complain about anything to your child's homeroom teacher, you can be guaranteed that you will be called at home, work, or emailed consistently for the next two months about all the things your child does wrong. Effectively bullying you into never complaining about anything they do again. The more you complain the worse it will get. They will use whatever nuance in their school policies to hammer your child until you either withdraw your kid, or they burn you out of sticking up for your child and questioning their authority. Think of Darth Vader as your DMV associate when you try to renew your drivers license. To sum it up. You either join the PTA and be ever subservient to the teachers, to perpetuate the myth that all teachers are 'heros' or your child will hate learning going forward. I am choosing to work two jobs to get my kids into private school and hope it is not too late for them to rekindle their childhood. #$@ You SMS."