Parkville Community School

My child has been at this school for 5 years. The last 4 years I have tried to get her out. She has been waitlisted each year. Every year the school goes down. They lack supervision. Kids do whatever they want. They have no respect for authority. Security Officers are a joke. Some teachers care while others show up to collect a paycheck. Office staff can be very rude. My child has expressed that she doesn't feel safe and the staff could care less. Academically this school sucks. My child is a bright kid always scoring very high on the state testing. She does not feel challenged at all here so I have to find ways to challenge her at home so she doesn't get bored. I am afraid that if she does get accepted somewhere else she is going to be behind. There are so many kids that go there that are disruptive so the ones who want to learn can't. I DO NOT recommend sending your child here. Find any other school to place your child.

I unfortunately made the mistake of going against my better judgement and placing my child in the Hartford public schools for first grade. Academically I don't know how a kid can leave here. The kids seem out of control. My daughter came home daily telling me stories of a kid (first grade) choking others in line at lunch. The teacher told us to check our kids for marks as the same child lost control and starting attacking children. How can these kids learn in this atmosphere. They also have a detention here for these kids. There is a lack of access to these teachers and I couldn't even go to the classroom to observe them in class. This school is one of the lowest rated in the state. I can see why. There are good kids that deserve a quality education but unfortunately this place needs help. I will gladly pay the money for a Catholic school and eat Ramen then send my child here for another year.

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