John F Kennedy Elementary School

I was hesitant due to school rating, but this school should be a 9 or 10 rating. Staff is on the ball in my opinion. My son started kindergarten just turning 5 now reading or knowing math. Now the kid reads, counts to 1000 and knows basic math. It's a fantastic school.

I just recently found out that this school doesn't care whether students pass or fail their classes, they still move on to the next grade. RIDICULOUS! How is a student going to develop properly this way? If you don't get good grades, you don't go to the next grade. Simple as that. How can one student with bad grades be rewarded the same as one who tried hard and earned good grades? Doesn't seem right or fair.

I recently learned that the school has an isolated time out room, padded room once used as a small office or their "igloo", that they use without notifying the parents. Imagine finding out as a parent by reading a requested behavioral log of an adopted child who experienced trauma in his early years that the school, knowing his background, chose to use this type of punishment as a means to control a temper tantrum where he threw markers in class while upset. They have done 6 of these isolated timeouts hours at a time. He is 6. I hope that no one has to ever go through what I went through with this school and would encourage all parents to request a behavioral log for your child if you ever had to pick him up from school at their request.

I recently learned that the school has an isolated time out room, padded room once used as a small office or their "igloo", that they use without notifying the parents. Imagine finding out as a parent by reading a requested behavioral log of an adopted child who experienced trauma in his early years that the school, knowing his background, chose to use this type of punishment as a means to control a temper tantrum where he threw markers in class while upset. They have done 6 of these isolated timeouts hours at a time. He is 6. I hope that no one has to ever go through what I went through with this school and would encourage all parents to request a behavioral log for your child if you ever had to pick him up from school at their request.