John R Beatty Elementary School

Enriching school. My daughter is now in accelerated classes in middle school and had a positive elementary experience from classroom teachers and wonderful specialists.

I consider myself an SN advocate and if you have a choice I absolutely would not recommend allowing your child to go here, especially a special needs child. All schools, administrations, programs, teachers can improve and hopefully they will but the problems here run very deep and most of the staff are not on the side of the parent/child. They will sooner hide wrong doings then to change, improve or do the right thing. Be aware and be wary.

Most of the teachers at this school are older and counting the days until retirement. Unmotivated and lack interest. The front office lady is unfriendly and won't even make eye contact or greet when you enter the school. My child attended for three years and I felt unwelcome everything time I visited the school.

My daughter attended Beatty from Pre-K to 5th grade and loved it. She had caring, effective teachers and excelled in both academic and social areas. She is not successful in middle school and I attribute this success to her own determination as well as the influence of good teachers from Beatty.