Saint Barnabas Episcopal School

My experience this whole year has been excellent. The communication between the teacher and myself has been amazing and honest. I love that!
--Submitted by a parent

St Barnabas Episcopal School does not know how to handle bullying. They also do not know how to handle children with any simple needs such as ADD. I am not the first parent with the same prolblem. I have spoken to 3 other families b(who also quit going to this school) who had the same complaint about St Barnbas.
--Submitted by a parent

Administration is clueless. Parents are snobs. Teachers are unhappy. Academics are worse than public school. Save your money. Don't throw it away here.
--Submitted by a parent

We think that the overall academics are excellent and the staff is very good at their jobs. Our kids are very happy in 4th and 5th grade respectively. I will note that there has been an influx of 3 new families into our school from another local parochial school. They complained that their "gifted" children did not get the academic attention they needed at the other institution. Apparently being gifted to some means blaming their child's mediocrity on the institution because "how could my child be anything other than gifted?". LOL Have fun with that.
--Submitted by a parent

My children love this school. All I can say is that it has been nothing but a positive experience for them.
--Submitted by a parent

I have had two children attend St. Barnabas pre-school through middle school and I can't think of a better preparation for high school. St. Barnabas is a loving community with highly involved parents, teachers and administration. There is not another school like it in all of Central Florida! It deserves a 5 star rating.
--Submitted by a parent

Beware of this school. The experience in younger grades was good for us with good teachers. Later years were more like a nightmare with inept and unkind teachers. Administration backs teachers without regard for facts and refuses to listen. Initially there was good dialog with teachers and a collaborative spirit, until the administration refused to let us meet with teachers. Their excuse was that the teachers were too busy to meet with parents regularly. Athletics are a joke. Your child can be a starter and receive preferential coaching on any team if you are related to the administration or donate plenty of money. As for character development, there are nice signs and lots of pretty brochures, but we found bullying, lying and deceit to be prevalent on part of students as well as teachers. Conversations with other parents revealed similar experiences. We would put younger children in the school again, but move them before getting to middle school.
--Submitted by a parent

We have had a wonderful experience at St. Barnabas. The teachers are wonderful and as our kids are younger, I have to say that the teachers in the early grades are exceptional. Coach Shaw has done an amazing job with integrating athletics into the entire experience and Coach Tucker is an excellent addition to the staff as well. Give the school the highest recommendation.
--Submitted by a parent

Nice teachers they really help feel safe and more!
--Submitted by a student

Excellent expereince so far. This is my childs first year at St. Barnabas. She is in first grade and has come home everyday LOVING it. Everyone we have come in contact with has been great, caring and welcoming to us. It has only been a couple of weeks, but I can not think of a negative thing to say.
--Submitted by a parent