Allen Dale Elementary School

The parents work hard to donate their time and money to provide and keep the best educational activities available. This allows great opportunities for the teachers to provide quality education for all the children. Teachers, parents and children working together for a terrific education...priceless!!!!
--Submitted by a teacher

I think the teachers are great. I don't like the principal and the lunches. I think the principal is arrogant and rude. He is way to strict on being tardy. Things happen and the parents are the ones who are responsible for kids at this age and to give a child detention for being tardy three times is insane!
--Submitted by a parent

The teachers are awesome and super caring.. Will to work with the parents.
--Submitted by a parent

Excellent interaction and inclusion of family into schooling. Great Staff.
--Submitted by a parent

Allen Dale teachers & Principal are amazing, open, and more then wonderful.....the front office staff however is something left to be desired. I enrolled my child toward the end of the school year...the ladies in the office wanted to know all about who, what, why, when.....the next time I was in the office...their esoteric, rude, and over the top sharpness has left me cold and never wanting to deal with them. Thank God...The teachers and principals are the real reason my children go to the school!!!
--Submitted by a parent

I wouldn't have my son go to elementary school anywhere else. The teachers, principal and staff are all wonderful. They take time to communicate with you and really seem to care about the children.
--Submitted by a parent

Teachers and principal are great. The front office staff seems to be a bit snooty or short. They seem to have there own little esoteric behind the sceans thing going on.
--Submitted by a parent

I am a divorced parent, that has a child with special needs. She has been in Allen dale since first grade and still attends and she is now in the 5th. The special education program there in my opinion has fallen short and not met my daughters needs, I feelthat she has just been a number in so many ways and has fallen through the cracks. She is still coming to visit me crying over the teasing that has been going on for years...even with much interaction I feel she is still pushed aside and her needs just haven't been met....i would not recoment this school if your child has special needs. Other than that the schools seems ok
--Submitted by a parent

My son is in 2nd grade and has had the best experience so far. He has always done well with math and the teachers have recognized that and been willing to put him forward so that he doesn't just wait for the class to catch up.
--Submitted by a parent

Overall, I love Allen Dale. I think it is a wonderful school with wonderful teachers. However, the school doesn't do very well when dealing with the single, working parent. The PTA type meetings are held at 2:30 in the afternoon which makes it incredibly difficult for a single, working parent to attend and be involved. The school was much better with the old principal, but I'm sure, with time, the new principal will improve.
--Submitted by a parent