People for People Charter School

my grandson is a pfpcs, in the 3rd grade, and is special needs, i really don't think he is getting what he really needs, to me he reads at a 2nd grade level,and understand instructions ad a first grade level, he is surpose to have 1on1 instructions, closes school to me is ferguson, never that!! he's been there since kindergarden, they do get new teachers every year,
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My child have a new teacher in room 411.I think he is a new teacher.every day he gets one or two students to check the class homework.well the student checked my child homework and marked it incomplete a number of times, when it wascorrect because my child ask the teacher and each time he said it was correct.He have students giving other students bad marks when their homework may be incorrect also.studnts should not be grading other student homework.that is what the teacher is getting paid for.so i an thinking how many of my child classmates are getting the wrone grades when there homework are completed.he don`t even grade the homework so the parents will know how their children are doing.teacher needs to grade homework so ther parents can see them.not childeren who work may be wronge also.teacher name is Mr.cortes.ps as of yet i have not seen any graded home so i can help my child with the things they have gotten wrong.
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@PFPCS stinks!!!! I need you to know that you MUST enroll your child in a non-charter school. If the Philadelphia School District does nothing, they do Special Education best. I know because my 17 year old daughter, who was diagnosed with Autism since the age of 3.5 has been enrolled in our public schools and it has served her/us well. Charter Schools do not have the funding for the extra services your/my child needed. If you are able to see my email address, email me.
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PFPCS stinks!!!! It doesn't make any sense that the school went down this bad in a short time. My son went to this school in Kindergarten and I LOVE IT THEN... all of the great teachers left and went to other schools. He has a learning disability, but I think some of the teachers have the same problem. They don't know how to inform parents of staff change or school policy change. I'm just really tired of being a full time parent and a full time teacher. I already have a job and I don't get paid to teach him. Helping him to understand what the teacher is teaching but not teaching the whole lesson. That's just crazy. So sad to see a school go down like this. A word to parents: "DON'T EVEN APPLY!!!"
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I am a former parent of this horrible school I removed my daughter out of this school four months ago and it is the best thing I could of ever done at her new school she is now playing catch up because a lot of things they are doing there she did not get at People For People I would never recommend anyone to attend this school THIS SCHOOL IS A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!

i think whoever gave this school 3 out of 5 stars was being extremly generous. Althought the teachers are great the rest of the staff is mediocre at best. my kids have been there for some years i have watched it go from ok to bad to worst. i am actually trying my best to get my children away from this school as soon as possible. the students run the halls, there is a lack in supervision and the discipline is awful and unfair. the people in charge are family members without the best creditionals or no creditionals at all. like i said, the best part about the school is the teachers, the parents are angry, there has been a number of times where my children or other peoples children have had a run in with an adult with foul language. this school is a horrible school i would never recommend it to any parent and there are alot of changes that needs to be made.
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My child attended this school for a period of 5 months. In this short period of time I reported three unsatisfactory incidents to the director and was provided with no follow up about any of the situations. Some of the teachers are very unprofessional in the manner that they speak to and discipline the children. I would NOT recommend this school to anyone.
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i am a former people for people student. people for people is the worst school ever. they have no discipline they cant keep teachers. the kids are very disrespectful. the teachers cant teach anything. it has just went downhill since the year it opened./

The staff & teachers are great. My child is bullied daily and I've been to the office to complain and nothing is done. They basically tell the kids involved including your child that if it happens again they'll be suspended. Nothing happens. My child has been hit, threatened & talked about by other kids w/o doing anything to them in the first place. There is no order in the lunch room & the staff there is overwhelmed. Even when the Principal is there, the kids are still out of control. I can't wait to get my child out of here! I had no idea is was like this. He has managed to learn here but I can help but think how much more he'd learn w/o the daily distractions from other kids. It's the same kids all the time. Thank God for the staff and teachers who stick around.
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The school is good my daughter like the school very much. She learn so much better then public school and she get the attention she need from the teachers.
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