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Parent Reviews (23 reviews)
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After reading the last two reviews, I have to say that Dapplegray is one of the best schools on the Peninsula. INCLUDING the principal. He is blunt & straight forward & doesn't beat arround the bush. He is always on the go, trying to do whats right for the kids. How do you make 500 + parents happy? You don't. So you do what is good for the kids, deal with it parents! Hes not gonna go easy squeezy softy on you. Is the world gonna hold your childs hand every time they walk out the door? No. My kids are stronger more independant, they listen and thrive at this school. They LOVE their principal, he speaks to them at their level, he lets them know the bad and good but also what he expects of them. The teachers here WILL make your kid smarter even the special needs child.
My son has special needs in Sec. 504 and the principal is so judgmental. His teacher last year and his teacher this year both gave him so many negative reports because they consider his special needs to be 'bad choices that he makes' He comes home crying most of the time and the principal encourages the staff to take a no-exceptions approach when it comes to what they call 'disciplinary behavior'. He was going to private school before this economic time hit me so hard, and I wish I could send him back... Good public schools are so hard to find and my son has to suffer in the meantime. And this school deserves a low rank, not because of the quality of education; but because of the quality of personnel.
Dapplegray would be such a perfect school if the principal leadership were a little better. The teachers are just fantastic. There are many teachers that seem to go above and beyond what they need to do. We are very proud to have had such great teachers.
We love Dapplegray school. The teachers are very experienced. I do have to agree with some of the other parents, that the school is lacking principal guidance and that at times he seems very unprofessional. The schools is in a great location and the district is also excellent.
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