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Parent Reviews (8 reviews)
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Leopold has a new principal and new asst. principal as of the 2008-2009 school year - who are AMAZING. There is an entirely different feel when you walk into the school - compared to the past 3 years - a positive energy that is hard to describe. You can also see the change in the teachers - because they are getting support from the administration of the school to better manage their classrooms - and teach our children. Of the 6 teachers my two children have had, only one was a disappointment - the other 5 teachers were absolutely phenomenal. And the friends my children have through school cover all areas of the spectrum - it truly is a diversity my children will cherish and appreciate as they get older and get into the 'real world' - because Leopold IS a school that will prepare them for our world's diversity.
Leopold is unique in that it has bilingual students, poverty level students, middle class students, and upper class students. It is incredibly diverse in race and economics which in my opinion... is what makes Leopold such a great school. If you are house searching, please do yourself a favor and visit this school. Leopold may not look great on paper because of the number of special needs and English as a Second Language learners trying to understand the context and and writien rules of English, which doesn't translate well in standardized tests, but this school has heart and life lessons that involve how to respect others and learn with people different than ourselves.
My son attended Leopold for Kindergarten and 1st grade, and I then transferred him to another school for 2nd. I feel the principal is very uptight, and cannot relate to the children. She is worried about her job, and not well being of the kids. Many of the teachers seem to be too busy to focus on kids needs, and appear very stressed at times due to class size. There doesn't appear to be a lot of order to many classrooms there, with way too many people in and out all day long. This makes it difficult to get answers from teachers about how the children are doing, because they don't even participate in a lot of the learning experience with the children.
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