I am a substitute teacher. I sub at several surrounding school districts and trust me, this school…read moresystem does a wonderful job. Overall, I find the administration, teachers and other staff to be outstanding. Most importantly, the students tend to be better behaved and come to school with a desire to learn. The technology is up to date and the facilities are very nice. There is a lot of a school spirit that you just do not see in other districts.

Went to this school district and hated it. The campus and buildings were interesting. One big…read morething that got to me, was how they treated you like a child. When I was a freshmen they gave us a speech on how we are adults and we should act and dress like adults, but then they hold our hands on everything and had no choice in actives s like prep rallies. If I don't want to go to the prep rally to have my ears blown out with a headache, I should not have to go. They also had teachers stand guard at the cafeteria. It was like we were at jail. Drilling us on restroom use, getting in line per table and to quiet down. to top that they did nothing on bulling. I had many issues with some of the popular kids thinking they are above me and bullying me around and not one at big spring stepdd in. I could go on and on about how this school is bad. But there are some teachers that were amazing and would make my day better, but not enough.

Small classes with dedicated teachers and Administrators foster a great learning environment.read more

Review of St. Joseph School, York - Would Not Recommend If…read moreyou're considering sending your child to St. Joseph School in York, I strongly advise you to look elsewhere. The overall experience here has been extremely disappointing. One of the biggest issues is the writing teacher, Jill Slike.She's incredibly rude, unprofessional, and treats students unfairly. She hands out disciplinary notices to kids who don't deserve them and speaks to students in a disrespectful manner This school is not a good place for students. The writing teacher, Jill Slime, is rude, unfairThe school is boring with no fun activities, the food is awful, . Staff and students alike are often mean and unkind. I would not recommend this school to anyone.This school is not a good place for students. The writing teacher, Jill Slime, is rude, unfair, and hands out notices to kids who don't deserve them. The school is boring with no fun activities, the food is awful, and the overall environment is unfriendly and disrespectful. Staff and students alike are often mean and unkind. I would not recommend this school to anyone.overall PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE MY SONS AND I WILL NOT BE GOING HERE EVER

I'm trying to get my son enrolled in early intervention Because he has suspected autism . This caiu…read morenevertold Me they gonna call me back but it's been 2 yrs haven't got call back. When I called them they said we need to wait for our turn in line. its been f 2 yrs and still saying our turn isn't come yet . so frustrating!

My son has Autism. He goes to CAIU once a week for a couple of hours. He loves it and actually…read morelooks forward to it. I contribute a great deal of his progress to his interaction with the pre-school staff, especially Mrs. Gordon who my son adores and she equally adores him. He is always proud to show me what he has accomplished and tell me about his adventures which touches my heart in a way to which there are no words to accurately describe.

I know this is long, but if you are looking for childcare for your children I would take the time…read moreto read it. Our boys were enrolled in Best Friends for three weeks and I am beyond relieved to have them removed and in another daycare. Prior to becoming an educator, I worked in an excellent childcare facility for ten years. I believe that a parent who has no experience in childcare may not notice issues or know any better, or may think some things are "normal" that are not. First, let me start by speaking to what I feel is the integrity of the child care director. After reading on their website that they have been given five stars in Great Start to Quality, and are the "highest ranked" program in Oakland County, I looked them up on the site to find they do not have any stars. After contacting GSTQ to ask why, I found that her in home daycare had been given five stars but her center has not been rated yet. Using her in home rating in order to get more parents into her child care center, which is currently not rated, is dishonest. They updated their site to state they were in their new location so certainly they could have edited the information about their star rating at the same time. If you browse the Google reviews of this childcare facility, you will see that, in response to a poor review, the director Tori violates parent/caregiver privacy by publicly stating discipline issues with the parent's child. This is highly unprofessional and demonstrates a lack of respect for the privacy of past clients. Publicly sharing discipline issues also violates FERPA which i believe extends to state licensed child care facilities. I would expect a professional to remain respectful of a child's privacy even when they receive a negative review, particularly on a public forum. The program director, Tori, is expected to facilitate learning for young people, particularly those in early literacy. However, when students are doing activities with directions on the white board, words are often misspelled and in speaking, poor grammar skills are used. This is an issue in parent communications as well, which concerns me when my children are learning how to speak properly from the adults they are around all day. In our three weeks at the facility, the daycare closed on several occasions. Two were the result of snow days, which I understood completely. However, two were due to it being cold outside. The director stated that the building furnace was unable to keep the building warm. This is not a weather issue, it is a building issue that needs to be remedied as we live in Michigan and it gets cold. However, she still charged parents for those days as if it were a weather issue or "act of god." Parents still have to work when it is cold, so buildings need to be capable of staying warm. If the building can not stay warm then the onus should fall on the director to bear the financial responsibility of closing. The infant room, where my two year old was, was very damp and smelled strongly of something like wet paint. Every day at pickup the smell would hit me as soon as I opened the door to that room. Also, I was told that they would assist my son in potty training by taking him to the bathroom every 15 minutes. This did not happen. My four year old was in the big kids room. The activities seemed developmentally appropriate for the younger kids; however I told them when we registered that my son was working on reading and kindergarten prep. They told me they would work with him and instead had him doing activities that were not scaffolded to his current ability level and were therefore too easy. The culmination of our frustration was in our final week there, when I arrived to find my son and another child standing in separate corners facing the wall, with their backs to their peers, apparently because they were not cleaning up. This consequence is not only archaic but also highly inappropriate. It shames the child, confines them and excludes them from the learning activities being completed. It is punishment, not a consequence, and I would expect individuals who are trained in child development to know how incredibly inappropriate this is. We began looking for new childcare immediately when this happened, but then were given a termination notice without reason. This, again, demonstrates the lack of professionalism of the owner, as a good program director would sit down with a parent to explain their reasoning. They would not just leave an envelope up front and hide from the parent at pickup. When I asked via email for her reason, she deflected and would not provide one. I suspect that her reason has to do with the fact that I know enough about daycare to know that they are not good at their jobs, whereas a typical parent may not know any better. I was fine with the termination as we were leaving anyway, but the lack of professionalism in how it was done is very unfortunate and indicative of how this facility is run.

My experience with tori was very stressful. I was going through a divorce and at the time my ex and…read moreI used tori as childcare. Ms. Tori was very biased towards my ex wife that, although my ex wife registered my son I, his legal/biological father am supposed to have full access to any and everything that is relative to my child. Ms. Tori refused me access to these documents stating that they belonged to my ex wife. I was consulting an attorney about this behavior by Ms. Tori and only because I snapped on this lady during pick up of my child, she covered herself by deleting/kicking my child out of her daycare. If I could give Ms. Tori negative numbers I would. VERY BIASED AND VERY ARROGANT. I just wanted to make sure people know what and who they're dealing with when you select this business. This is my repost!!!