I attended the Neighborhood School for middle school back in 2000, and it was honestly a very brutal experience for me. Although the student body was a very fun, funky buncha kids, a few of the teachers there seemed to push some sort of semi-religious, cultish ideology onto the students. And if you were unlucky enough to be non-cult prone, well, they singled you out. There were numerous instances where I personally was punished for seemingly no reason. The teachers once segregated me from the rest of the school for a day because I tried to comfort my reading buddy when another student didn't share their snack with him. I know; it doesn't really make any sense, right? One of the male teachers there also had a very creepy relationship with a boy a grade below me. Not sure what that was about. Tip of the iceberg, folks. Now, many people who read this might blame the bends of time for warping these decade old memories, but I remain very close friends with some of the other students from back then, and although many of them had an easier time than I did, they still confirm a lot of my concerns with the school. My bottom line is this: if you have a child whom you've trained to keep their mouth shut and blend in with the crowd, this place will be great for them. The whole school is like a church; as a student, you're just meant to blend in with the congregation and listen to some bull from your pastors. A lot of students end up at Boston Latin School and better. However, if your child or you yourself are the funkier end of the stick, watch the hell out. This place is creepy. And the headmistress is even worse. To clarify, I'm probably the worst possible reviewer you could listen to about NS, due in large part to the fact that I was berated and mistreated by the faculty my entire time there. read more