I honestly cannot believe what our experience has been like with Newtown Friends School. It was…read morerecommended to us by an acquaintance whose children attend there and love it. Small classes, progressive values such as inclusivity and diversity, values that so much seemed to reflect our own. It just so happens that our fourth grader was the victim of a crime over the summer before attending this new school. His behavior was affected by this event and, initially, NFS staff, using their language of partnership and collaboration, provided support that had an immediate positive impact. As they expressed a willingness to collaborate with us so did they decide NOT to actually collaborate. The simple recommendation was to keep the support in place and unchanged for a number of months. For whatever their reason, they chose not to do so. This immediately set our child up for failure as they made changes to the support that was working perfectly. Despite our efforts to collaborate, they simply changed it with no regard to what would work for our son. As a result, he was basically set up for failure. Our bright and motivated 9-year-old boy was never in so much trouble as he was at NFS. He was clearly under their critical microscope and their lack of understanding, empathy and unwillingness to work with him was both shocking and obvious. We decided that this school was definitely not a match for him or for our family. The values that they tout are good on paper but our experience is that none of them were genuine and there was no caring about our child, family or experience. "Teaching the whole child", and all of their "partnership", was chewed up and spit out along with us. But they made a point of keeping our.overpayment. Please know that NFS collects tuition fully in advance of the school year being complete. So if you invest in this place for your child's education and well-being, be prepared to lose your money if your child is deemed not good enough by those on high in administration. A sad reflection of Quaker values equating to a complete and total lack of empathy, enormous hypocrisy and obvious greed.

There seem to be two entries for Newtown Friends School, the only difference being the full…read moreaddress. Be sure to check both locations until Yelp combines these two.

This review is being written with the specific perspective from the parent of a child with a life…read morelong IEP. IF your child has special needs and/or an IEP - this is NOT the district for you. I know they have glowing reviews in various publications... but those accounts are not inclusive of special needs children or children with IEP's. This district has done everything they can to impede what outside professionals have recommended for my child, for years! They did not do what was needed or obvious until forced based on the testimony of two professionals and even then their primary reason for going 'that' route was to avoid liability, and that was just incident. There were many more circumstances where my child was not provided what was needed/requested, by professionals, and the child bore the brunt of the districts decision. CRSD put me in a position where the only option was due process and/or litigation. Unfortunately, upon advice from others who has gone that route with them, I avoided this process. There have been many other parents (not just one family) whom offered this advice said because CRSD's pockets are so deep, they can out wait you and hope you give up. Their number one concern is their wallet, their liability and their statistics. If your child needs interfere with any of these concerns... your child will be on the short end of the stick. I have no other experience with other districts, but I can tell you if you are deciding to move here for your child because they are "the best" and your child has and IEP... move elsewhere!

I love all my new teachers this year at my new school in Newtown pa I'm officially in middle school…read morethis school is bigger and better than Newtown elementary and St. Andrew's school next door to Newtown elementary

My kids missed this beautiful new middle school in the Council Rock School District, but I am…read morepleased to have had the opportunity to participate in an endorsement meeting before the upcoming May Pennsylvania primaries. The auditorium is large, with good acoustics and comfortable folding seats. The outer hallway is broad and accommodates the many folding tables needed to sign people in and put signatures on the many candidate petitions required for all the offices on the ballot. It was a successful if somewhat disorganized Bucks County wide event. Always feels good to participate in our still vibrant democracy. It may not be working well in Harrisburg and Washington, but we still know what it takes to make our local exercise in community civics work. VOTE!!!

Shir Ami is a wonderful place to send your children for pre-school. The teachers and staff are…read moretruly excellent and the programs are really great! Kids absolutely thrive here. On top of their exceptional educational programs, they offer extracurricular activities like karate and yoga, religious enrichment and more, all of which makes the child's experience rich and rewarding. Three of my kids had the fortune to go here and they all loved it and were more than well prepared for the big leagues a.k.a. elementary school. To any prospective parent, you can rest assured that your children are in caring and competent hands. Five stars isn't enough. This place is perfection.

Ranked in the top 165 school districts in the United States out of 10,500, CRSD covers five…read moremunicipalities - Newtown Township, Newtown Borough, Upper Makefield and Wrightstown in lower Central Bucks County, PA. It spends over $12,000 a year per student, making it one of the highest paid teacher corps in the country. Property taxes go primary to the school district to educate their 12,000 students. In the Commonwealth the school districts have taxing authority and are not dependent on the local government for their funding. The idea was to keep our kid's education away from the politicians and in the hands of professionals. In truth, it just makes the school board more political. Still, if quality education is what you seek for your children, it is what you receive here. More than 90% of the two high schools send graduates on to colleges and universities. As a result, these towns are very popular with young families willing and able to pay the local school taxes, which remain lower than surrounding states despite the almost annual increases and the related rising home prices. CRSD is the primary draw for people moving to the area. It has made these communities very desirable places to live. My family arrived long enough ago to afford a nice home here. These days it might well be unaffordable.

During my two-year stint at school, I had the privilege of being taught by some amazing teachers…read more Every week or two, we had a drop period which was filled with fun activities such as movies. The events organized by the school during that time were truly amazing and enjoyable.

This is the location of Holland Middle School, a part of the Council Rock School District. While my…read moreson is not a student here, he does play basketball as part of the Council Rock Basketball Association. The 7th grade teams play here on weekends. The facility is large enough for two full courts, and it is used morning 'til late afternoon on Sundays to fit in all the teams playing in this age bracket. Like most public schools in the lower grades, it lacks bleachers. Parents stand/sit around the edge of the courts to watch their kids play. The referees are local people trained in wearing black and white stripes and a whistle. They do an excellent job keeping the games under control, especially given the reality that most of these boys and not yet developed into skilled athletes. They don't call every foul or violation, because the game would never be completed it they did that. They let the game go and try to allow everyone to have fun while they compete. Thanks to all the volunteers who coach, keep time and score, and maintain the facilities for the rest of us. Kudos to the parents for coming out and letting their kids play the game without parental interference. It is good to see everyone again this season.

Our son and two nephews went through the Pennsbury schools and graduated from Pennsbury High…read moreSchool. We now have two nieces in Pennsbury. The quality of education in this district is excellent. Schools and facilities range from very good to excellent, somewhat dependent on age. Overall, Pennsbury is one of the best K-12 school districts in the country IMHO.

School please teach kids more about creativity and talk more about what entrepreneurs do when you…read moretalk about being a doctor, attorney, teacher, etc. l good professions. Just asking you to add it your list. Please encourage our kids to so more of what they like not what they don't like.

In addition to being the public elementary school for this part of Newtown, and the polling place…read morefor surrounding neighborhoods, the gymnasium is where the Council Rock Basketball Association 7th Grade teams practice during the week. Goodnoe is currently being expanded and renovated. The removal of the "temporary" classroom trailers is long overdue. When completed, Goodnoe will again be a state of the art educational facility.