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8 years ago

Just finished our first year here. Great environment for preschoolers. Creative, nurturing, caring teachers. Outstanding care!

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Centennial Elementary School

Centennial Elementary School

3.7(3 reviews)
1.2 mi

As a long-time Centennial parent with six kids who have attended here, I've seen this school from…read morejust about every angle. My children have had IEPs, 504 plans, and been in gifted and talented programming, so this isn't a one-lane experience. What I've consistently seen is a staff that is thoughtful, responsive, and genuinely invested in kids as individuals. Centennial provides structure, support, and accountability, and in our experience, that balance has helped our kids grow. Academically, my kids have been both challenged and supported. Communication has been consistent. Centennial is a diverse, Title I school, and that diversity is one of its strengths. Many families, including mine, value the sense of community and belonging that comes with it. Our children have been known, supported, and cared for in ways that matter.

We moved to the area from a higher income county. Our Child has and IEP. (A child should have an…read moreIEP to protect them from getting expelled from school. It reminds the School Districts that it has a responsibility to provide education to all kids, regardless of their particular type of disability.) Adams County School District is far less prepared to handle students with emotional needs (IEPs) than our previous county School District (SD) was. (We're not wimpy parents and don't treat our kids like spoiled brats. But we have a brain, and can see what works and what does not with our child.) We were told that Centennial E was one of two schools that Adams School District said was 'prepared' to work with kids with IEP issues and thus we were shuffled off to Centennial, 10 miles from our home. (There is a perfectly good and highly rated Elementary (E) a two minute walk from our house, but they can not take our child there.) Centennial E is rated as a low performing school, on two different state level measures. I think this is mainly because of the neighborhood in which it is located. It tends to be properties with less value than surrounding areas; not that this area can be considered 'low income'. However, there is a trailer park adjacent to the school. Even though our child was shuffled off to Centennial E, because of their IEP, we found the school unable to deal effectively with students who have IEP needs. The schools seems more focused on punishing kids than working with the kids to teach them skills to overcome whatever issue is holding them back, or periodically getting in their way. Looking back over the last year, our child did not seem to have a pathway that allowed them to work their way back into a regular classroom, as they did in our previous county SD. Every time my child would make great gains in learning how to control their issue and climb the ladder to (the school's definition of what was acceptable) the goal of inclusion in a normal classroom environment, a slip would drag him all the way back down to the bottom of the ladder. He would have to start all over again. (The school's definition of what was acceptable behavior seemed to me to be more focused on how little disruption any child would cause to a teacher; a la Pink Floyd's The Wall.) This becomes very defeating to a child. This 'AN' room seems more like a jail to us. Our child was in class with other children who are similarly challenged and similarly punished, and it seems to me that this begins to instill the idea in them that they are bad kids. Many of them showed signs of not caring anymore about becoming better. In addition to all that, we have had to work with our child over the summer just to make sure that they have learned everything that they should, according to (or to stay up with) the Common Core standards. My child is bright, but a lot of what should have been covered in their education was not. We are dissatisfied and looking for other options. I friend that we had made at the School, who had a very bright child, would tell us stories from a different perspective. Her son was in the highest level classes available at the school. (There where other schools in the area, some advanced. But the more advanced schools had waiting lists or lottery systems to wait through.) This boy would often come home upset because he was constantly being picked on and challenged for being 'smart'. The boy is somewhat athletic. He could play any type of sport. We were told that the teachers would see this 'bullying' and do nothing, deny it happened, or say something the the effect of 'boys will be boys' or 'there is nothing we can do'. It seems that being smart is looked down on in this neighborhood, while being athletic; i.e. soccer, football, was to be exalted. I think if you cared enough to take an interest in the School that your kids attend, you should take your kids out of this school as fast as possible, at least until the SD brought in to this school some wholesale change in thought-process, and took some time to improve the management and performance of this School.

Little Sunshine's Playhouse

Little Sunshine's Playhouse

4.5(27 reviews)
0.8 mi

We love LSP! My son has been attending here for over a year and we have grown to love the whole…read morestaff. While we are disappointed that the director recently had to step away due to medical issues, we know that the school is in great hands with Heather, Sabrina and all of the teachers. I love the care and support that my son receives at Little Sunshine's. He always comes hope happy, with a smile on his face telling us of all the activities each day. He is flourishing under their curriculum, learning new skills daily. I would recommend them to any parent in the area!

We joined the Little Sunshine waitlist in June 2024, paying a $350 non-refundable fee after being…read moreexplicitly promised a part-time spot would be available by the end of my maternity leave (approximately 11 months later). After that, we received no communication for 14 months. When we finally reached out, Little Sunshine reneged on their promise of part-time care and had no opening available as originally assured. When we asked for a refund (given that we paid the fee based on inaccurate information) we were told the fee is non-refundable, even though staff acknowledged that multiple families have expressed similar frustrations about misleading waitlist practices. We were promised a follow-up from a higher-up, but no one ever called. In our view, the $350 waitlist fee was paid under deceptive and misleading circumstances, and the lack of communication and accountability has been very disappointing.

The Children's Center - elementaryschools - Updated July 2026

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