Since the previous principal left, the environment at this school has unfortunately declined. The new principal, ***, consistently treats the Black children with disrespect and has made remarks that come across as racially biased. This has created an atmosphere that feels unsafe and unfair for my children and others.

When my children first began attending, *** was very welcoming and respectful. Over the years, however, I’ve noticed a steady decline—not only in how the students are treated, but also in how parents are spoken to and respected.

Another serious concern is the conduct of some teachers. From my understanding, teachers have been searching through parents’ social media accounts in order to gather personal information that does not pertain to school matters. I find this invasive, unprofessional, and completely inappropriate.

Overall, what was once a positive school environment has become one that makes both my children and myself feel uncomfortable and disrespected. I truly hope steps are taken to address these issues and restore the respectful, supportive atmosphere that every child and parent deserves.

I’m a supply Ea and I took this school off my list. Didn’t feel safe or welcome.

Our experience has been nothing short of deplorable and dehumanizing. *** is often dismissive, the language used by staff to describe the behaviors of children is unacceptable and the way that black children are OPENLY treated by some of the staff is very concerning. We have reached out to the superintendent and have not received a response so, our next step will be to go to the Board Trustee. I believe this school needs a complete overhaul and the staff, including the principal, need to be educated on how to communicate with (black) parents and children effectively.

I work at St Christopher Elementary CS. There are supposed to be 10 EA s on any given day. We have been running at 7-9 since December. We have lost 3 EAs to some sort of medical leave during the school year. All of those EA s have 1.8 full time years with the school board. We are tired and burning out having our schedules changed daily. We are watching kids go without coverage, seeing them lose months from their education. In every classroom we have kids "bundled" together so that 1 EA can work with all of them. Some classes have up to 4 high needs kids in them for 1 EA.
The amount of sickness that has arisen in this school year beats any year I've worked as an EA. (19 yrs including supply). So everyone is always sick.
We have a medically sensitive needs wheel chair bound child in a class with a highly volatile child with autism. The child with autism is getting next to no help causing him to lose a whole year of school. We have two children in one class that both have autism, one is echolelic and the other is highly volatile. The one who is echolelic has now started copying the other one dangerous outbursts. That's not even the half of it.
We have an old closet that is used for a movement room. Room enough for a pressure canoe, mini trampoline a tiny tent and a little tykes basketball net. We have no program support area to take the kids other than the library if it's available. No classroom of our own for resources and such. Our lunch bunch happens in the library along side of the musical rehearsals. This is the hardest year I've ever worked in this job. Mainly because there is no where to go.
However, the EA s we have are not very motivated either. The supplies we get are warm bodies that know nothing of the profession! I have a college certificate in this profession and feel quite insulted that I had to wait 2 years after graduating to be considered to be hired, then another 3 years of supply before becoming full time. Now the profession is treated like garbage.
I love what I do, I hate what is being done to my career.

This school used to be fantastic! The moral was high, the kids were happy and the support was there. Now St.Pat’s is so low on moral, it is a chore not a pleasure to go to work. I have worked in many schools in this board and I have to say this school has gone so far down the tubes I don’t know if it can ever come back to what it used to be. The administrative staff are harsh and unsupportive, making it difficult to find support when there is a problem. The lack of support in the classrooms for children with special needs is ongoing and only getting worse. It feels very alone and segregated as a staff, with a staff turnover rate that demonstrates the lack of passion teachers have when working there. I think if the administration was moved around and new people were to come into these roles, maybe the staff moral would begin to turn around.

got so hot in the school during the summer i threw up (it was like 40 celsius in there) so like maybe teach you teachers to keep the windows closed..?