Is Caravel perfect? The answer to this is certainly no, but that would be true of every school. For those who cite lack of IEP and special education support, that is why we have public schools. Delaware public schools receive between $16 and $20k per pupil. The average revenue generated per student at Caravel is closer to $10k if you look at publicly available financial statements. This does not allow for the extra resources that children with special needs require. Most of the teachers are caring and do a fantastic job with the students. A small percentage should be replaced, but we are facing a teacher shortage throughout the country. My children attended public school for several years and I find the quality of teaching at Caravel to be superior. Public school teachers are great, but they often experience inadequate support from the administration and complete lack of accountability for students who routinely misbehave. It's laughable when people claim that Caravel is not diverse. Have they even bothered to look at the demographic information? 55% White, 19% Black, 18% Asian/PI. If you look at data available from Census.gov, you will see that 60% of Delaware's population is White (non-Hispanic) and 23% Black. I would argue that's about as diverse as you can get for a private school. Sanford boasts 36% of their student body is "people of color", and good luck finding these data points from Archmere, Tatnall, and other Delaware private schools. If you want your child to be held accountable, actually have homework, tests, and high standards, then this is the school for you. If you want easy grades, limited homework, and no accountability for their actions, stay with your public school option.

Teachers and office staff take weeks, even months to respond to issues. Curriculum is literally nonsense and kids keep getting sick due to lack of sanitation in the school.

The principals here do not do there jobs right and are very disrespectful towards there students.

Daughter started in pre k, now finishing kindergarten, and her Spanish is already good. We have been extremely pleased.

Not what i expected, parents have no place or saying in this school, they are not fair or impartial when recommending either awards or punishments everything is based on who gives what.

My son is a 7th grader here, so far till this year every teacher he’s had till now said how lucky they are to have had him in their class and what a good boy he is. There’s one teacher this year that my son says that he feels hates him. She targets and ridicules the “sport” kids and gives extra favors to the other kids. My son says not a day goes by where she isn’t yelling at them for nothing, rolling her eyes when they say something, saying smart comments after my sons group answers a question like “good thing the answer was on the board or you would have gotten that wrong!” I understand that teaching this age group can be challenging but please treat the kids with respect!!

This school has always been a fine example.of what a community school should look like. The teachers for the most part appear to be genuine and love coming to work everyday. Parson has always had a manicured look to it and tons of parent and community involvement. This stems from years of great leadership. My biggest concern was seeing who the new principal was. I was shocked to see he had been promoted after a very serious encounter at Summerour Middle School a few years ago. I believe students will be fine as long as he doesn't do the same things here.

It's standard practice here to not let 4 and 5 year old children go to the bathroom as needed. I've had a few friends have this very same experience. My granddaughter wet and soiled herself 2 times yesterday after asking to go and was not allowed (not the first time). This is embarrassing for a child and infuriates me. This school is also habitual for sending kids home when nothing is wrong with them. Additionally it is notorious for checking temps after they come in from playing and calling the parents for pickup for "fevers" that don't exists. They often belittle the parents as if they don't know how to parent and even changed my infant grand daughters feeding AMOUNT without permission. My daughter has had to remind them more than once that they are not her medical doctor. I haven't figured out how everyone thinks this school is an exceptional place when they hire teachers that are inept to do their jobs to provide basic necessities. Don't even get me started about the infant teachers that they hire. Occasionally and I mean occasionally there is 1 good teacher in the bunch, but believe me when I say the rest shouldn't care for animals let alone children. It does you NO good to speak with the director when you have problems because she will also talk down to you. If you want to be enraged at least once a week this is your place, but I suggest finding somewhere else to take your babies.

My daughter has really enjoyed learning dance, acting, and an instrument. We do not think she would typically have been able to learn those without being at this school.

Southlake is a small school with direct access to teachers and staff. It has been a wonderful experience for each of our children. Subjects and classes are challenging. Personal responsibility, respect and faith is a key lesson at all grade levels.

My experience at Our Lady of Peace the staff very friendly. The teacher are very dedicated to their students.I can call or text my grandchild teacher and she will respond. The school programs are fantastic, I can't wait until their Spring show.

My kids thrived in this school from Pre-k to 1st!! Then we sadly had to move but the elementary school and their teachers and the community are truly so amazing!!!

The biggest bullies at this school are the teachers. The principal is on a power trip. The only thing good about this school is the size of the classes. By 4th grade they will have your child hating school. It’s a shame.

I moved my son to this school because of bullying. There hasn’t been any bullying so far. He’s been there for 2 years and I plan on keeping him there.

My child has attended here for 5 years now and I've had no issues with them an my child loves going here. Due to her social anxiety the smaller class sizes work for her. Any issues that has come up the school has worked with us to resolve them.