John C Coonley Public School

I moved back into this neighborhood 5 years ago. My son is now in 7^th. He has challenging LD’s with an IEP. Coonley has done the best of their ability to help my Son and listen to my suggestions. I appreciate their help :)

It took awhile for me to decide whether or not I wanted to say something on here about this school. Everyone was really good to my son since PreK… (Now going into 8^th grade) but unfortunately he will not be finishing off his 8^th grade year with his friends that he’s known since he was a toddler. We’ve always lived in the area but not exactly within the boundaries they have and it was never an issue until I asked about enrolling my 5 year old in kinder for the upcoming school year. I hardly got a word in with the clerk, whom was extremely rude and spoke down to me. I expressed how upsetting it would be to transfer my son in his last year and/​or how hard it would be for me to drop my children off at two different schools in the mornings… My phone calls, messages, etc made no difference. I had one of two options. Transfer my son or leave him and have my daughter go to another school miles away. My fiancé and I made the very hard decision to transfer him. I can not begin to express how disappointed I am. I’m sure I’m not the only parent that has had to make a similar decision but the way the clerk spoke to me and how we were just kind of dismissed in a sense, was disgusting.
So thank you Maribel, for doing nothing to keep us part of the Coonley community.
And thank you Principal whomever you are, for never returning my messages.
My sincerest apologies for not meeting your cut off date to be on the waiting list.
I’m sure my kids will be better off.
Au revoir Coonley.
Until never.