John F. Kennedy Academy 1385 Berkshire Avenue, Springfield, MA 01151

"This school is my voting location, it's a very convenient location and seems well managed. I like the design of the building and think the grounds are well kept. Plenty of parking with easy in and easy out."

"The worst school you can send your child to. They are irresponsible , they don't let you know nothing wether it has to do with any info pertaining the school, or reminding you of school vacation/days off (you have to figure that on your own). Mind you they inform you of school pictures 2 days before the actual picture day , in other words you only have 2 days to make it happen. They have no control nor discipline towards these kids, the kids do what they want when they want and no one has control. I even seen teachers acting like students instead of being grown and taking care of the situation as if they were afraid of the kids, NO CONTROL. As for bullying, forget about it. They have this whole system where they write these reports of bullying which gets sent to deans office and NEVER even get looked at. So basically nothing will be done, your child will continue to get bullied unless you go in there snapping. Terrible school point blank!!! Won't recommend at all!!"

"I wish I can give a no star rating. My son served lunch detention because the teacher failed to do his job. And when my son asked why was he serving lunch detention his teacher refused to give him that information. So when I went in to speak to the teacher and also asked him. He said that it was a mistake and that it was supposed to be a different kid serving that lunch detention. During that same week. My son got pinned to the ground by a kid that kept bullying my son in elementary school. So they said they will look at the recording and get back to me. I haven't heard anything about the situation and it was in September and we r now in November. I was also told that the kid that did that to my son isn't aloud to be in the same hallway as my son and that he was moved to a different floor. So that they wouldn't cross paths but the boy still ends up in the class my son is in and is still raoming the hallways on the same floor. So my son still doesn't feel safe. One of my son's teacher. Screamed at my son in front of the class and embarrassed him. Because my son asked her something. Last week 2 kids were shooting ruber bands in my son's face. During play rehearsal some kids keep hitting my son in the head so hes come home with a headache.. That staff there has lost all control of the kids in that school.. when my son and his class r taking a test (I've been there so I've seen it with my own eyes) kids r so loud banging on the classroom door. Slamming the door and also roaming the hallways. I'm not really sure why there's a cop there. He stands in the office on his phone all the time. When these kids be running in the hallway , talking loud. Screaming bad words .... I'm looking into moving my son from that school. I'm not sure what school to put him in. Because I haven't heard good things about these middle School. Updating this post really quick.. I also forgot to mention that this school doesn't have a.c and no fans. Only a.c in this building is in the office. My son comes home drenched in sweat. Ya clearly don't understand how this can affect a kid. A kid can have a heat stroke because u guys failed to keep them safe."

"This school is horrible . My sister moved to Indian orchard this year and brought my nephew who’s lived out of tow his whole life to this school and so far this year he has experienced bullying, racism , and one of the kids even told him he was going to “f*** his mom in the a**” A FELLOW 6TH GRADE STUDENT OF HIS ! I was FURIOUS learning this information, do you understand how hard it is to explain to a child what “f***ing in the a**” is because some nasty, disrespectful , no home training kid has no manners and speaks like a nasty adult ? DISGUSTING! Absolutely disgusting ! I never head of kids so young act so disgusting ! I understand it’s a lot of the parents but it gives his school A VERY BAD NAME !"

"I am a grandparent of a special ed children and very unhappy with what happening at this school . There are no lock so kids things are being taken because they make the kids all put their backpack near the teacher which has been on going issue also not enough help in class room. My grandson hasnt make any progress since being in this school ."