J.H.S. 189 Daniel Carter Beard

"This school is a prison. The administration is a joke. I always thought that principals were supposed to be empathetic and calm when dealing with parents or children but no. This woman went from 0 to pissy in a second. She doesn't let you talk and only pushes her idea. She has a strong belief that grades shouldn't interact yet believes she is encouraging social interaction. Instead of trying to help the situation she escalates it by interrupting and raising her voice. The other staff member I met with was no better. This is a highly unprofessional environment and I would not recommend it. If the adults can't even control themselves, how do they expect to control the kids in a positive way."

"I Go to that school in 2014. Right Now,I get ready into 8th Grade student,I feel that school is very good!"

"This is about students behavior outside the school. I had unpleasant experience riding on the train with the group of school students that were getting back from field trip (train 7, March 10, 2016, around 3 PM). They jammed into the train car and stayed packed in the middle of the car even though there was enough room in the car (3PM, not rush hours yet). They were falling down on the people sitting on side, screaming and yelling very loudly all the way till the last stop. No respect to the other people on the train. Any complaints from the other people were making things even worse. The most disturbing was the fact that the teacher who was their group leader didn't make any attempt to handle her students misbehavior. Though there was a comment from one of the students to the others - "Stop it guys. People are looking at us as at animals.""

"Currently in 7th grade, Mr.Frank is one of the best and funniest teachers ever, he's wierd and cool. I really love him."

"I attended 189 back in the fall of 1986. Things were a little different then. I remember the music that was popular at that time back then. Although l did not graduate I had fond memories of the people I met there."