Detroit Edison Public School Academy

"This school will let your child down the teachers quit in the middle of the school, and your child will be left being taught by the lunch lady. This has happened two years in a row. Ms Highbaugh at the front desk is very rude, Aundrea Johnson the elementary principal she is rude and unprofessional as well. I feel sorry for the students here at this school they are not getting the education they deserve. I’m so glad my daughter will not be returning. Please don’t fail your kids by letting them attend this school."

"I am an alumni of this school and had a positive experience during my educational journey as a child. As a parent, I thought my children would benefit from attending this school as well. I was mistaken. This school and its staff are unprofessional, unorganized, lack the ability to properly interact with children, unsafe environment and have fumbled the educational standards. I currently have 5 children enrolled in this facility and none of them will be returning next school year. Bullying is a major issue in this school in every grade level. The situations my children have encountered go unacknowledged when brought to the teacher and principals attention. The children feel hopeless in response to being protected from physical and verbal abuse from their peers. I have spoken directly to staff about situations that have been brought to my attention. Nothing was done to ensure that the bullying had stopped. Next day my child was suspended for protecting himself against the same bully I had addressed with the staff. There is little to no communication with staff. The school year is almost over and I have yet to meet all of my children's teachers. A few months into the school year, they stopped printing out homework and made it available through Google classroom. Laptops were issued and then confiscated; however the children were still held accountable for turning in their homework and learning spelling words/ test content they did not have access to. I requested an IEP for one of my children at the beginning of the school year and it has yet to be put in place. I've been told by the teacher that the paperwork was submitted. I spoke to the principal and she denied knowing anything about the request and stated she would get my son the resources he needed. With less than 30 days of school left nothing has yet to be done. When I addressed the principal again about an IEP, she first proclaimed not to be aware of him needing one (after my conversation with her about it) then she stated "You said he wasn't returning here." To her my child's educational needs were mute due to the fact he is not being re-enrolled. This particular principal did however ask for me to sign a behavioral plan for my child to incorporate the remaining 30 days of school. A behavioral plan that addresses, his inability to focus in class because he struggles to do the work. The occasions I have been able to interact with staff, I have encountered rude, demeaning and dismissive attitudes. I have witnessed (during virtual class days (parents are not allowed in the school outside of the main office), teachers who have no control of their students, lack of interest in teaching and full blown tantrums refusing to teach for the smallest isolated infraction. I am highly disturbed at the unveiling of students performing oral sexual acts in the restrooms during after-school tutoring. My grievances go on and I do not recommend this establishment to anyone. I will give proper just applause to the Preschool sector and the mail office assistant they are phenomenal."

"This year the school has make virtual learning a difficult mission. The survey for virtual learning was sent out by email 24 of Aug and closed the same day at 5 pm. If you missed the Survey you can not participate. If you by chance did fill out the survey there will be no teacher. They're very sneaky. Forcing you to participate in in-class learning with this pandemic. I have a feeling its going to be problematic."

"This school is honestly the worst school. You never know when things are because they do things at last minute. It never runs smoothly because they don't have time to prepare. The teachers are always leaving so it's hard to adjust to a new teacher. Since I am a senior I need recommendations and thats hard when all my teachers are gone. It's dirty, it has bugs everywhere. The classrooms are better than they were last couple years since we have new custodians. The food is somewhat decent. They always talk about getting you prepared for college but never talk about staying in college. They may have a high graduation rate but whats the rate for kids staying in college. Also they never can return calls at all, but can send out a phone blast everyday. The only good thing about the school is the few teachers that have been here for 3 years, and the Dean. Other than that it's not a good school overall."