Olinda Elementary School

Hi my name is Carolina, I have 2 children at this school, my 10 y/​o in 5^th grade and my 6 y/​o in 2^nd. I’m so sorry the way you feel Lisa but this principal is the best thing that happened to Olinda in a long long time. Not only she wants to be number 1 but we parents do too. Before you blurt into this review you should get your facts straight before making this ridiculous accusations. The «good teachers’» retired because they’ve been teaching for more than 30 years, and one of them (which both of my kids were in her classroom) lost her voice. Sadly, she could not continue teaching. We are very grateful to both of them and we will love them and appreciate them Forever! In fact, one of them at least still wants to be involved with the school not as a regular teachers but still wants to be around. About Mr. Ajayi, how could you possible talk about someone you don’t even know? He has been nothing but wonderful to our kids. PTA hired him to run an after school program and he did wonderfully! I invite you to see what my son created in his class Last year.
If you had a bad experience with the school doesn’t mean you can blame the principal for everything. She «inherited» the teachers, the good ones and the «bad» ones. You should blame «tenure» for those «bad» teachers, not the principal. By the way, «that» teacher is gone. About not being able to talk to Ms. Ajayi couldn’t be farther from the truth. She is ALWAYS available to talk to parents. She makes a huge effort to accommodate you even after school hours because she knows parents like me have to work too.
I invite you to visit our beautiful school, it has changed a lot since you left, FOR THE BETTER. Always remember Olinda will continue to be the little school that could!
Sincerely
Carolina.