Drew School reviews

4.0

63% would recommend to a friend

(14 total reviews)

67% positive business outlook

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14 reviews
1.0
Mar 7, 2020

Proceed with extreme caution

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Pros

If you don't interact with the administration much, Drew is a good place. Nice community feel, a lot of great students who make it fun to come to work, and there's an ongoing opportunity at Drew to re-think what you're doing and advocate for change. In my experience, the pay was competitive and the benefits were good. Plenty of time off.

Cons

The massive turnover speaks for itself. The new head of school has surrounded himself with incompetent sycophants who do his bidding for fear of being berated, demeaned, or otherwise demoralized by him. This has broken the school by driving out countless talented people who cared very deeply about their work and about Drew itself. The head of school says "high level" a lot, which gives you a sense of why he is incapable of leading a small, second-tier high school. He can't and won't appreciate Drew for what it should be, which is a warm, caring environment that takes care of kids who wouldn't survive in one of the top-tier SF schools. That's a great place to be and there is a real market for it! Instead, leadership is trying to contort Drew into something it's not. The result is a toxic workplace culture.

1.0
May 26, 2023
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Pros

Other faculty, few really nice kids

Cons

Where to start? They require you to teach less than the curriculum (their transcripts are a joke) inflate grades and admit so much kids with behavioral challenges that classes are a bear garden. But it’s on you to make sure these kids want to learn? The management only cares about making the parents happy not about educating the children. And the parents who send their kids here don’t seem to understand that they are not helping their kids when they shield them from the consequences of their behavior.

3.0
Mar 1, 2021

Great community

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Pros

Great community students faculty and parents

Cons

Difficult with inexperience administration turnover and program being consistent for all students.

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