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  • 1/5 no y. 2 years ago on Google
    I entered the building. It was cold, dark, yet humid. I went to the counter to order a bottle of vodka with two shots of whiskey mixed in. However, the person behind the counter said "WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY SWAMPPPPPPPP" I was absolutely horrified. The person behind the counter also said something along the lines of "Onions have layers" I was very confused and wanted to leave. Might I add that the place had many strange people, one of them said "I'm the ultimate supreme leader" they also made a weird "NEEHEEHEE" noise. The floor was splattered bright pink, very concerning. 0/10 would not recommend even for someone you hate.
    32 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Sir C. 1 year ago on Google
    It was a dark and sunny day, I could feel the wind blowing on my face as I approached the school. As I entered I saw a dark figure at the end of the hallway. As I approached the dark figure I saw puddles of water of throughout the hallway. Suddenly, hands sprang out of the water and children climbed out of the puddles. In unison, they said: "GET OUT OF MY SWAMP!!!". I was terrified and as I ran I slipped on one of the puddles and the children grabbed me. To be quite frank, I think the children should've taken a bath because they smelled horrible to me! Horrible school board honestly I don't understand why they have vines growing in the schools.
    21 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Lucas L. 2 years ago on Google
    Personally, I dislike the school board. A lot of the things, such as desks are still used even if there’s obvious wood chips everywhere and wobble. Also, this school board blocks literally every socializing method, chats, hangouts, discord, even APPLE. they even blocked profile pictures and the dinosaur game. Also, the school board is really unprepared. We had a snow day yesterday (finally), and that snow day was asynchronous, but today is synchronized?? Why can’t you just let kids be kids and let them enjoy the snow day?
    19 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Benjamin “Bean” Y. 2 years ago on Google
    I gotta say, there are lots of things that must be changed. As a student, we were promised to have our profile pictures back, but no, we don't have. Second, students need to be socialized, it could affect their mental health, and my question is, why did they remove hangouts? Why couldn't they let us chat on Discord? Is there a reason?
    16 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Lauren Y. 1 year ago on Google
    I have been here since I was little and nothing has changed. Almost all of the furniture and supplies are chipped and/or don't work anymore. Some little kids called us stinky and swore. They were young but that didn't stop me from telling a teacher they swore. Then the teacher said, "Let them go. Their just kids," like EXCUSE ME?! I'm sorry MADAME BUT THEY SWORE. Then she went back to looking at her depressing phone. The weather rules are really messed up. It's kind of raining and you get indoor recces. THEN ITS A BLIZARD AND GUESS WHAT. LETS LET THE KIDS FREEZE TO DEATH! Kind of dumb honestly.
    14 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Rebecca -. 1 year ago on Google
    Protesting in front of our office building and trespassing to use the bathrooms. We had to lock our individual office doors to keep people from harassing us, and yet they still harassed us through the door and repeatedly ringing the doorbell. As tenants, it is not up to us that the bathrooms are restricted to tenants and their guests only. I am 100% sure I could not walk into a school and request to use their bathroom??? THIS IS HOW EDUCATION WORKERS ACT!?!?! Despicable. Multiple women raised their voices at me and said "then I will pee right here!" OMG you are supposed to work with children not ACT like them.
    13 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Free Hot C. 2 years ago on Google
    We finally get our profile pictures back. Our choices are: Name, initial of first name, picture of our face or a silhouette of our face. We get to express ourselves again. Yet we can only choose information about ourselves. I can't even make my profile picture an animal, drawing or a picture of space. This is unreal. On top of that, you don't allow kids to talk to friends via google chat or Discord, you don't allow us to use Tor or a VPN to bypass these rules. You seem to block everything that we can use to talk to friends, but allow games.
    11 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Derrick O. 1 year ago on Google
    I was disgusted after hearing they sent out a memorandum to their schools that called for Queen Elizabeth's death to be ignored and her life of service not to be honoured. The people who run this school board are the type of people who will gradually erode all this country stands for and has been built upon. Their attempt to invalidate our head of state is reprehensible and they should be fired.
    10 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 I Leach Off E. 2 years ago on Google
    Its not great because its school but this school is okay. I like online school because I do better online when people aren't always talking and distracting me like in real school. Again it's still school so its not great but its okay. The homework I for some reason like that we get so much homework because It makes me more prepared for the next grade. Another thing is the amount of screen time. That is a problem because its not healthy to stare at a screen for like 7 hours but either than that its an ok school. I give it a 5/10 but they don't let you do that so ill just put the score here: 5/10
    8 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Never M. 2 years ago on Google
    Oh boy! We might have some freezing rain tomorrow. Let's continue to teach our kids to live in fear with the justification of 'an abundance of caution'. Quick, cancel more class time. They haven't missed enough over the last two year. China is turning their kids into li'l soldiers, we can't even send ours to school cuz it might rain. The education system in this province needs to be gutted and all the board members encourage to spread their damage to other industries. These are 'professional educators'? I would laugh if it weren't so sad and pathetic.
    8 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Silent I. 1 year ago on Google
    I've been in the York Region District School Board schools for nine years. From my extensive experience, it is a terrible school board that needs improvement. The reasons for this are as follows. 1 - Teachers The York Region District School Board's teachers are inept and frequently turn a blind eye to bullying. I remember when kids were fighting near the teachers. The teacher glanced at it and then turned as if nothing was wrong. It demonstrates that they don't care about the students. The teachers also act as if they have complete authority over the students and can do whatever they want. If you accidentally hit a student with a ball in school, they will tell you to apologize, but if you accidentally hit a teacher, then the situation completely changes. Either your ball will be taken away and returned to you by the end of the school day, or you will go to the principal's office for a lengthy speech. Teachers enjoy making fun of the students, but as I previously stated, it would be a completely different story if you made fun of them. Teachers can perform tasks that students cannot. I recall a teacher throwing a ball to a student in a classroom but then taking the ball away when the student threw it to another student. Although I have said negative things about teachers, this does not apply to all of them. There will always be different types of people, and the most despicable is the teachers who abuse their authority and act as if the students have no recourse. 2 - Technology & Internet The York Region District School Board previously used Dell laptops but now uses Chromebooks. The Dell laptops were old, but they worked fine and weren't too slow when signing in and loading programs. Although the Chromebooks save your account when you sign in, loading things is a pain. It often takes me a minute or two to open a Chromebook, and signing in is sufficient. However, it will take another 30 seconds to open Google Chrome after you sign in. After opening Google Chrome, it will take time to type anything in the browser. When you open a website such as Google Docs or YouTube, it will take a while to load in. When I had an assignment 17 pages long, the Chromebook would freeze for a few seconds every time I scrolled down. It was such a pain that I did not complete the assignment at school. Almost no app, if any, supports a Chromebook. I've only just mentioned laptops; now I'm going to discuss the internet. The internet service provided by the York Region District School Board is no better than the Chromebooks. The internet is slow, requires a YRDSB account login, and blocks many things, which we will discuss further in the following section. 3 - Blockage The YRDSB restricts access to many websites (which I understand), but it also takes away most forms of communication and even extensions. Assume I wanted to download an ad blocker, for example. Well, no adblocker for me because it's "blocked by admin," surprise, surprise. I try to find others' "Administrator's block." What if I want a custom background extension?" admin blocked." The school board banned Google Chats, which students used to communicate during the pandemic. If you wanted to talk to a friend at home on google chat, you could speak with them and make sure they were okay, but the admin has also blocked it. They also removed profile pictures at one point due to offensive profile pictures. I didn't see anything wrong with that, but others did. They allowed us to change our profile pictures again, but with many restrictions. It is where the most misconceptions are. It does not have to be a drawing or an image of you, or even your pronouns; it could be an anime character (as long as it is not offensive). It could also be drawings, such as a dragon or anything else. Now, the time to change your profile picture got limited, and the only reason I know that you could change your profile picture to be an anime character is because of Google reviews. The profile picture was unimportant because it is the least of my concerns.
    8 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 padew s. 2 years ago on Google
    Funny how authority tells you to make good choices while their bosses can't make one. Still haven't gotten profile pictures back. Google chat is now banned. Board never fails to disappoint me. Hybrid model is a mess. Some teachers literally make the kids make assignments and present them and make the class do them and then the kids have to mark them. I'm sure something similar happens in different schools considering the board's 1.7* rating. Unbelievable.
    7 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Stephanie R. 1 year ago on Google
    Not a bad school board, however, they like to cancel school on certain days which do not have bad weather. I remember when they cancelled school for everyone to access the board because some areas had tons of snow while the rest had a tiny bit. I understand why but let us go to school if were not affected! To be honest, every board is the same. Most of these people here are just angry students who are complaining. Sure the board has areas for improvement, but they should be seeking active feedback from students and teachers to make a positive learning environment.
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Tide iz B. 1 year ago on Google
    i'm not too sure about other school boards because i've been here my whole life, but i'm gonna share my thoughts i'm a bit disappointed that they blocked the google chats/hangouts. it seems reasonable since you never know what kids are planning in there, but it becomes really hard to work on group projects after school if some dont have stuff like discord. they extensively block all social media, so communication for those without personal accounts can be challenging no air conditioning. i mean, AC is expensive, i dont blame them, but in the summer, it becomes unbearably hot, and i dont like heat stroke we didnt have any snow days until the 2021-2022 school year. we had to wake up at 6 am to shovel the snow or trek through the thick layers snow to get to school. after all that, we finally had snow days. but guess what? we still had asynchronous work hybrids in 2021-2022 suck. teachers are already hard working enough, and teaching online kids and in person kids at the same time is no joke. why dont you do it like 2020-2021? just have online kids go to online class and in person kids in school they kind of blocked bookmarks on school chromebooks. you can make bookmarks, but they'll get deleted when you log out and it's very inconvenient. the only bookmark that stays is the yrdsb bookmark we cant log into other accounts with our school acc anymore. jeez, i cant even use canva anymore. idk if this is only me because my friend could log in. my advice to get around this is to plan everything at school, and do all the designing and visual shenanigans at home. in my experience, everyone is very nice except a few particular individuals. the most teachers want you to learn, grow, pave your future, and have fun, and they'll do everything in their power to help accomplish those four things. yeah, some are mean, but after a few weeks, you'll be able to know which teachers want you to learn and grow, and which teachers just dont care this post is a lengthy, but i hope it gives you the information you need before sending your kids here also, this is mainly info for elementary schools(kindergarten - gr8) because i am not in high school yet as of this year. i may or may not update this review in a year or two so it also mentions high school
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 yung h. 2 years ago on Google
    I learned to tie a noose while here ! <3
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 alty w. 2 years ago on Google
    don't know how to teach hybrid model
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 John S. 1 year ago on Google
    Your mission statement is very nice however you only demonstrate this when it suits you and not the people you serve. "To adva​nce student​​ achievement and well-being through public education, which motivates learners, fosters inclusion, inspires innovation and builds community." Sorry, allowing unions to close the school so they can hold a protest on school property is not advancing any students achievement or well being!
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Mahera S. 1 year ago on Google
    I just came here to convey my message to the authorities of board but saw the reviews so thought to give mine. I have been here since 6 years and I haven't noticed any of school here in York region offers extra curricular activities or sports or any filed trips etc. Children's feels alot of pressure and frustration with the same routine every single day. In many institutions sports or extra curricular activities have been arranged so that the students would take an interest to go to school. In TDSB my kids had participated in many activities like chess,basket ball and tennis but here in YRDSB school nothing happens like that. I every day convinced my grade 7 boy to go to his school he doesn't want to go he feel bored and exhausted in his school. Schools must offer mental and physical games for students for their mental and physical well-being otherwise they will feel forced to come to school just only for boring classes.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 ali b. 1 year ago on Google
    Bring the Gifted Program back to Markville Secondary School. It has been unreasonable to strip away the special program. If the board decides to strip the Gifted Program away from Markville SS, they should at least give a warning a year in advance, and not 2 months before high school applications are due. My grandson and his friends at school are suffering due to this. Please fix this :(
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Jaivanth B. 1 year ago on Google
    YRDSB has really bad weather predictions, because there was no school when it was just slightly raining, and we had to go to school when there was literally 15 meters on the pathway. We cant have our own pfps, and what annoys me the most is no electronics during recess and lunch. This is why YRDSB deserves a one star.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Constantine A. 1 year ago on Google
    I am still going to school in YRDSB so I have first hand experience when it comes to the quality of education. First of all, the school board makes decisions that only benefit them and nobody else. They call snow days on days that are sunny, and do not call snow days when it is snowy! On top of that, even if we have a snow day we still have to do online work! Just let us have a break! To make things worse, in my school, and probably other schools in YRDSB, the recess monitors are NPC's. If you tell them something hat concerns you, they do not do anything. Some of them do not even speak English for God's sake! I do not understand how they get hired when they do not have the slightest idea what to do. Furthermore, YRDSB blocks websites that are arguably fundamentally to our communication in class/school. They block Discord, Reddit, and any form of social media. You know what's funny? They even blocked students from leaving reviews of YRDSB on google! This is downright North Korea levels of blocking! Somehow things get worse, the school that I go to (Charles Howitt Public School) and seemingly other schools, can not for the life of them call indoor or outdoor recesses'. When it rains even a tiny bit we get rushed inside, but when it is -17 degrees Celsius they send us outside! And when we try to go back inside to where the heating is, they just yell at us (very rudely I might add) to go back outside. SURELY they feel some kind of sympathy! But it does not seem so. Also some of the teachers are power hungry idiots who are annoying for no reason. As an example, the VICE PRINCIPLE went out on to the field when me and many others were playing soccer, she completely ignored us and stood in front of the net waiting to get hit by a ball. And LOW AND BEHOLD SHE GOT HIT AND GOTA CONCUSSION BECAUSE SHE WAS STUPID ENOUGH TO WALK IN FRONT OF THE NET! After that the School banned hard balls in winter. Complete and utter incompetence. I have a lot bones to pick with this school board and frankly I wish I could leave a zero star or at minimum a 0.5 star review. Overall, incompetent school board, and many problems they do not, and will not bother to fix. 1 star is simply not enough o describe the incompetence of this school board.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 pureblackCA 1 year ago on Google
    Terrible, terrible staff. Not only are the teaches biased towards females and pick favs but the monitors are literally NPCs, I broke my arm on the field during lunch break and had to lie there for 45 minutes whilst obviously being hurt. One even walked up to me and asked if I was ok I said ''I think I broke my Arm'' and she said she was going to get help. 20 minutes later nothing happens until a teacher was called onto the field because someone else reported it.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Lili K. 2 years ago on Google
    Don't waste your time trying to register for Indigenous Languages and International Languages. Total frustrating waste of time. No-one answers the phones, no-one replies to e-mails, no-one cares!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 loxers 2 years ago on Google
    They literally made it so that their computers sign out when you close the screen, I lost 1 hour of work from that. then they have some clueless teachers who dont know what they are doing.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Kei C. 2 years ago on Google
    Change the 2 weeks in 1 week schedule, on behalf of all high school students in York Region we know that the Covid protocols aren't being followed 100%. Smart to have less contact tracing when you get rid of Covid screenings and strict masks and social distancing. So incredibly well handled at YRDSB headquarters!!

  • 1/5 Eric T. 2 years ago on Google
    I tried ordering a kids meal here but they wouldn't sell it, they only sell vodka.


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