Arlyn Day School

2789 Oak Street

Highland Park, IL 60035

3 Reviews

School District
Grade

6-12
Type

private

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Submitted by parent on January 07, 2023

Arlyn Day School is downright horrendous. Unless as a last resort do not send your children to such a program in which students threaten with harm and teachers saying unnecessary things including slurs and downright creepy remarks. They are good with allowing IEP accommodations but they do barely anything about preventing anything mental health related besides giving you a randomly chosen teacher as a "therapist". Arlyn is not lenient with any other way besides their own. 3/10 school and would not recommend this to absolutely anyone.
Submitted by other on June 18, 2021

I went to Highland Park today to help a resident who wanted old items gone from her house. The resident lives directly across from Arlyn School. Due to the configuration of the street and the blindspots on the resident’s driveway, I pulled into the almost completely empty lot of Arlyn School. The moment I pulled in and got out of my car a woman, with a group of kids following behind her, started walking toward me and began calling at me in a combative tone. She asked me what was wrong with my car and I told her I was picking up supplies from the house across the street. I told her it was a front porch pickup and I’d be gone in under two minutes. The house was no more than 40 ft directly across from us.Then a second woman came over and told the first woman to go away. I again explained my situation. She told me I needed to leave and I’d have to go directly to the resident’s house. It was clear there was no safe way to do that, considering there was already a car in the resident’s driveway and we were on a main road. Despite explaining the situation multiple times, it was insisted I leave. The staff were incredibly rude and abrasive with me for no reason. I would’ve understood if it was a small or full lot and my parking created interference for them. But that just wasn’t the case. I’m also a 5’ 4” female and was clearly no threat to anybody there. To have staff be so unkind at a school, for absolutely no palpable reason, speaks volumes about the tone of people working there. To also be so unworried about the safety of people in the surrounding area is just wrong. I’m glad no one I know was ever a student here, especially considering it’s a school for special needs kids who definitely deserve teachers who don’t set an example through irrationality and yelling.
Submitted by other on March 16, 2014

This school (if it could even be called that) is poor at best. They do not care about your child as an individual, but rather the money they get from your child's school district. The teachers are lazy and under qualified. The place is a revolving door. Teachers quit about once every three months. The homework given is mainly coloring pictures. The therapy is decent. If your child has a desire to transition back to their home school...don't bring them here as it will take at least two year...or in my case two years of transitioning only to be told that you will never go back to your home school. DON'T CONSIDER THIS PLACE FOR YOUR CHILD! You've been warned!