Forrest Edwin School

7300 Cottage Street

Philadelphia, PA 19136

School District

The of Philadelphia
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on February 07, 2025

With the schools new renovations and new principle Mr mcnear i feel like this school has gone above and beyond. The new principle here makes the school so much safer, cleaner and organized. You can tell he cares alot about the school. The school is more tech savvy and post updates of whats happening in schools weekly. My 3 now 4 kids that attend here love it. Teachers and the principal are super responsive and helpful if there are any issues. None of my kids have had any ongoing bullying issues and if there are any , it's dealt with pretty quickly. The lunch staff are amazing! My girls love the lunch staff so much. They make sure my babies are fed. My girls always come home telling me about how much they enjoyed lunch. Shout outs to mr budwig, ms moise, mrs rothman , mrs Philip banks, Mrs Mayer and so much more!
Submitted by parent on November 13, 2023

My autistic son attended the school for less than two months, and I had to remove him. There is no type of discipline or structure in the school principal vice principal. Everyone in the school has very poor communication.. My 10 year old unfortunately is still there. I fear for his safety every day.
Submitted by parent on February 09, 2023

My FIRST GRADER was CHOKED in the bathroom stall by another first grader. The child was already a problem and was left to go by herself, where she took that opportunity to hurt my kid. The schools response? Oopsie, we will have a monitor with her now. Cool my child has contusions on her neck now though. If you value the SAFTEY of your babies do not put them in this school.
Submitted by parent on January 23, 2020

This is the worst school around here.
Submitted by parent on August 06, 2019

My kids like the school so far. There are some bullies but that issue starts at home so you can't really blame the teachers
Submitted by parent on May 08, 2019

Ruined Kindergarten for my little girl with their lack of understanding, compassion and skill
Submitted by parent on March 11, 2019

This school is an absolute disgrace when it comes to bullying and other important matters regarfung safety. My daughter has had issues with bullying for some time now. I have met with teachers parents counselors and every year the same stuff happens. This time its over the top and i am disgusted! My daughter came home to tell me a boy student in her classroom grabbed another boy students hand drug him to where my daughter was and placed this little boys hand on my daughters chest!!!!!!!!! They are in 4th grade! What makes this even worse is she told not one but TWO teachers about it and nothing was done!! It was not addressed!!!!! Needless to say i am livid and will be going to any and all extremes to make sure this never happens again not only to my child but anyone elses as well!!! This us deplorable!!!!!!!!! Do not send your children here!!!!!!
Submitted by other on January 26, 2018

I went here as a child 15-20 years ago... and now I have the privilege to be student teaching here. Some teachers I had in the past are still here, and are still just ad dedicated as they were back when I was a child. EVERY SCHOOL has problems, bullies and bad kids and bad teachers... but this school OVERALL is and always has been a good school. I'm definitely applying to work here once I graduate in May.
Submitted by parent on January 23, 2018

My son got punched in the cheek today for not giving up his cheese sandwich! We spent 3 hours in the ER to make sure it wasnt broken or his eye wasnt hurt! He has been bothered for a few years about his lunch and no one ever does anything about it long term! The resolution last 2 weeks till we stop bothering them about it!!!This is the result of not caring! STAY FAR AWAY from this school!!!
Submitted by other on May 10, 2014

Great clean school , professional well mannered teachers and staff, Friendly sociable students, Neighborhood well maintained by caring friendly people who interact with people.
Submitted by other on May 07, 2012

I think this school is excellent. I've been there for four great years. My teachers were Mrs. Warzinyak, Mrs. Casey, Ms. LeSaint, and Mrs. Loving. The teachers there have a great source of knowledge and are great, loving teachers.
Submitted by other on April 21, 2011

This school was ok but i was only here for 3 years to finish 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. But overall it was one of the best schools i went to. The teachers always wanted to teach their students and wanted parents to get involved with their children's education. I had 2 favorite teacherswhen i attended this school, they were, Mrs. Wible and Ms. Jordan.