Reviews of Halifax Regional Centre for Education (School)

Adam Dera

There is no ice or snow yet school cancelled...

Jordin Wall

I very much dislike HRCE it's supposed to snow all day yet you still didn't cancel school

Sawyer Holmes

Unpleasant.

Liam Butler-Sandberg

HRCE is awful. When there is dangerous conditions that can kill a bus of kids (snow, black ice) they still don't cancel school. I had to walk to my bus stop today like usual and there was ice on the sidewalks of the street I live on. Not to mention there has been several warnings about ice and they still haven't cancelled school. The only cancellation we got was when Dorian hit NS. Absolutely disgraceful.

Cassidy Murphy

On the worce days there is school and on good days there’s nun. it’s impossible, a bus slid off the rode the other day, the rodes have bin a sheet of ice the past wile it’s not right.

Kai Palov

The newly implemented school hours at rocky lake junior high are a disgrace, teenagers should not be forced to wake up at 6 in the morning every day. It's gotten to the point where it's unhealthy for all students at the school and twenty-five minute lunch breaks just aren't enough.

Joshua Lowe

The ways of teaching and learning imposed by the school board has forced multiple students and friends of mine to Dropout of school all together. Multiple students are struggling holdin on by a string to what grades they have because they do not have the proper help needed that should be given to them in schools. It shouldn't be this hard to get a proper education

OpaljuniperYT

This school board has never handled anything correctly, and the worst case of this has been shown during covid, they constantly screw students over with their horrible decisions, and whenever there is any form of hope given that things might improve, they strip it away by adding new rules that don't make any sense, overall, the environment is horrible for everyone involved, and the way that they make decisions is just mind boggling, they don't care about the students or teachers, as shown by their various horrible decisions over the past years

Andrew Van Harmelen

Has no regard for the safety of staff and students. Refuses to cancel school due to dangerous weather, yet cancels school on some days for seemingly no reason.

Z3R0Games

Worst School board ever. If I could rate lower than a 1 star, I would.

David Shteinberg

I believe that this school is underpaid and needs to know what the students feel, to be honest this school really does not care about our safety or concerns, in one of my classes the teacher does not even know how to spell well or how to use grammar. This is the type of school to raise 19th century coal miner as well to my knowledge from this school which is not that well.

Nate White-Nogler

Apparently they dont cancel school when they should and make us sit in a pitch black school for 2 hrs before letting us go.

James Meuse

the goverment is against the students, opening school in bad conditions

ao hebert

(Translated) now (Original) Nah

Farooq Ahmad

HRCE only focus on the schools that are already stable rather then helping and focusing on schools that need money and support to be stable...

jonathan sanders

EDIT May 24th, 2019: It seems FBJH's status as a school had been removed from Google, so now all of its reviews are under the HRCE page. To those who are about to read this, I am talking about Five Bridges Junior High in particular. I still do stand by this point, but then again, this review was posted about a month ago. If my point still stands when I move to my next school, I will post about it here. SCREW FBJH. Seeing all of these recent negative reviews absolutely revives my dead soul from this school. I am soon graduating this hell with good marks. Now, that isn't because I'm a good student (Trust me, I am absolutely the worst student,) but it is instead because of the terrible teachers. They throw a simple assignment at you and tell you to shut up while doing it. They never take students into consideration, only doing things that would benifit them and their paychecks. If someone were to kill themselves (like I so much want to, due to this school keep in mind,) they would simply give sympathy to the family for however long it takes for people to see them as "good people," and then they'd forget that it ever happened. The schedule is too early, and it is a chore. It's simply a terrible learning environment. If you are a future student (or parent) reading this, please, do NOT attend (or send your child to) this school. It will ruin your mental and perhaps physical state, from eating all of the terrible pizza.

edwin matthew

please consider that you are puting many human lives in danger when you refuse to cancel school. our education is not worth more than our lives, and our safety SHOULD be your number one concern. the only cancellation so far was for dorian, but non-hurricane rain can make roads extremely hazardous too. think about the lives you could be ending by sending people to school in some of these conditions.

Joel Masau

ok uh this sucks SO MUCH

Maria Millett

The power is out our classroom has no windows and no one can do anything why is school still on?

Jake

its school, what else can i say?

Dylan Ensor

it sucks

Matthew Mallard

Should’ve called an early dismissal for ALL the schools, instead they called it only for a handful, well done!

fat free yogurt

Well, I live less than 100 meters away from being able to take the bus to school. The school is too far for a walking distance, and my parents don’t have the time to drive me there. There are 7 or 8 kids on my cul de sac alone (of different age groups) who all need to take the bus to school. Please do something about this.

Spencer S

The HRSB is far behind the times when it comes to being a decent school board. Most people gripe about how they treat school closures and I have to agree. They cancel schools when there's grass on the ground and it's +10 outside, and they keep schools open in a blizzard despite every other school board in the province being closed. However, I feel the curriculum is the biggest disaster. When I graduated high school 4 years ago I don't think I've used 10% of the things I learned in my everyday life. I've yet to use biology, chemistry and physics in my life despite these being requirements before graduating. The only subjects I actually learned things in were history (no surprise), philosophy and yoga (great classes). Those classes taught me the history of our country, the history of our province, and even the history of the whole world. It taught me how to be more philosophical with my thinking and learned more about some of the great philosophers of the world. It also taught me exercises that I can use every day which can improve my well-being. Some high school students will graduate with school sense, but no street sense. Some of them haven't a clue as to how a credit card works, how to pay bills whilst juggling around money, etc. Yet if they had the chance they could probably tell you what the circumference of a circle is. Something's wrong with that picture. I recall reading a blog post from a teacher during the strike where students should be tracked for apprenticeships as early as the 7th grade, and by the time they hit high school they can work for said apprenticeship, whilst going to school on the side. It's like how the NCAA does things with athletes. They track them, and then once they're ready they go to school to play the game - on top of getting an education. I side with whomever made that post. Students don't need to learn all kinds of nonsense when they can gain valuable work experience instead. It puts them ahead of the curve once they do graduate because they've already gotten a few years of work experience before they hit 19. Students should also pick the classes they want to learn; not being forced to take them. It's your life. You should be able to do what you want with it.

NotIronMan

Terrible people. Terrible teachers. No one cares about the students and we get piled with work and 0 instructions. -10 out of 10.

Takumi

because of everybody's comments and no response from the other party. big F.

AstolfoYTOfficial

Can't believe they didn't cancel school today. Also, did anyone see that review by "tump smuggers"? Thanks for the review tump. although you gave three stars despite saying two...

Mwango Kasutu

they are the worst

Eric Macrae

(Translated) that one (Original) ew

xvampyreboyx

If you care more about getting in as many days as you can rather than the actual wellbeing and safety of students and staff, you’ve failed. Driving conditions shouldn’t be the only things looked at for cancellations, many children, especially in later grades, as well as middle and high schoolers, have to WALK.

Lance De Guzman

My mother got an email that school was going to be delayed by 2 hours, so I went to school 2 hours delayed, and there it wasn't, and I had to get a late slip, and that's in my report card now. Apaarently I don't have a screenshot of the email.

Winter Roll

only a spoonful

Connor Rehberg

Thinks about staying school open before safety

Yahtzee

I think this place is cool because nick eh 30 went here

Andrew

help this august im moving to HCRE but seeing these reviews changed my mind how do i switch school heeeeeeeeeeelp

Jenna Deveau

A students physical and mental health should be one of your biggest concerns, yet they don’t have a care in the world for bullying or injuries. Back in October of 2016, I severely damaged my ankle on school grounds, but when I asked to leave school early to seek medical attention, no one would let me leave or even get me an ice pack. My ankle was tripled in size and was turning purple. It was extremely painful to even put any weight on it. The teacher I had at the time even forced me to walk normally on it and walk down the stars too. At this point I was in the worst pain of my life but couldn’t help but cry. It was when she told me to participate in gym class when I stopped listening. I took matters into my own hands and went to the office. I sat there for 25 minutes before they finally called home to pick me up. And about bullying, I was bullied at school for four years straight. I complained a lot but no one listened. No one talked to the bully, I was left for four years to try to deal with it myself. This was in elementary, too. I was so young. Anyways, if you’re thinking of enrolling your kid with this school board, know that a lot of kids have a bad experience here.

Cian Cassidy

Come on man, my bus had to drive down an entire street backwards today because he wouldn't have been able to turn with the awful road conditions. A military base had a delayed opening due to conditions but our schools didn't? It just doesn't make any sense, because you could actually see the roads. This one didn't even require a prediction of weather, it wasn't good conditions when you made the call.

vTopnotch

Meh

Gabe Denney-Martell

HPJH is apparently a good school? Does that mean that all other schools are hell holes?

VS_S

If school was canceled any time it was snowy outside, we wouldn't have school all winter.

TheReal Rxblox

Garbage

Robert Mclellan

Love that when they don’t cancel like four bus crash... goood one guys...

rx7ns

only 8 days of school of for christmas

Zachary Bee

How exactly do they decide whether it's a snow day or not ? The sidewalks aren't clear and it's dangerous for me to go to school, yet I have to go anyway. Now I'll be stuck in school for the whole day and be one of the only ones there. Do you guys just like make a logical decision and then do the complete opposite ? Because that's how it seems!

Abolfazl Faqirzade

I can't believe kids are walking at the very cold weather alot of them fall and injured on snow storm days they should cancel schools on bad days

TristanPlayz

Sorry but this school board needs a lot of work to get my 5-star rating.

bellissima 1202

“So outside is -30 degrees and there’s lots of ice and kids can’t get to school safely” “Let’s send them anyways????????‍♀️“ “There’s a thunder and lightning storm outside and every school has a power outage from this” “Let’s send them anyways????????‍♀️“ “It’s a nice day out and it’s 10 degrees!” “:O OMG KEEP THE KIDS INSIDE ITS TOO DANGEROUS”

William Pierce

Horrible at making decisions!?!

Sans Undertale

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U Y

I’m very upset at the fact they don’t cancel school when it is very dangerous. At points THE SIDEWALK ISNT EVEN PLOWED AND YOU HAVE TO WALK ON THE ROAD, that should be a huge concern when the sidewalks aren’t plowed, but it genuinely feels like they don’t keep children that need to walk to school in mind a lot of the times. Last year I was on Main Street in Dartmouth and nearly got ran over by an 18 wheeler because the sidewalks were just snowbanks and the school board still wanted the schools to be open. It was genuinely traumatizing and I get anxiety attacks in the morning before I have to walk to school in snowy weather, I may not even go in the end because I get too stressed out. I just hope that they realize and maybe even see this and understand that it can be FATAL to not keep students who have to walk in mind when deciding to open schools in awful conditions. Not everyone has the luxury of getting a car ride everyday or having a school bus take them to school.

Joseph Ehler

they didnt let me call google and tell them i dont have a phone

Ethan Robinson

The execution isn't good enough to bring the notion of an emoji movie to funky, surprising life

Nevarinn

*Literal Blizzard* HRCE: This is fine, send them to school. *Light Rain* HRCE: GOOD GOD DON'T LET THE KIDS GO TO SCHOOL!!!

Alexandra Sequeira

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Emily O'Leary

Would have put 0 stars. I almost slid off the road multiple times due to the road conditions. Clearly they have too much pride than to put student safety first.

Mathew Smith

Is bad don buy 1 star

Coltrane Brooks-Denike

Horrible school board. Nothing else to sy other then that

Quinn O'Neill

not the smartest at making decisions half the time there is absolutely no reason for school to be canceled and yet for some reason when a car can barely drive straight buses are still on the road. this review was made by a student

Callum Whitehouse

awful school

Chloe Chisholm

You know how people make all those jokes about how southerners don't know real cold, because they never walked to school in a freezing blizzard? YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVE THEM RIGHT.

Lola Jiao

only if i can rate star for HRSB

Nina C

It really confuses me why PowerSchool is shut down for the entire summer. This is extremely inconvenient for students as we must wait until the day before school starts to see our schedules!! The online program at my old school (e+ Learning) was up and running ALL the time. Including the entire summer. So I don’t understand why PowerSchool is disabled.

Joseph Schwartz

It's not hard to look out a window to cancel school in horrible conditions.

Joshua Campbell

i want to die because of this school. yee haw

Jack Chediac

A while ago they canceled school the day before just looking at the weather. The next day the conditions were fine. No ice, snow, or even rain.

Mary Catherine Aisthorpe

These guys should REALLY reach out to us students more, we have the potential to help this failing school board, but alas they ignore us.

Aida Spires

Yeah please don’t come here

Nick Mckenna

Need to learn how to cancel school instead of putting our children at risk

WHY

Terrible, no sense of safety and refuses to cancel school during terrible conditions. Also vape.

Pestilence - Curse Of Aros

TODAY I'M CONVINCED HRCE IS ACTUALLY TRASH.

Liam Butler-Sandberg

HRCE is awful. When there is dangerous conditions that can kill a bus of kids (snow, black ice) they still don't cancel school. I had to walk to my bus stop today like usual and there was ice on the sidewalks of the street I live on. Not to mention there has been several warnings about ice and they still haven't cancelled school. The only cancellation we got was when Dorian hit NS. Absolutely disgraceful.

Blake Clark

Fantastic customer service from Charity in the HR department. She made the extra effort to provide guidance for my wife and I regarding a move to Halifax ,and career options at this school board. I wait weeks to hear from a real person in Toronto, Thank you for the same day assistance!

raideaux

It's unfortunate to see all the disparaging reviews. I am grateful for the employment and do my best.

Pipi

School board is corrupt. We don’t need imbeciles working there.

Pediatrician Gastroenterologist

It's a good place

Callum MacIsaac

OwO this school makes me want to break my nico nico kneecaps. its is NOT lit dab. and i want a school that is lit dab. 1/5 stars would not get a victory royale in this school again. unepic guys

Abby Jolly

Good program but work to rule sucked.

Josh Young (theEpicjosh)

They’re an underpaid school board that doesn’t update their schools at all!!

George Pizzinato jr

My place of employment and opportunities

Spaceman 88

Need our snow dayssssss

Kent Stevens

Too many managers and overhead. Poorly run. Short sighted.

Joel Pierce

The school board is really stupid some times

Jaiden McIsaac

Doesn't even deserve one star to be honest...

Austin

This has got to be the worst managed Educational boards I have ever witnessed. They cannot do anything right and it is a complete mess. They allow school in dangerous conditions but cancel it over nothing. All the staff are overpaid and lazy. This is some next level clownery.

Cameron Karsten

This school board is the most difunctional school board probably in Canada. Right now there is a blizzard and we are sitting in school even a salt truck went off the road

Joshua Sparrow

Very clearly don’t care about their students or their safety

FurtherInvestigation

They're just so unhelpful

Jacob Richard

this school board is doodoo it is the only one open when the roads are a hockeyrink.

MrRiverman

They need to actually LISTEN to their students, not just do some tests, quizzes, and an online survey, but send someone down to visit and talk to some students about the choices they make and why they make them, LISTEN to what the student has to say, take it into consideration, and implement it, if you can't, explain why you can't! It's a simple concept but it's very effective! Just try to take your own advice and listen to and collaborate with others to fit both of your needs and wants, I am a student at Sackville Heights Junior High, and I want to see changes towards a more equal and open environment for learning. Article 12 of the convention on the rights of the child states, "Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child."

Krista Campbell-MacDonald

When we get back elected school officials, I will change my review of this organization. I do not appreciate politicians who have no idea what it means to run school/teach students being in charge.

Brennan Smith

"Hey, the roads are impassible, there's lightning and the power is out." *School is not cancelled* Good work, HRCE

Hwiseong Ahn

Bruh

Jay birb

Thanks a lot. Today the wind blew me into the road and I died. -the ghost of Jay W

Mabelle Chouinard

help please

Trinity DeJong

There's so many things wrong with them.

Brayden Mann

the school board is a joke we can't pick up the snow when its snowing

Ryan

This "group" of fools do not know a damn thing about how to run a school district they are by far the most incompatibly animals I have yet to met in my time on this earth. furthermore from what I have seen there is no attempt to even try at modernizing the process or system, these people are the reason why we have such useless window suckers in the Halifax area. I do not know how but they cant even stay on course with one thing they have I can recall them changing the how math was to be done three times

Joseph Schwartz

It's not hard to look out a window to cancel school in horrible conditions.

Noah Melnyk

Great

Joseph Draper

High quality education my ass. All my tax money for this. I cant believe that because of the Halifax School Board's pathetic decisions because of strikes and snow days for no reason and now they are extending school because of nothing that us the students have done, but their pathetic, hilarious, immature, childish and mean decisions. Crazy that we suffer because of their stupid decisions. Nice to see our tax money goes towards extending school, ignoring students and their learning, and paying people to make stupid decisions like extending school. I want change and NOW!

Carter Rice

this school board sucks butt

David Jung

Road is slippery af and can’t believe there’s school td

Mack Ottaway

They don't cancel school ever

andrew creech

I think we should sell the school board and get a new one

Kennedy Day

it sucks

Corptain Autoismo

They're suckin each others toes or somethin over there

Maddox Smeltzer-Crouse

(Translated) god school (Original) gud skoul

big chungis 9000

id give 0 stars if i could

Mitchell McKinnon

i mean its alright, the foods pretty good

Josh Alexander

It looks like A February blizzard but only a handful of schools get cancelled...

Liam Phillips

yall on crack, the text books are from the 1500s, the power is out its a blizzard and a huricane out side but we have to go to school

Nuna Morais

As retired teacher substituting in school I say be concerned about your children! High school kids are bored out of touch always on phones and no one stops them ! Most Elementarys are overcrowded bad teachers who look like they are teaching but can't get students attention and are talking to the air! Poor schools get poor education and the middle-class get good education!

Noah Gorham

* inaudible screeching *

Damian B

Horrible at handling coronavirus. Masks are absolutely not enforced and neither is social distancing. I honestly don't feel safe going because none of the staff care and I just hope school is shut down

Letz P1ay

Shoot! Wrong button.

Emma Webber

Took ya'll awhile to close the schools should have done it a lot sooner

Ben Whalen

this school board is dumb

Soul Young

I swear the students could run the School Board better even with there eyes closed. Horrible new rules, lots of money wasted on phone boxes which never used, unable to help each other when having issues that happened outside of school so they send you to a guidance counselor who can honestly never understand anything so they act like they help and send you back to class just as messed as you were in the beginning. How can they make things worse? I'm not sure but they will always find a way to do it.

Morgan Clark

*screeching in brail*

laila malika

they are terrible, just being paid for doing nothing and if there was a -10 rating, I would happily and confidently go for it. Dear Sir or Madam, I believe this decision is not convenient for us nor the kids. My kids have been with me at home for the full month of December studying nothing since online teaching is not efficient and kids are clearly not interested in it. During the last 2 years, I felt that my kids learned nothing and they became very frustrated from staying at home, and we parents don't have the time to teach them nor supervise them for these long periods. These kids need social interactions and to be outdoors not enslaved at home in front of a computer. Besides the fact that the weather is not suitable for good outdoor interaction, we have to deal with the fact they are learning nothing and are stuck inside. As a parent, I object to these decisions since I don't mind them getting Covid, it is an infection like any other one now, not the monster it used to be 2 years ago. I hope that this decision will be revised, I personally plan to leave the country for good just for the inefficient education system. Best Regards,

olive

Dis suskckkkkkkkkkk ye school board should die in a hole yeet. So my friend went out for lunch and fell in a drain cuz of the snow and had to call peoples to help her and she almost didn't get her pizza. And that's sad. I would rate lower but I can't something's wrong with da school board wanting more rates. Bye ya boiiiii

Daily Dose Of Games

Good job, how hard exactly is it to decide that school should be canceled due to weather conditions??

itzjake 2006

Today it's going to be 5-10 cm of snow but the hrsb still says we have school today. Nice job, idiots

Michael Byrne

Roads are pretty bad. Cancel school plz.

Liam Moore

i liked it because my dream job is a 19th century coal mine worker.

FruitPunch Pots

Thresh gaming montage with hooks is the school board yeah, school rocks! Teachers fight and there is csgteteria food war... EPIC! ITS BROTASTIC, SIMILAR TO QUEEN SINGING EPIC SING, eazy e sang. HRSB is the place to be yeah hrsb is the place to be, whatevs. Rock on bros! ????

JT Taylor-Allison

I'm sitting here in class with no power we've been here for an hour. There will never be another snow day until some bus slides off the road and kills someone.

Ryan Murphy

Don’t cancel school ever Make the worst rules (school goes on when the power is out and it’s pitch black) I’m in junior high and they don’t let us outside The road can be a sheet of ice and school won’t be canceled Overall, the school board sucks.

Sam Miller

terrible school board

Carly O'Brien

Please stop cancelling school for no reason ots ridiculous! Hopefully someone with some common sense can be in charge soon!

Alex Thrasher

Wow...just WOW I'm surprised a school board this bad actually exists

scrub dirt

School board is too cheap to give a snow day, mean while cars are sliding off the road, thanks hrce

Jo Fish

Terrible

Silver Spectrum

Ridiculous

Jake Wood

Sittting in the same room all day because of Covid is not ????️

Fuffy Puffy

Trash

Adam Durant

Can't exempt an exam in one class unless ALL classes have less than 7 absences even if you were in the hospital or something, nice (They eventually gave me the exemption but that was the school not the board and I had to go through a lot to get it) if it we're higher like 10 or 12 or something I wouldn't be complaining or just make it so if you have more than 7 absences in one class that doesn't effect ALL classes

Michael Cluett

Called to get some information after being bounced around and told to call. After 9 rings a person very upset lady answered. She did not give me time to explain anything just told me to read the website and then when I tried to explain the situation she interrupted me and just said have you tried and then a pause actually READING the web site and then LITERALLY hung up on me. FUNNY THING IS I WAS TOLD TO CALL THIS NUMBER FOR HELP WITH THIS PROCESS. What a remarkably unpleasant individual. Not actually 5 stars just thought it input 5 stars more people would read it.

William Lawrence

My experience with the public school system has not been positive. Change is needed schools are only as good as the principals and staff leading them. As a tax payer parent we do pay their salaries. One positive note is once you finish with the system you never need to see or talk to them again they are such a tiny part of your lifes experience. When expressing your concerns take notes and put any and all issues in writing as a parent to obtain results it works. Part of the negative experiences that parents experience is why private schools are more popular than ever. I have experienced both. Private schools are the best. I will continue to inform parents even after I am finished with the system. Spread the word. (We are in this together so they say haha) William Lawrence

Arne Pelley

It does not allow video games

Ben Strange

School is never canceled get here even if it kills you

MrAllaboutgirls

You guys are a bunch of goofs. Get better at decision making.

Jimmer Glimmer

Wish I could rate lower horrible staff and school cancelations Just awful I’ve never had to deal with such ridiculous walking conditions

lara hickey

Makes bad cancellations decisions!

Ryan Leet

Can't understand a weather forecast. What grade do you start teaching meteorology? Masters degree and 6 figures apparently didn't.

Tori

Care more about a paycheck and full time sheet than the safety of students during inhabitable road conditions.

Anon ymous

multiple times the bus schedule has been changed early in the morning, i was waiting for my bus since 8:45 and was waiting until 9:10 , the bus never showed up and the fact that i waited until 10 minutes before first period before getting curious about where the bus is is horrible, it turned out the time was changed from 8:57 to 8:40 with no notice and announced it at 4 in the morning hidden under a section of the website you need to actively look for to see. its sad that students have to hope the hrce did not randomly changed their bus time and they end up missing the bus. the worst part was that when they changed the time to earlier the bus would arrive the same time it would when the time was later, late. not to mention an after school bus driver claimed he had a few beers before he went on the shift and did not stop at stop signs, he just peeled into turns without slowing down whatsoever

Blake

Almost slipped out driving to school today, saw multiple crashes. Very disappointed in the poor judgement of this board

Hate HRCE

I would put -5 stars

Ryan Mersey

Attendance policy causing multiple people to fail out of the school system reguardless of if they know the information or not. A kid couod hace a 90 in all classes but if he misses over 18 he looses all his progress.

Joel Townsend

Bad

Liam Doge

School is just boring

N N

Terrible

Ben Hayward

This school is doggy doodoo I would give it a 0 star but it doesn’t let you because it knows it would be rated 0 I’m talking about msms and the principle is really bad with. Kids

James Watson

This school board is a joke when they will not pick up a grade 3 student on prospect road a fight for 3 years and still running now but they will pick up a grade 7 student no problem... I HATE this school board to many over paid people for doing nothing