The idea of a trauma informed partial hospitalization school was promising, not what it ended up as. - Classroom Therapist Watson Institute Employee Review

Understaffed across the entire school. There is a major disconnect between the educational expectations of friendship academy and mental health regulations in PA. Teachers are expected to follow a warped educational standard. The school is trauma informed, yet driven from a business perspective. Leaving class sizes entirely too large and no additional staff to manage the severely acute, traumatized, aggressive children who are admitted.