My step-son moved in with us in April of Last year and he had some issues at his other school. This school seems to care what his best interests are. They compliment him and give him praise where his other school just shot him down all the time which lowered his self-esteem. This school has been really
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Posted by a parent on 08/05/09
My daughters goes to this school. They made honor roll A and B and one of top readers in the whole kindegarden class.
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Posted by a parent on 06/04/09
I am a teacher at McGarrah and this is a pretty good school. We have great administrators and an excellent staff. The problems that we have come from the curriculum that we are forced to teach. Teachers are not allowed to be as creative as we were in the past and we have to follow scripts to get the
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Posted by a teacher on 11/23/07
My daughter, and I think Mcgarrah is a great school! By far the best in Clayton County.The leadership, and staff have been great. Mrs. Burroughs, Mrs.Griffin,Mr.Iddins,Ms.Yarbrough,Ms.Penczek,and Mrs.Lamb have all been wonderful to myself, and my child. Mcgarrah is a great school!
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Posted by a parent on 10/04/07
I have three children attending and I believe the teachers are hard working and care very much. There is very little parent involvement it is the same ones every year putting in time and money. Sadly many students do not measure up on standardized tests and this takes a lot of time to bring them to
... Read more speed. Parents do not take responsibility for their children's behavior problems. McGarrah is by far the best in the county, the county as a whole is a problem. There are too many fund raisers for other causes besides the kids. Mrs. Burroughs is fair, many teachers go above and beyond. Read less
Posted by a parent on 10/03/07
I am a very proud parent of 2 students at McGarrah Elementary. I have great confidence in the staff. As far as these comments are concerned....You can't please everyone. It's usally the parents who are not involved that think everything the school does is wrong! Stay involved!
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Posted by a parent on 01/31/06
This school is the worst. Nice principle, but she defends the teachers when you try to show her there is a big problem.
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Posted by a parent on 08/04/05
I feel that the parents aren't as involved as they should be. The P.T.A. nights an open conferences are a joke because hardly any parents show up. I am a teacher there and I'm offended by these comments. I would follow the principal to any school. The school is trying to turn around some previous bad
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Posted by a teacher on 04/27/05
It is hard to communicate with the front office staff, they give the impression that they don't care about the kids, they're there for a paycheck. (including the principal)
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Posted by a parent on 05/21/04
My child has had the same experiences previously described by the other parent. I am sorry that I have exposed my child to this for the last 5 years and I am truly happy that we will be leaving this school behind as my child transitions into middle school.
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* In 2008-2009 Georgia administered the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) in reading, English language arts and math in grades 1 through 8 and in science and social studies in grades 3 through 8. The CRCT is a standards-based assessment, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Georgia. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.
Student enrollment:
700
Students per teacher:
13
Full-time teachers:
52
Number of classrooms:
33
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Morrow schools — Mcgarrah Elementary School is located at 2201 Lake Harbin Rd, Morrow GA 30260. 2201 Lake Harbin Rd is in the 30260 ZIP code in Morrow, GA The school district for Mcgarrah Elementary School is the Clayton County Public Schools. Mcgarrah Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels PK - 5.
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