BELLAMY Plan in Schaefer Farm by D.R. Horton
Burlington, WI 53105

Learning:BHS has some really fun classes but also some really boring classes. Most of the teachers make it fun. However, I would say about 15%, give or take, students don't wanna be there or aren't excited about the learning.Special Education:From my understanding, students with disabilities are cared for and have accommodations, but frankly it could be better.Teaching:I have yet to meet one terrible teacher. Yes, some students dislike some teachers because of a bad experience, typically of the students own fault. Mrs. Glisch, Mr. Gribble, and Mr. Nie are the best hands down, so nice, welcoming, and funny.Safety:The school itself is rather safe, I'd say. However, bullying and discrimination from students is very present and I haven't seen any members of the administration actually do anything about it. The counselors are less than satisfactory, taking a while to respond, if ever (and sometimes they aren't even helpful). There are fights sometimes and also threats to the school, but they have been handled as they occur, but not stopped or prevented.Social-Emotional Support:Some teachers will ask students about themselves and if they are doing okay. Some teachers have the suicide prevention hotline posted on the wall somewhere. We even have an awareness day of it. But BHS isn't doing the best it can. I know many people who've wanted to end it or hurt themselves and BHS hasn't done anything or tried to help or prevent it.Family Engagement:Many families engage with BHS, some families are even apart of the schools (i.e. teachers). Most families do help with volunteering and like helping with the Musicals and such. Pretty good overall.Final Verdict:Burlington High School can either be a fun experience or a mediocre experience. Learning is fun, teachers get students engaged in the material and explain it really well. BHS provides for disabled students and accommodate rather well, but could do more. Teachers are the best I've ever known, and I've studied at exactly 6 schools and none of them even compare to these teachers. Families engage with the school on a regular basses and have no problem with it. Quite a few students are discriminated against by their fellow peers, I've seen it and I've heard it. I've been scared to do things because I don't want to be harmed by my peers. Also, BHS could do more for our mental health.Thank you for reading.

I work at Karcher School over the summer and I see that kids really engage in their classrooms during summer school. The principal and staff are very accommodating. I enjoy working at their school because its an up to date state of the art facility, they use the latest cleaning technology. They care about their kids there.

Small school size and high quality of teachers.

This school is horrible. There is no communication. My son has been left behind and I'm trying to find a different school for him. He received special education services since kindergarten but they really haven't been providing him with much of that here at all and there has been no IEP meetings since he's been here, and it's almost February. He used to go to Lyons School which was the most wonderful School ever. Super tight-knit, a small and just really great School. They would let me know about any little thing that was going on with him and I could be in direct contact with the teacher or anyone at the school at any time. They really cared about him and he was doing well. He has some emotional behavioral issues as well as ADHD. He got movement breaks. They had recess at the beginning of the day they had three recesses per day. He now has a teacher who gets frustrated with him constantly and obviously doesn't know how to deal with children with adhd. She exclaimed that "oh, you have it so hard", because he put his head down to try to think. To me that is borderline emotionally abusive. You talk to a child like that and then expect them not be disrespectful. He was normally a very sociable child and at this school you're not even allowed to talk to your friends in the hallway apparently or maybe it's just my child. I don't know. He now only has one friend and is doing horrible socially and I know it's all because he is not being emotionally and mentally and academically supported in this school. He's been in trouble many times this year and I've not heard one word from the teacher or the principal. He is extremely hyperactive and does not get movement breaks. They have one recess per day. Children don't get to start out the day going to recess and getting rid of some of their energy. He's expected to just sit there and fall in line. He is having a really hard time with spelling but doesn't get any extra help at all. He reads fine but really has a hard time with spelling and they're not supporting him at all through small groups or anything. They're totally non empathetic and uncompassionate. He is regularly singled out as a problem child instead of having any type of compassion or creativity or ability to engage in helping him. It is really doing his self-image harm and he has become much more frustrated in general and disrespectful. It is not a good learning or otherwise environment for children with disabilities or other emotional behavioral issues.