285 School St
Putnam, CT 06260

This school has some pretty good teachers, but the administration is awful. The school is full of kids with behavioral problems that they don't have the resources to accommodate. Bad behavior is swept under the rug and rewarded. There are no consequences. Classrooms get destroyed, teachers are left in tears. I would not send my kids here.

This school has poor communcation with parents and other schools. (Ex. Putnam Middle School, or if you had transfered from another school.) This school over rides and doesn't care about student voices. Both the vice principal and principal are extremely unprofessional, on multiple occasions they have both spread personal information about other students to students. The special education department is unnecessarily rude to the students that need extra help. As a student here I wish that most teachers, the vice principal, and principal were fired.

We moved last summer to Putnam from suburb out of Boston,Massachusetts. Prior school district my son had attended was highly rated and ranked in top school districts of Massachusetts . My son does have an IEP and initially I was discouraged reading about the low rating for Putnam schools. However, I am so glad that we did move to Putnam and give the schools a chance. The smaller class sizes allows the children to develop relationships with educators and opportunities for students to recieve individualized learning and support. My son began to learn and excel academically for the first time ever! He even made honor roll for the first time! My son cared about his assignments and maintaining his grades which was also a first. The special educator who supported my son is amazing and goes above and beyond for all the students she works with. It is going to be difficult to leave these amazing teachers behind because they understood my son and also encouraged, challenged, and nurtured him. My son has dyslexia and at the beginning of school year was reading several grades below. By the end of his year he was beginning t read at grade level. The school really tries to rally around the students and keeps them motivated. Just wanted to share my sons experience as an 8th grade student