5405 Thelen
Ringwood, IL 60072

This school is now Johnsburg Elementary School. If you want a teacher that will always give your child an "A" no matter what then 5th grade teacher Brett Smith is the one you want. He gives A's for missing work, incomplete assignments as well as worksheets and tests that clearly have the wrong answers on them. Parents watch your child's graded tests and worksheets!!! You'll find that nothing is ever graded at all, or if it is graded, it is graded incorrectly! You will never get a clear indication of how your child is really doing academically. This teacher either never pays attention or is just plain lazy and gives all good grades because he really doesn't want to take the time to grade things properly. It seems as if he always gives an A for effort and now all of these students will be completely unprepared for middle school. He was rumored to be a favorite by students because he is "easy" and is now known by parents as being "lazy." Every Friday is also known to be a "free Friday" because students of his say they usually just play games all day. I've double checked tests by finding answer keys and grading keys online for math tests which were marked as A's on Skyward, but were really supposed to be D's. Report cards always look awesome because it makes him look awesome as a teacher. I'm not quite sure how a teacher can get away with falsely recording grades all the time like this. The school principal/administration/staff really needs to take a closer look at this guy. He's messing with our children futures.

This school seems to put sports and activities ahead of learning. My daughter is not challenged by any teachers, never has any homework and somehow walks away easily with all A's. Even in the areas she struggles in such as English, she walks away with easy A's and I have to put in the extra effort at home to review the areas she needs help with. I'm extremely tired of teachers handing out good grades to make the school look better but not putting in any effort to actually teach our children and give out the grades they actually deserve. The Interior Design class was a joke. I don't send my child to school to watch reruns of design shows seen on HGTV all day every day like she did in the Interior Design class. This class was a complete joke and everyone in there knows it's a blow off class where everyone gets an A. Start finding quality teachers who actually make their students work hard to earn a good grades not just give them out cause their too lazy to grade papers.

Every time you ask someone anything,they never have an answer and will get back to you, however they do not. My oldest was bullied so bad she didn’t want to go back and nothing was ever done. Now my other daughter is being bullied and again the school does nothing. I moved here for the great schools and so far my kids have been bullied day in and day out.

Ringwood is such an amazing place. The principal and teachers are invested in their students and families and make it a great first school experience for all. I highly recommend this school and district. Ringwood rockets rock!