Owl tree Ln
Davidsonville, MD

South River is an excellent school regardless of whether your children are in STEM or not. The STEM program admission (and all other magnet program admissions in AACPS) are purely lottery based. No school in AACPS is pulling high achieving students from other clusters to boost their test scores. It’s not like how magnet program admissions work in Montgomery County. It’s true that STEM students are required to take two AP classes in their curriculum to graduate and that that could be influencing the high AP participation rate at SRHS, but all students at the school have access to AP courses, not just STEM students. This school has very dedicated teachers and very welcoming community. I agree that SRHS not being racially or socio-economically diverse is a huge con, and that sometimes the product of that is a school where some instances of racism are more likely to go unchecked, but most of the students are friendly and not racist at all. There were some incidents at the school two decades ago that gave the school a reputation for being “racist,” but SRHS has come a long way since then.

This is our 4th year at Crofton Woods and my daughter is in 3rd grade now. We have had some amazing teachers here. The teachers are really kind and help kids with their learning. The staff is really nice and helpful. The principal is wonderful. We get weekly emails from the principal about the school updates and all the happenings. I have never heard of any bullying or any rude behavior by kids. School PTA is amazing. They conduct so many activities year-round at school. Outside of school, they have so many activities - Garden club, Drama club, etc which kids really enjoy participating in. Great and educational field trips twice a year. My daughter loves this school and the teachers and staff here. She has made some amazing friends here and she loves going to school.

My child is bullied on a daily basis and no one does anything. This school has really gone downhill. Teachers do not discipline students and administration is not helpful at all. Class sizes are high and the school is overcrowded. There "anti-bullying" campaign is a joke. Teachers just tell students to "write incident reports" and do not handle the issues. My child complains of other students talking through class and being distracting. So disappointed. Seems like the teachers don't even want to work there. Only sending my child there because I have no other options. Additionally, there are racial issues that no one want to address. My child is regularly physically and mentally bullied by other children due to her race.