5 Concord Greene #7
Concord, MA 01742

The teachers don't care enough to provide the academic support required to teach children. Of my experience, teachers have yelled at me, and told me I wasn't capable of doing things as well as swearing. It's just a terrible terrible school, and I would rather be homeschooled than at this prison complex. I've seen special ed kids walking down halls, crying. Just miserable. Sometimes teachers hold you late in class to inform you of homework, and refuse to give you a late pass to your next class because it's 'your fault'. Then when you arrive late, you are threatened with in-school detentions.

We’ve had children attend Willard Elementary for five years . This is a wonderful, warm environment that supports students in every way; social/emotional development and academics. They have an amazing reading progress team that will seek out areas of weakness and support students in small groups that may otherwise fall behind. I wish I could say they have the same setup for math services, but maybe one day in the future. The faculty and staff at Willard are wonderful (from front office to school counselors and specials teachers) and we feel very fortunate to have our children attend this school.

I attended CCHS for 4 years. They were honestly terrible. The school puts so much pressure on you to attend "good" colleges from an early age. Peers are worse - they judge you when you are not at the top academically, go to a school that is not top-tier, etc. I don't think a single student has left that school without some sort of mental health problem (anxiety, depression, etc.). Also they have no diversity in any way, shape, or form. They provide no support for students. On the bright side, I did go to a very good college and found it pretty easy because they really prepared me by pushing us to take on such a heavy, difficult course load with hours and hours of homework every night that college was a breeze!