95 Washington Circle
Essex Junction, VT 05452

I was a student between 2007-2010. Unless you're a rich kid who's parwnts work at IBM or GMC you don't belong there."Quiqus" are tight and nothing is fair.If the rich kids aren't doing well academically, it's fine. They get help. If you're anyone else who needs help.. you get nothing. You just get called lazy. Nobody cares. The only thing they care about are test scores. Unless you can can provide the stellar test scores. You get left behind. Many years later as an adult I was diagnosed with ADHD, ASD, and 2 learning disabilities. I was there for 3 years. Nobody in my teacher team cared that I was struggling. I was just lazy, and wasn't applying myself. That about sums up all of the education in Essex. Unless you're rich nobody cares. And I'd you don't test well, nobody cares. They teach for Neurotypicals. Unless you're rich and get all of your work done. They don't teach for you. Or care.Kids have claws, they'll become friends with you out of pitty. Then hang you out to dry.

I have had four children attend Essex Elementary. It used to be a creative, well rounded school, but in the past couple of years under the most recent principal, it has become a cookie cutter, teaching to the test type school. Frankly, I am glad we are finished with Essex Elementary this year. The principal doesn't listen, is temperamental and needs anger management counseling. He really needs to leave so that the teachers can do their jobs the way they used to be able to do, when it was a high quality school. If I sound unhappy it's because I am. If we had another child, that child would go to a private school or we would move to another school district. Essex Elementary has become that bad under this principal. Nobody smiles there, not a great atmosphere for kids. All due to poor leadership.

Not teaching our kids simple biological facts , and then confusing them with political talking points is unacceptable . Please keep fringe crazy ideas away from impressionable kids.