Grimsley Junior High School

It cant't accommodate all parents to school events. Events are per class basis rather than school level.Due to small cafeteria , lunch times varies a lot.One of my kids has lunch at 10.30 while other has at 12.35.Teachers just do their duty rather than with interest.I dont see equality with few of staff members.

My daughter is at RBMS and it seems like a perfect transition from elementary to junior high. The staff are very engaged and supportive. They communicate well with parents and the other branches of school district. Very excited for my two younger sons to attend RBMS in a few years,

As a foreign family, we must say that Willowbrook matched all our expectations: Education, inclusion, and support. The teachers are seasoned and approachable; the ESL Program is fantastic and can be extended according to family interest and availability. There are plenty of opportunities for parents and community engagement, and the staff is helpful and precise; finally, the principal, Mrs. Hamilton, goes above and beyond to keep the school a great place... she is present day by day, keeping the bar high.

My family loves the structure this school provides. My kids are thriving, learning, and growing. We are very happy with the education they are being provided. We have a very gifted child, as well as a child who has a learning disability. And we feel like both of their needs are being met.

Big picture, I really did not care for Bentonville ISD as a whole. One minute we have a no homework policy and the next minute we have a mandatory homework policy? I got so many emails from the school (an annoying amount of emails if I’m honest) but I always felt blindsided by these massive policy changes because they wouldn’t announce them. There were so many big changes up there that I would have to piece together to figure out what happened because they didn’t let us know! Bottom line for me is, I pay taxes and I am trusting you with my child, so I find deception on any level intolerable on this topic.As far as Osage Creek Elementary specifically, we did not have the best experience at this school. I found that many of the staff were enabling and reinforcing bad behaviors in children. The number of times I heard the phrase: "everyone makes mistakes" was very frustrating. Yes everybody makes mistakes but if we aren't going to LEARN from them how will we stop making the same mistakes? I saw my child regress in multiple areas while at this school. Just for contrast, every summer my child would participate in a summer program locally. We would see IMMENSE growth in so many areas every single summer. When the fall would come back around though, we were back to the regression within a few weeks back at Osage Creek Elementary.I definitely saw issues around bullying at this school as well. I’m not talking about just cracking silly harmless jokes at each other. No. More the flavor where the kids pick a target and ALL of them pile on the target constantly. To me this is an administration problem setting a bad culture. Some teachers up there are amazing so I do not want to minimize the teachers who are doing a fantastic job. This school is not all bad by any means! Just one example: Coach Bell really cares, he always went above and beyond at his job and I appreciate that so much as a parent. Many of the staff were this way, but if you are researching moving to Bentonville you deserve to know what is really going on at the schools so you can make an informed decision about what is right for you and your family.