Gregory Drive Elementary School

This has been the worse school ever, I wish I would have stayed in clay county. They don’t have knowledge of IEP and my daughter comes home almost every day because she’s been bullied constantly and her teacher is mean to her. Her teacher constantly messages me saying my daughter this my daughter that. It’s aggravating and then they tell me grades can’t be transferred from county to county. Then tried to get me for truancy when my daughter had strep for 10 days and also got head lice from the school. I even sent in dr. notes and was told it didn’t matter. So they rather my child be at school and spread germs rather then get better and they rather just spread lice than fix the problem.

We had the misfortune of moving to Jacksonville, FL and being in the vicinity of Gregory Drive Elementary--our kids were enrolled by default since the school we prefer which was 20 minutes away is already on full capacity at School Choice.My eldest has mild autism and we brought the medical records needed for him to avail of an IEP program--something this school does not even know how to process and they got the documents etc but did nothing about it. When asked when they will expedite the process, they said to wait until March 2021 which is already more than half of the school year so that would be pointless. I don't know if they just don't have the budget for assisting special kids or if they just refuse to help my child. Moreover, they call us everyday about my son's behavior and how he is having difficulty following rules. They gave kept giving him "referral" and after several of those, my kid will be expelled. It's almost like they are just trying to get rid of the autistic child so they do not have to deal with his condition instead of helping him.Also, my other son has learned to say "sit on your butt, mister!" Because sadly that is the kind of language his kindergarten teacher uses in class. My eldest, meanwhile, has been saying "shut your mouth!" (mimicking his teacher).I will also add how behind their curriculum is. They were teaching Transitional Kindergarten level material to Kindergarteners and Kindergartener curriculum for First Graders.No wonder this school's rating on Greatschools.org is 3/10.

The principal really cares even has her daughter attending. I don’t think the low score is accurate I bought my house about 6 years ago and had my son in a charter school because of local school rating he’s been attending this school for 2 years and loves it. I’ve never had a problem with teachers and principal and teachers communicate a lot through class dojo definitely the principal who is hands on. I would definitely recommend. They also have a lot of things to help kids who are struggling like Saturday tutoring.

I switched my daughter from another school because of bulling.She is in fifth grade and this was first time she was treated so bad even by teachers(they did not like the school she came from.)The teachers and students at Gregory Dr. welcomed her happily. A week does not go by that she does not say I am so yhankfgul you moved me!

I went here when I was little, I love this school so much, when I was going here, the teachers was awesome.. they took there time with you.. if you have kids I recommend this school your kids will love it here..