Brunson Math & Sci Specialty Elementary School

I wouldn't recommend this school to my sorst enemy for their children to attend. The display favoritism among the students, I have heard of school employees engaging in arguments with and cursing student. There was even an instance of 2 students, who are sister's in 7th & 8th grades, along with their mother actually jumping on another student and her mother! Neither one of the sister's or their mother was disciplined for the attack, they suffered no consequences while the student whose mother was attacked lost all of her graduation privilege's. They have been allowed to continue with all school activities because the staff sides with these type of individuals. The principal has no control and has no idea how to be a leader! I will be contacting the board of education about the misdeeds of the students and staff at this horrible school. If you value you're children's safety and education then you may want to look into other schools because this school and it's staff is terrible!!

In my experience this school has been improving. The school is under new leadership and has recently moved back to a CPS. In the past advanced courses such as Algebra wasn’t an option because there wasn’t a certified Algebra endorsed teacher. Howe has offered Algebra for the last two academic years. I’m year 1 66% of the students that took the Algebra Exit exam passed. In year two 100% of the Algebra Exit exam passed. Teachers are educated and dedicated to providing a great learning experience. The SEL supports are second to none. All students that have an IEP are receiving services per their plan. Safety within the school is no issue the surrounding community could use some help and that’s the job of the City of Chicago. Lets not forget that schools such as Howe are over 100 years old and the building was not maintained as it should have been, but this new administration has updated the facilities. They have been making connections with businesses in the community. Websites like this don’t take those key factors into account and they also never dawn the halls of these schools. Ask yourself why are all the schools serving a majority of low income students always at the bottom? If we know that providing proper resources and personnel would help why haven’t the resources been allocated. This school is one without a gifted program, but there are gifted students at every grade level. Get to know the people, the community and then produce narratives based on firsthand experiences. The information in this site Thats being shared is from 2008, the administration is wrong, the information is wrong.

I am writing to express concerns regarding my recent interactions with the front office staff, specifically the head secretary, Deborah Odeneal. During multiple attempts to request assistance by phone, I experienced being placed on hold and subsequently disconnected. Additionally, when I inquired about obtaining ACCESS scores for a student, staff members indicated they were unfamiliar with this information.Furthermore, despite having written parental authorization, I was unable to obtain the necessary records for a former student to facilitate enrollment at their new school. This has caused delays and complications in ensuring the student receives appropriate educational support.I believe it is important that office staff are knowledgeable, responsive, and cooperative when handling student records and transition requests, as these directly impact a child’s education. I hope these concerns can be addressed promptly to prevent similar issues in the future.

It’s my first year at this school I already had trouble the teachers are alright just don’t handle problems correctly it’s a math teacher she is a older woman so she don’t understand kids and the way they feel I have about 3 parent teacher conferences with this same teachers and I also feel as my learning has dropped since I been to this school my math grade has went down it was always a B+ and above now a DorF i tried to talk to the teacher for help all she do is tell me nothing and have a attitude if you ask her a simple question she says “Are you challenging me” then have a big argument for no reason and want a parent teacher conference she is very inconsiderate

My granddaughter attended this school from 3rd-8th grades. They taught her so much and had plenty of extra curricular activities as well. She felt safe and enjoy her educational experience.

Overall my experience at this school had been great. My adult daughter attended this school and now her children attend.