Central Park Elementary School

After a couple of years of getting picked on & nothing being done about it ,My children are forced to defend themselves against other kids. The principal acts like she completely understands where you're coming from when there's an issue but yet there is no consequences for the student who is always fighting and bullying my child, but instead take recess from my child to prevent him from getting hit! No fair at all!!! She does not know how to handle a situation at all ,the rules in this school need to be reinforced. Also they are a few teachers here who a very mean to the children , I've witnessed it with my own eyes and my children have come home crying because some of these teachers (especially ) the gym teacher ) are very mean, they shout in the children's faces, embarrass them and have threatened to call the cops if the children didn't behave ! It's a shame that we moved out of the city to Oakforest so our kids could have the opportunity to go to a better school and now we're looking to move again because of all that goes on at this school .

I would not recommend this school at all. My daughter spent K-2 grade at Markham Park. She did well and had great teachers K-1. Her 2nd grade year was more challenging. She struggled with tests and reading/comprehension. When I showed concern about this, as her grades were slipping, the teacher told me not to worry. She explained that because we were planning on moving out of the school district she would pass my daughter along to the next grade and there was no reason to hold her back. While I really wanted my daughter to be able to go to the next grade; I didn't want her to be passed along simply because we were relocating and she wouldn't be attending the same school. To me, that just meant that my daughter would still struggle in higher grade. This is no way to address learning issues or struggles in class. Passing children to the next grade despite the student's proving unreadiness shows lack of care! The principal was no help in the situation. They only promised that they would do all they could to help my daughter throughout the next coming months before school ended. My daughter passed the 2nd grade, but was it because she improved or because we were relocating? So sad...

I love this school! Ms. Morgan and Mrs. Beadron are the best! They love the kids and know what they are doing to help them they make us (the parents) feel better and more secure with who we leave our children with.

It was pretty decent going here. Some ups and downs but some of the teachers were very rude to other students and myself for no reason at all. I enjoyed the good times though that happened but 70% of the time, it was a terrible experience. I wish they were more kind and supportive to have more fun and not be so serious at ALL times. I wish times were more fun there.

I thought that this would be a great school for my kindergartener to attend. However we dealt with bullying in her class. Principal suggested only moving her to the other class, nothing else. I took her out of this school and put her into another private school that we both love. No issues at the other school. This school is un organized and I would not recommend. Principal Walthers had an attitude with me when I called with concerns of this.