Rutherford Elementary School

Toxic environment. Principal sets the negative tone. Coworkers will tattle on one another. Most staff are only looking out for themselves. If you are a job hunter, beware.

Having major promblems when my daughter started kindergarden she is now in first grade and lack of issues being dealt with and the staff and the principal who is never there and will not have a face to face about my child being bullied and handed it off to other staff members so that went no where.

Rutherford is located in a multi-ethnic community. My children go to school with children from many other countries, and I love it! They are making friends from Iraq, Cuba, Guatemala, Bosnia, Thailand, and many other countries.

I grew up in Louisville and later moved to Indiana--but when our family decided to move back here, I researched the JCPS elementary schools. I chose Rutherford Elementary for my daughter because of the Visual Arts Magnet program, and also because the student population is highly diverse. My daughter

There is much talk of Zero Tolerance for Bullying in JCPS schools. We hear it often and want to believe it is true. But at this school, bullying is common. Either it is ignored by staff and teachers or it is not efficiently handled as it happens often. Maybe no one takes it seriously or they are too