Bow Elementary-Middle School

They don’t have enough resources for children who are in need of special education classes and children with special needs in general. The psychologist was only there one day of the week and some days she was there she didn’t always get to see the children. You can’t walk your child to class or do drop-ins to check on your child. There are not enough activities for the kids to participate in.

I love the atmosphere for my daughter. The whole staff from Ms. White and Ms.Beard are so amazing ,passionate and encouraging.

My 2/½ years there for kindergarten to 2 second was the best years I've had from every school I've been to I'm now going to 6th grade

My son has attended this school since pre-k and is now in third grade, a straight A student and loves to learn but this school has downgraded drastically since my daughter attended. They have had 3 principals in the time period that my son has attended, the office staff is rude (I've never had a good experience with anyone in the office although Ive rarely had to go into the office) which is quite disturbing because if their attitudes are that bad dealing with parents then I question how they are with our kids. They do not work hand in hand with the parents and as a matter of fact the ONLY way to get a real response from the the principal is to tag the board of education in the email which is extremely sad. The school implemented a new pickup in 2025-2026 school year, where you have to give a number to have your child released which isn't a problem except for the parents having to stand outside in all increments of weather. Several parents have offered suggestions including but not limited to having us stand in the gym or lunchroom when its raining, snowing or the weather is just too bad but we were informed by the Principal but also A P. Sims that we will have to follow these same procedures when the weather changes as well. So from what I see and have experienced they DO NOT take parent recommendations on making this a smoother process. As far as the language part my son has just started learning Spanish this year consistently since kindergarten when his teacher passed away on break. Japanese, French and Chinese are amazing though but Spanish got lost for many years. I've even overheard teachers talking about how the culture of the languages (mainly Spanish) got lost over the years and Woodley doesnt show too much interest in bringing it back. Last but definitely not least parents would step up more if the school would stop dismissing any and all parent suggestions because it makes a lot of parents not even want to assist due to staff always pushing back especially when we are supposed to be working together for the betterment of our kids future. This will be my son's last year at this chaotic school.

It's a great school and my daughter has improved greatly. I was really concerned with how much she had learned during the pandemic because I'm not a teacher but they found where she was academically and built from there and I'm so proud of her improvement. I can't thank them enough for how much care they have put into her education and into her character. It takes a village to raise a child and I'm so happy they helped me in raising her academically.