Marshall Thurgood Elementary School

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All 4 of my children attended this school along with family and friends. I would recommend to any and they served delicious home cooked meals. The children stay clean no kid is never dirty when you pick them up.

Gesu is a great, inclusive community with strong academia/staff and fun extracurriculars. Our 2 kids (5 & 9) love it. Shout out to the parent organization and dad’s club too!

We have been at this school for 6 years and counting (among my 3 children) and have had a very positive experience, especially with current leadership. The teachers are all amazing, and have a good mix of diversity to meet the needs of a diverse student population. There is a tight community among the students with the way the Montessori program is setup with mixed age classrooms and also the reading buddies program where older students are paired with younger classrooms for reading time. I think this helps reduce the chances of bullying, along with support from the teachers and staff to encourage positive behavior. The parents are also very engaged and we have a strong and active PTA that continues to expand to help offer more programming and more resources for the school, which has been amazing to see over the years. A strong and active PTA is always a good sign of a thriving school. We feel lucky to live close to P3A for my children to be able to attend this amazing school.

My children have been in GWCA for over 8 years. I filled out my reenrollment for my children and grandson in the spring as scheduled every year. I was not given a bus form. There are new rules which now require a 72 hour wait period after completion of the form to ride the bus. I was told by someone that they cannot assume that we needed the bus. Well first of all you cannot assume not. We have been utilizing the bus the entire time of my children being registered at GWCA. There are Sped documents in place and children are supposed to be safe. I am very disappointed in this process as I am at work until 4 on the other side of town We were out of town on last week when they had the event for students to meet their teachers. I did send an email and I received a reply. No one shared with me the bus rules. I am at this point not feeling supported. I was told that today my children can ride the bus home but cannot ride again until Tuesday.

Unfunded and understaffed and as a result the kids suffer. Putting 60 + kids on one bus, curriculum not followed (entire classes omitted), kids standing out in the cold unnecessarily. Save yourself the time if you value your kid’s education.