Martin Road Elementary School

Absolutely awful. I would recommend you take your child literally ANYWHERE else. They completely failed my son in his first year in school. They refused to listen to any input I had and then stopped communicating with me all together because I refused to sign off on paperwork so they could get the special education funding while trying to diagnose my son as “disabled: other/unknown”. I had and have no doubts my child was difficult but they didn’t even try. They kicked him out of class almost daily. His teacher would send him to the office because he “would itch too much”. Come to find out going over his paperwork with his new school this year that had my son sitting in a desk by himself in the hallways instead of in his class. HE. WAS. FIVE. YEARS. OLD. Neither his father nor myself were EVER made aware of this. His teacher was a joke, she told me she had been doing this forever and she could handle him only for her to say with complete disgust “I have 20 other kids in my class and they don’t act like that!” (and I have it on recording should anyone at this school actually read this and care to follow up). Unless your child is a perfectly behaved white child, they will be labeled as the problem and attempted to be labeled as special needs. I’m absolutely disgusted with this school district.

I went to this school from 2013-2018 and I genuinely didn't like it. The students were cruel, and while some of the teachers were nice, most of my experiences were not amazing. I was bullied, pushed away, and eventually had to beg my mom to send me to a different school so I didn't feel like i was the odd one out. If you didn't come from a high end family, or didn't have friends, you were immediately singled out, no matter what your situation was. I can only hope that the school improves with the new principal, but I lost my hope when I left. Don't send your kids here.

My daughter has attended this school now for two years. I am someone who has homeschooled my child in the past and hasn’t always been on board with public school. With that said my daughter has had an incredible experience at this school. She has struggled in the past socially and with acclimating. The teachers and staff have been responsive, helpful, and gracious. The staff has been outstanding and I am very impressed with the security and safety precautions. I 100% recommend this school. As someone who has been wary about the public school system, I have nothing negative to say about Winchester. I am grateful they take such great care and are attentive. The testing has been adequate and what I feel is appropriate for my child. I truly am impressed and content with this school.

Love Discovery!! My son enjoys going to school everyday! The staff is beyond amazing!