Tower Heights Middle School

We have a 1st grader, and so far the online classes have been kindergarten content, but I'm willing to give that a pass since I can imagine its hard to teach to a group of young kids over the internet. It was a little disheartening that the teachers didn't let the students have time to talk to each other in the mornings though. Anyway, first day of in-person schooling is resuming since covid started, and the bus that was supposed to pick us up was at the wrong location, so we started to move toward it (we were approaching from the front of the bus, so the driver had to have seen us) and then the driver just pulls away after having not waited more than 30 seconds. I was completely blown away by this! Anyway, I call the office about 10 mins later to make sure I had the right information on where the pick up location, and they were a bit rude. They referred me to the transportation division (can't recall the exact name) so I called them. The lady there was very rude. One part of me gets it- first day of going back to school, I can imagine theyre pretty busy and I'd hate to bother them with this right now, but this also really sets me back because now I have to make an unplanned trip to take the little one in for what was no fault of my own, and I was hoping the bus driver could return or something because I have to get to work on time myself. So far, haven't loved this district. Unless I see major improvements with the in-person classes, will most likely be looking into private schooling, or something else, next year

Personally I'd go to Centerville or Springboro city schools and just send my kids to prep. I already pulled my kids out, but over the past several years I've heard about all of the teacher turnover, lots of new confusing curriculums, increase in non-teacher staff and generally it seemed like the school focuses less on education and more on social media and "fun" activities rather than the three R's. Definitely better academics in middle school and beyond at the public schools, and for any emotional, social or development special needs the public school are also far superior. It's a good school for generally smart kids that want a school with a fun environment. It's also much more "religious" than the Catholic school that I went to as a kid. It almost reminds me of a fundamentalist religious school, but if that's what you want then go for it.