Wheelersburg Elementary School

This school and school district as a whole is very clickish and gives preferential treatment to certain kids and families. If you are not part of the "in" crowd, your kids will be left out of various activities that go intentionally unadvertised and the same kids get picked over and over for school plays and other extracurricular activities. People are afraid to speak up because the teachers can be vindictive and take it out on their kids if they speak up. This school does not teach out of the box and only teaches specifically for the standardized test. They have a "pre-first" grade where students can spend a year after kindergarten and before first grade learning first grade material and maturing another year. When they get in first grade they will have already learned most of that material so they start 2nd grade work and so on. This helps them boost test scores and the children are always a year older than they should be so more mature and able to catch on to the topics easier. There is a huge focus on sports related activities and few enrichment programs. Parents have to wait outside in inclement weather to pick up their kids. You can't speak to teachers without an appointment.

Wheelersburg Elementary has been rated Excellent 7 years in a row by the Ohio Department of Education. The Elementary has also been awared the State Superintendent's School of Promise Award for the past five years. The Teachers, Principal and office staff are wonderful. They trully care about my child and his total development. I feel very, very fortunate to have my child attending such a child centered school.

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