Alice Moore Alexander Elementary

This school is terrible. The principal is completely incompetent. Teachers have too many kids per classroom to teach effectively. Safety is a concern at this school. The only good thing at this school is the counselors. Currently looking at moving to get out of this district all together.

My son attended Wilson now Nette Shultz graduating from it the year of the name change. He had dsylexia and is slightly on the Autistic Spectrum. It was a hard slog. In general his teachers were top notch, but as is the case ...a few bad apples. He did well in kindergarten and then got into first grade where his teacher a wisened old veteran who clearly retired on the job. He learned nothing that year and grew to loathe going to school. His second grade teacher, Mrs. Smith was one of the highlights of the school. She figured out he was dyslexic --- something his first grade teacher should have suspected. I had put him in sylvan and they tested and confirmed it. Once he was taught how to handle Dyslexia he did better in school, but he was about a year behind for several years due to the lost 1st grade year. I had a private tutor (a special ed teacher from another school) tutor him for an hour a week every summer for 5 years to catch him up with his class. Most of his other teachers at the school were solid, but he did have another dud teacher before he got out who made a point about Student responsiblity --- basically her way of covering not wanting to reach the standard of the other teachers. My son went on to Strickland Middle school and is now an A&B student in high school taking an honors course in science every year. Most of his success is due to the majority of teachers at now Nette Shultz who were soild, if not strong teachers.My two cents though are if you get a line of poop about teaching your kids personal responsibility at the start of the school year, try to get your kid into one of the other classes. That is a teacher that will let your kid sink and never communicate his struggles to you.

This school has some serious issues. I worked here and witnessed some of the most unfair and outright vicious treatment toward a teacher and a substitute, and it was unacceptable. People were let go not because they failed students, but because of incompetent administration, and that is what’s truly damaging. Situations like this are exactly why people lose trust in public education and question where the funding is going. When leadership wastes time, money, and resources like this, it’s not just frustrating, it’s harmful to everyone involved. Also, how much millions is the district wasting by hiring a contractor to manage the subs?

This has been a wonderful school for our daughter. She loves her teachers and has made several friends. We like that we pack her lunch every day so we can control her nutrition (some families have special dietary practices at the school). We also like that the director tries to keep parents informed and up-to-date on events.

My wife and I choose Immaculate Conception Catholic School after thorough consideration of other parochial and public schools. We researched the heck out of where to formally start our child's education. My child loves this school, classmates, teachers and staff and looks forward to being in class everyday. The teachers and staff care about my child as if he was one of their own. I know that sounds cliche but it's true. The small class size and interaction my child has with each teacher he encounters matters as he builds his educational foundation. He also receives Catholic formation to give him moral guidance for the future. And if my wife and I weren't Catholic I wouldn't mind one bit sending my child to this school because of how accepting the school is.