Fernwood Elementary School

Horrible school. They have the worst communication with families. They use ParentVue to communicate about everything. You will get 100 post about things you don’t care about and zero posts about things like yearbooks and bell schedule changed, you know important things. Office staff are rude. I once tried to bring snacks to my kid’s class and the office lady wouldn’t even let me sign in to take them to class. These were snacks the teacher asked for and here’s the office staff gatekeeping me out of the classroom. It’s clear the school is out of money from the dirty carpet, hazardous parking lot full of pot holes, and lack of creative art. Classrooms are full of kids who bully other children. Teachers can’t control their students or manage to send proper communications home. We should have pursued a private school.

We are having good experience with both of our kids so far.Infrastructure is good.There is an improvement needed for teachers to encourage every student to participate in extra curricular activities.Most of the times students/parents are not aware of any extra school activities or sports which takes place.

In the 4 years my kid was at this school, she was having a bless. Even now she is at middle school and going to high school next year, she would still remember her teachers from Cedar wood and talks about them all the time. Every year she had an amazing teacher and especially at grade 3, I don't want to name name, but her grade 3 teacher was my kid's all time favor. All those teachers know their stuff and are very patient. We are very happy that we have lived in that neighborhood, with all those amazing teachers!

Beautiful school with wonderful staff. Positive learning environment for children. Well organized and great communication.

I am grateful for this full inclusion school. I think it's really important for my kid to be with everyone in their community without segregating kids with disabilities elsewhere so that everyone thrives together. I know a lot of naysayers worry about resources or it driving down academic performance, but with being full inclusion Ruby Bridges also consistently outperforms other schools academically. I also think it's really important we don't segregate hi-cap kids from their peers even if they need different academics at different points in the day because it fosters connection and empathy for those different than them.Thank you for all the staff and leadership that makes this wonderful community possible. Hopefully the rest of Northshore will more to desegregate their other schools as well so everyone can benefit.