Lincoln Elementary School

Posted October 4, 2008

This is our 8th and final year at Lincoln (2 kids from k-5) and it's been a great experience. I would certainly recommend this school to any parents considering it. The class sizes are generally below average and we've found the principal and teachers to be very engaged and easy to talk to. The teachers are in tune with each other so the programs are coordinated from one level to the next - the kids are prepared. The PTA is well run and I recommend getting involved. No matter where you end up, there's a good chance you'll find things thatyou think are not perfect - at Lincoln you will be heard and they will work with you to get your kids where they need to be.
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Posted January 15, 2008

The community of teachers, staff, parents, and students is fabulous and, in my experience, supportive and inclusive. My son is involved in two after-school activities, sponsored by the PTA, and loves them. My son has some minor special needs and has never been teased or ridiculed for them, which is worth its weight in gold to a parent. Both teachers we've had have worked with us, and with understanding, to meet my son's needs and to challenge him at the same tim.
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Posted July 6, 2007

It is a shame that the heritage of the arts that Lincoln Elementary has brought to the Evanston community, and the world beyond is falling so quickly. The school has lost many wonderfully gifted teachers, and has been replacing quickly them with little consideration of the lasting impact that high teacher/ student turn over rate affects the education of the students, the families, the staff moral within the school, nor for the community. Not necessarily the individual school's fault, but the district office. Lincoln has had many great actors and musicians pass through its doors, and I only hope that HQ can find a way to bring back the arts without any political agendas attached, so that we can have more Cusack s, and Piven s come out of Lincoln. Time will only tell. But we can not afford to wait any longer to see what fate holds for the area.
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Posted February 1, 2007

The kindergarten program was very poor. we had a teacher who was just not appropriate for an early childhood classroom. Furthermore, I saw very little best practices of early childhood being followed. Thankfully, we had a wonderful first grade teacher. After we suffered through kindergarten, it was a great place.
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