Wellington Elementary School

Posted November 4, 2009

We have been at Wellington for 5 years and Love it. I am really shocked at the previous submission. A school as large as Wellington(1000 students) has to maintain strucuture. If you have too much of an open door policy...who knows who you would find walking in the doors(hence the security doors). You must not have been in the disitrcit long enough to know that a few years ago(maybe 2) , a man people knew and trusted at another district elementary school(although not a parent), waltzed in and kidnapped a young girl for several hours. This is school is full of volunteer opportunities besides the usual Pta stuff. They are open to you having lunch with your child, coming in for the parties, volunteering to read in the classroom, etc... I don't know how much more you can come to the school without interefering with the learning process!! Love this school!!
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Posted October 23, 2009

If you look at most of the reviews the older ones are 5 stars across. Most parents aren't as happy now. I am in full agreement that parents are shut out of their children's lives at this school. It's really sad. It's not caring environment outside of the classroom. It's run more like a prison than an elem. school. The teachers are great, but they're stuck in the middle and have no say. Parent involvement is so limited due to the rigid structure and is generally only related to PTA meetings or funding. I've talked with other people in other districts and they can not believe the issues we have at our school. Several times I have very seriously considered transferring my children.
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Posted September 4, 2009

Wellington is an amazing elementary school. Frankly, I am rather shocked at the previous two comments! I believe that the teachers are the heart of the school, and my children have been so fortunate to have such wonderful educators. In fact, 3rd grade happened to be their very favorite years! I think that one must be proactive in the education of your children - if you feel like there isn't enough parental involvement and communication, then get on out there and be involved! We have an excellent PTA! Also, I believe it was mentioned that teachers communicate only through emails. Did you not attend any conferences? Do you expect teachers to send emails back to you during their non-working hours? I believe they deserve a little more credit than that!
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Posted October 4, 2008

I have a child currently in 3rd grade in this school & he has been there since 1st grade. While I think the standards are ok, parental involvement and communication is very poor. Teachers don't communicate about your child to you unless you ask (& even that is very textbook-like. It's like they cut & paste all comments to all children commonly!) & the only communication is about school activities, fund raising, money, etc. If the admin would take more action on parental communication, I would feel better about this school.
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