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Parent Reviews (28 reviews)
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I have a rather low opinion of Jefferson. Most of the other parents in my neighborhood have expressed concern about sending their children there. My child was getting mostly A's & B's in elementary school and was also indentified as a GATE student. After spending 6th grade at Jefferson she is a straight D student and barely passed. My child is ADHD (not an excuse) and simply slipped through the cracks without additional support. I attempted to meet with teachers and administrators several times throughout the year, no luck. I was lucky is e-mails received response. I'm not saying they're bad teachers or bad people, I think they just have too much work, too many students and not enough funding. For 7th grade I was lucky to get into a charter school and eagerly pulled my child out of Jefferson.
Jefferson has below average performance across the board. Their best strategy is to put their worst behaving/performing students with their best performing students...while this may help the poor performer; it creates a drag on the excelling student. They have absolutely no GATE program. Worst of all, their attitude about discipline is to punish the easiest target. If a student accidentally injures another (falling on, dropping an object, etc.) they will punish that student severely. But if there is no physical evidence, (e.g. sexual harassment, hazing, verbal abuse) they will simply offer bland platitudes and 'ensure that appropriate action is taken'. I do not know if this stems from antipathy or laziness, but this is the school's worst quality. I am very happy to be removing my child.
jefferson was the best they always made us learend i liked when i was there and it may not look nice but the kids did that. teachers do not give up on the kids just to let you know.
JMS is a great school. In my daughter's 6th grade benchmark math class there are about two or three students already starting 7th grade math! Mrs.Rubin is relly motivating my child to get her C into an A+.
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