Rucker Elementary School

I absolutely agree even still till this day I pulled my daughter and decided to home school her bc they ignored all signs of bullying and the clicks are ridiculous never thought I would be dealing with these HS games in elementary including love triangles this school needs to be reevaluated ms yard duty teachers need to go through more exstensive training. If you don't have the heart and patience to teach our young children do us all a favor and don't TEACH!!
--Submitted by a parent

Rucker has the best teachers!!! They care. They're involved! Rucker has great parent participation. They give their time! Rucker has great students...they are curteous kind and caring. The Rucker Way!
--Submitted by a parent

It is a very quaint little rural school where kids from all walks of life come to learn. The staff are engaged and truly dedicate themselves to educate the next generation of children. As with all schools, our little school is suffering and in desperate need of the essentials. Thank you, Marti Wyatt Anshutz
--Submitted by a parent

I am very pleased with the gate program at Rucker.

I am very dissapointed in the principle, the teachers, the staff in general...except Sam... Most of the yard duties are very rude to the children..Ghetto rude.. The teachers, when they do yard duty, are rude. All of the staff need to be reminded that they are there to guide the children to be a contributing member of society, not...it is a dog eat dog world out there everyone is out to get you! No one takes the time to listen to a child or a parent with concerns, They come up with some paloozi of a story and can not get off it.. There are deffinate clicks..If you are not in then neither is your child...which also means the child will lack in education. There are second graders that have no clue what the alphabet is...can not recognize the letters of the alphabet! No special help for themleft behind!
--Submitted by a parent

Both the new principal and the new district leads have brought great changes to this school. The parents are given a full update on what the kids will learn, full year plan and then month to month updates. There is a feeling of competency that is beginning to really show through. The school runs a encapsulated GATE program which really gives the more advanced students an opportunity to excel. While this is not an impressive school from the outside, it shines from within with all the hard work the teachers and students put in.
--Submitted by a parent

The new principal is a source of great frustration for both the parents and staff. From day one she has been trying to get rid of the Theatre Arts program and now that the 'honeymoon' period is over, test scores are down slightly. Because of it's location, Rucker has largely been unaffected by problems commonly found at other schools. The teachers are wonderful, excellent educators with outstanding longevity. They do the best with what they are given, even with a principal like this, even the best educators suffer. I give the teacher 5 stars and the principal 1 - for being a warm body.
--Submitted by a parent

Yes school has just started but....Rucker is off to a great start with us! They are totally into giving our kids the best possible learning experience with out forgetting other activities the kids need to be kids.
--Submitted by Sue, a parent

The last 2 years have been extremely tense. The new principal may be what we needed to pick up the spirits of not just the children, but the educators as well as the parents. We are looking to a brighter year 2006/2007.
--Submitted by a parent

Rucker is great if your child speaks only Spanish. Students that are from English speaking homes suffer because classes are intermixed so children from English only speaking homes suffer in learning as the teacher takes time translating.
--Submitted by a parent