Gillespie Elementary School

My daughter graduated from this school and my son is in Kindergarten there. I do agree that there is plenty of room for improvement.
--Submitted by a parent

I recently pulled my 2nd & 3rd graders out of this school, the classes were filled with unruly children that the teachers constantly had to tend to which took away from learning and placed the other children behind. When March arrived and it was time to take the ISAT test my third grader was not prepared he had not received the necessary knowledge in the 2nd grade or the 3rd grade (both yrs at Gillespie) test material had not been covered and practice booklets were sent home one week b4 the test my child had never seen 50% of the information within the practice book. This school is terrible, the staff is uncaring. My children are now at a better school but are really behind due to the low quality education received at Gillespie.
--Submitted by a parent

I recently pulled my daughter out of this school. she could hardly read and couldn't form a complete sentence, she complained about the teachers not helping her and the cafeteria. also how bad the kids are. how can anybody learn anything in this disaster of a so called school. my child begged me to write something about this school because its so bad.
--Submitted by a parent

I am snatching my kids out of this school. I will end up having to homeschool them, which is a direct result of the poor, poor education and experience Gillespie has given my chilkdren. The lunches are supposed to be hot but are always cold and hard ad ver unappetizing, the winter months are cold in the school and the summer months are hot! In the winter my children wore their hats, gloves, and coats in the classroom!!!!!!!! I would rather my children never have had an education than to keep going to this school. Where is the justice for those poor hundreds of children who will still be in attendance at that school? They are the forgotten ones for sure!
--Submitted by a parent

My child will not be returning to that disaster of a school next year. It is a shame when a child is constantly pushed through to the next grade and can't even read.
--Submitted by a parent

Gillespie is not a productive educational facility for any child to attend. My children attended the school for the last time this past term. The classrooms are over crowded and the curriculm is not challenging enough for the students. The staff is very unprofessional and none concerning when it comes to interacting with the parts. Chicago school system is getting worse, and our children are the ones that will be greatly affected by this.
--Submitted by Marquita Sanders, a parent

Gillespie Elementary School, is the poorest educational facility on the South Side of Chicago. The staff at Gillespie is unprofessional especially the principal. Their ideal of helping is constantly suspending a child instead of problem solving. Gillespie is not a good school for any child.
--Submitted by VIVIAN RICE, a parent