Wayne Elementary School

I cannot get my child out of this school fast enough. Wayne School is a "School of Excellence" with the state of Illinois. It's easy to be excellent when the education is dumbed down about 2 grades. There is a MAJOR problem with bullying in this school, especially once you get past 4th grade - and the administration does nothing. Way to much authority is given to parent volunteers. The classrooms are over-crowded and the school heating/cooling systems need to be upgraded. The teachers for for the lower grades are fine, but for 4th, 5th & 6th leave much to be desired!!
--Submitted by a parent

my daughter has enjoyed her three years attending Wayne Elementary and really liked all the teachers she has had.
--Submitted by a parent

Wayne school has the best teachers. They are innovative and dedicated. One retired teacher volunteered to go back and teach for the last 7 years because it is such a great environment for students.

My son has been attending Wayne for two years now and I do not think the kids are learnign as much as the other schools in the area. The prinicpal is very slow in responding to parent issues and everything is about fund raising. What about teaching the children what they need to know. In kindergarden they put my son on the school bus instead of the daycare bus and then blamed it on a parent volunteer. How scary to be left on a bus on your first day of school.
--Submitted by a parent

Wayne school is great for our children. Teachers are caring and parents are involved to make a great environment.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is about as good as it gets in U46 and that isn't saying much. The level of parent participation is high and there is much local support for the school and the teachers. Still, class sizes are larger than nearby schools. You had better like Wayne to go to school here, because as good as a school it is, you'd be better off in Geneva.
--Submitted by a parent

Wayne Elementary is a wonderful school to attend. Parent involvement is very high and the PTO does an excellent job of adding programs and materials for all of the grade levels. Teachers are dedicated and professional. Class sizes are a bit high but I've always felt my children have received enough individual attention.
--Submitted by a parent

The average class size is 31-33 kids with no teacher's aid.
--Submitted by a parent

We have a first-grader and kindergartner there now. The kindergarten teachers need help, as in aides, badly. They say the district doesn't have the money to pay assistants. We think our first-grader would have fared much better in a smaller kindergarten class. The district leaves much to be desired. Period.
--Submitted by a parent

We've found the Wayne to school to be good for our child. The teachers seem to care about the students, and challenge them on the basics. Class size is an area of concern, and although it may be slightly better here than at other U46 schools, it is still appreciably larger than the St. Charles schools less than 5 miles away. As a nod to budgetary cuts, the orchestra is pooled with other schools, and the kids are bussed to the middle school in South Elgin.
--Submitted by a parent