Freetown Elementary School

The Staff at this school is Excellent. They deserve five stars!!! The Principal is truley amazing! He knows every student by name. He greets them at the door when they arrive and sends them off at the end of the day! Most of the staff members I have met really are making a difference for these kids. Parent involvement is definetly a weak part of the school! But not all parents are lucky enough to volunteer. I am a parent of 3 children who are new to this school this year and my kids love it here!
--Submitted by a parent

Hi everyone I admit I have heard negative things about Freetown however I enrolled my child met the Staff toured the brand new school and it is a warm friendly place wonderful school beautiful inside and out my son who is 6 loves it its time for all of us in the area to get over the hump of negative opinion and and give it a chance and decide for ourselves I am very pleased and you will be too:)
--Submitted by a parent

As a teacher at Freetown I can tell you our school is rich with resources. We have a great deal of support from the community. There is always a way for a parent to get involved and share in the great resource that a Title One school has to offer.
--Submitted by a teacher

As a newer member of the staff, I feel that Freetown has a very positive environment and faces the challenges presented by a diverse student population. It is a Title One school and there are numerous activities that parents can participate in to promote the home school connection. The staff works very hard to differentiate instruction for all of their students to make learning more meaningful. We attend several professional development activities in and out of school. Every teacher in this school has the resources to teach the students what they need to know.
--Submitted by a teacher

I too am new to Freetown. The same principal that was spoken about in an earlier post has also led the school to achieve on the Maryland State Assessments. The teachers are on the ball and dedicated to their profession. Many of the students and staff members instruct outside of school hours in addition to the regular school day. These same teachers take the time to discuss the students needs in order to promote a positive classroom environment. Just because it is a Title One school does not make it make it a poor one. In the new building there will be more opportunities for learning, as technology will be implemented into the curriculum. Again, this will provide an additional medium for our students to achieve.
--Submitted by a teacher

My son went to school at Freetown for Kindergarten and my daughter is there now for PreK. My family loves this school! There is such a sense of community and family. The teachers work hard and truly love their students. It's true that there have been challenges, but it takes a first class staff to work through those challenges, because all they want to do is help make a difference. It's easy to work at a school in a 'more privileged' area, but it takes a quality staff that love what they do to press on. Our principal is wonderful!! She does so much for those students and families. Also, because we are a Title 1 school, our students get so much support. Reading specialists, extra programs, etc...
--Submitted by a parent

I read the previous post and feel that the teachers and principal handle the students wrong. They have no clue. Freetown used to be a wonderful school about 8 years ago under the other principal. When she left things went down. She had those teachers on the ball. She wasn't their friends she was a leader. When my youngest son went there I could'nt deal with the young inexperienced teachers who only know one way to teach and a principle who want to be friends with her staff. The kids are talked about in a negative way amoung the staff. I pulled my son and all I hear about is how some of my neigbors are selling their homes to avoid this school. People please dont avoid the school out the Principal for who she is NO RIGHT FOR OUR KIDS.!
--Submitted by a parent

My son is in 4th grade and I am not hapy with how things are. He isn't getting the support he needs. Discipline is a big problem and little is done to stop it. More parents need to get involved with the school
--Submitted by a parent