Newbury Elementary School

This School deserves the rating of a 9 for the education of the children. My daughter has been there since the 1st. grade and is doing very well educationally. As far as there Zero Tolerance for Bullying, it is pretty much does Not Exist. They have a big problem with how they handle the bullying at this school. They do not teach the children about not bullying even though they tell the parents that they do. I have even thought of taking my child out of the school because of the bullying situation. So if you are thinking about sending your child to this school, it is a very good teaching school but as far as handling bullying they basically have there heads in the sand.
--Submitted by a parent

I actually used to cry as I watched my son walk into this school for 2 years. The Princapal and asst princapal did not like children or staff. Fortunatly for the kids and teachers those two clowns are history and we have a super principal and asst that like children and the school is a happy place again. Its too bad though that it will take the kids and staff a long time to recover and trust that this is great place too be again. My child has come further in 3 months than he did in 2 yrs.
--Submitted by a parent

I have two children who attended NES from Kindergarten through 6th grade and it was a good experience for both. The teachers are dedicated professionals and the administration is constantly reviewing ways to improve and enhance the educational experiences for all grades. I highly recommend this school.
--Submitted by a parent

Caring teachers, great environment, happy kids
--Submitted by a parent

This is the best school ever! The staff are great and my children have tons of fun! This is definatly the school to go to.
--Submitted by a parent

If the school put more time into teaching the kids than displing them we may have a good school after the fact that ever other day there is a half of day.
--Submitted by a parent

this school is like prison in a death chamber, acually i would rather go to a death chamber then ever step foot in that building again!
--Submitted by a student

3 horrendous years of teachers who are extremely inexperienced, disorganized, and this last year, have an attitude to boot. The teacher mistook a firedrill for school lock-down & made the children hide. When discussing what children can do if they complete work before the rest of the class, I was told by his teacher 'it's public school.' I guess that meant not to expect much? The quality of education is extremely poor and archaic. The playground is a place where girls can be bullies and boys can not stick up for themselves. The classroom environment this year was a harsh and critical place where the teacher had no control, and did not know how to utilize the many parent volunteers who wanted to help her.
--Submitted by a parent