Wintergreen Intermediate School

I have to agree with the original assesment made of WI/PS. A large part of the problem is the principal. Her social skills towards parents and staff lack the appropriate levels listening and motivation.She fails to create an enviroment which is fun to work in and it is being afforded by the students learning.As a parent of a special needs child, her interpetation of 'No Child Left Behind' laws is forcing my child ahead to keep specific numbers up and not allowing her to gain the education she deserves.My above average child is being forced to stay behind and bored because the school does not offer stronger curriculum to meet her needs and the principal failed to to attened a meeting about skipping her ahead based on testing scores (done by a private agency).The school has consistantly maintained lower testing scores for the past 3 years in math and is listed as a title I school.I believe new leadership should be introduced to correct the problem.
--Submitted by a parent

They do spend extra time with the 'slower' kids and the kids that are 'easy' to deal with and are not the best or the worst, get ignored. It has more than 600 students for grades 3-their!!! We have spent the year looking for charter schools and getting another job to pay for private school.
--Submitted by a parent

I would have to disagree- the principal & office staff of WIS is great- however her hands are tied by the school board- they have forgotten how much better & easier it would be to maintain higher levels of everything with a smaller school. Some teachers have a difficult time teaching to the grade the student is in- ALWAYS teaching to the next grade. The previous good reputation at WIS is being tarnished very quickly. Pitt county needs to realize that bigger IS NOT always better. Too many good children are overlooked due to the fact that the 'unruly' children have the teachers full attention 80% of the time. When teachers can only teach 15-20 hours per week due to undisplicined children- THAT'S a HUGE problem. Good Luck WIS- you need it.
--Submitted by a parent

'Wintergreen Intermediate was a tremendous disappointment. Despite its decent reputation, I found the principal unresponsive and my son's fifth grade teacher incompetent. The classroom strategy was geared toward 'teaching to the middle,' which did not afford the highly motivated students or the students who needed additional help many options. And even with 28 students to a classroom, I was told that my volunteer services were not needed, and I was specifically asked to limit my classroom visits to thirty minutes. Needless to say, my son was absolutely miserable there. We are now attending a supportive school with strong leadership.'
--Submitted by Yokima Cureton, a parent