John P Parker Elementary School

My child attends this school but this will be his last week there. So far he has been there for the 2010-11 school year and so far he has not been on not one field trip. They dont make learning a fun experience. Staff seem to have no point, they leave kids sitting around, negative attitudes and this makes the school a negative atmosphere. I would NOT recommend your child to this school.
--Submitted by a parent

I am a college student who was recently placed in John P. Parker (Dec. 2009) for a 20 hour field experience. I left the school each day feeling physically ill, my nerves were shot and I felt so sorry for the students. Every teacher I came into contact with SCREAMED all day, there was no positive discipline or positive redirection. I was only there for 20 hours and I never want to go back, I can not imagine spending grades K-8 in that building. The building itself is very nice, but the teachers are flirting with verbal abuse. I have told everyone I know about this experience. I would encourage anyone who can get their children out of that school and into a charter school to do so.

I love John P Parker school because it is community driven. The staff is willing to reach out to the neighborhood and participate whenever requested. Our community is one of the most diverse in the City of Cincinnati and the future calls for diversity. Our school have gone through a rough period, but is fianlly returning to a school that our citizens can be proud of.
--Submitted by a parent

There is a serious lack of discipline in this school...they do not enforce their own rules, especially the uniform policy. Good students who are ready to learn must sit and wait while the teachers 'babysit' other students or deal with students who have behavioral problems beyond the scope of a regular classroom, much less the overcrowded one in which they are working.
--Submitted by a parent