Groveport Community School Elementary

Okay, this school was horrible. Mr. Swanson was great, and I had wonderful 3rd and 4th grade experiences, and then when the middle school section opened, it turned out horribly, I got out of there as fast as I could, classes made no sense, and teachers were mean and had no control over their classes. I don't remember a SINGLE thing of what I was taught in 5th grade there, though I remember most of the 3rd and 4th grade years....Mr. Neilson, that was not a fun experience...

My son is in second grade now and I have not had any issues with this school. The teachers have always been more than willing to communicate with me about any concerns and the administrative staff have helped when I have needed them. The only complaint I have is in response to below, the busing is ridiculous. My sitter will sit at the bus stop for an hour waiting on my son to show, and the bus driver themselves have always tried to force me to sign a form allowing them to just leave him at the stop unattended. I've never signed it and I never will, this is a dangerous world we live in and I love my son too much. I do really like Imagine schools, however we will have to switch by next year because of the bus situation and my daughter starting kindergarten. First Student Bus Services is a JOKE and I wish someone could report them to the BBB.
--Submitted by a parent

Today The bus driver had my five year of get off of the bus in the rain, blocks from his designated bus stop without his parent present!! When I asked fearfully "Where is my son?!" He said, " Back there somewhere I guess." How is this that a trained bus driver would let a kindergartener off of the bus in rain at a stop that is not his and far from his house with no parent or gaurdian present and still be allowed to keep his job? The danger of my child getting hurt, kidnapped, lost etc is so scary. All he could say ( not admitting any fault or offering an apology as I stood there teary eyed) was "He should have known that wasn't his stop and not gotten off." Seriously?! So it's not the drivers responsibilty to let the child off at the assigned stop and place them in the hands of the parent? Unacceptable. What is happening? Why is this sort of behavior allowed to take place? If you are going to allow your children to go to this school make sure you are able to drop them off and pick them up yourself or you may not see your child again.
--Submitted by a parent

One of the rules for leaving a review state " Names! Do not target specific individuals or identify teachers, students, or staff. This is for safety and privacy reasons." I imagine this rule only applies for negative comments so I'm going to be daring and give a few names anyway since what I have to say is all possitive! My son's Kindergarten Teacher Mrs. Rodgers and the Assistant at the front desk Mrs. White are just two of some of the wonderful staff at the school. They have been so informative, helpful and pleasant and I am so happy that they will be part of my baby's first memories of school. No matter the situation they have been faced with concerning me and my son they have handled it with care and professionalism. They both have motivated me to look into getting a degree in Early Childhood Development so I may work with children and their parents and hopefully have the same affect on others as they have had on me and my son!
--Submitted by a parent

Groveport Community School is a joke. The administration doesn't care about the teachers or students but is all about money in their own pockets. They expanded to 700 K-4th in a year because of profit but the teachers see very little of it. The principals don't like confrontation and will not deal with unhappy parents. Teachers are so pulled thin and then constantly belittled. In fact I saw several in tears throughout the year. The administration needs to be reported to ODE and need to get back to the focus of students' education and well being. I would never consider sending my student there again and its a shame because she had some excellent teachers. Oh plus they need to learn how to spell, the preparatory website has been spelled wrong for a while, and last year the sign out front had a miss spelling as well.
--Submitted by a parent

My son and daughter went to Groveport Prep Academy last year. I would NOT recommend this school to any parent. The teachers did not respond whenever I tried to contact them. I never knew what my children were learning in class because graded papers, tests, and quizzes were not sent home. Very little, if any homework.This is the first time that my daughter did not pass the state tests in ALL areas. The teachers make the children stand in front of the classroom to call parents when the teacher "thinks" the child "misbehaves" which is humiliating and degrading to children. Dress code is not enforced as some students were wearing PAJAMA pants and jeans to school on a daily basis. Major confusion in the classrooms and attitudes from the teachers. This school focused more on the negative than the positive. Not a good school at all in my opinion.
--Submitted by a parent

All 3 of my daughters attended GSC, the eldest two began attending from the 1st day the school opened. I was please with the school, teachers, Mrs. Dille in particular, and the principal, Mr. Swanson. HOWEVER; once there was a change in principal and office staff, and the prep building opened, eveything went down hill from there, INCLUDING test scores. There was no consistancy at all, and when my eldest daughter moved to the Prep building for 5th grade, i was EXTREMELY dis-satisfied. The 5th grade academy was a joke. Their idea for the 5th graders was to take one of the larger rooms, breal it down into 3 classes, which were seperated by a cubicle type wall. You could hear everything that was going on in the other classes, and the teachers had NO control. Back to C.C.S. I guess!!!!
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I sent my daughter here for 1st grade only to find out she is behind for her age. Her class was over crowded, her teacher was overwhelmed and no one seems to care. I was taking all the time out to help her with spelling, reading, and math but she would get to class and not even have the spelling test given to her or the math assignments given to her. I spoke with the teacher about it and was told that she didn't have the time to give the tests. I took her out and sent her to Brice Christian Academy where she will have to repeat the 1st grade. I'm so upset about the whole groveport expericence because they didn't really teach my child much!!
--Submitted by a parent

I had 3 children that attended Groveport Community. My kindergartener had the most wonderful teacher! I loved the kindergarten experience. I also have a 3rd grader and a 7th grader. My older children were not challenged. My concerns were addressed by being told that they are preparing my children for a career center or a 2 year degree!!! This basically told me that they weren't going to challenge my children and that a 2 year degree was good enough. My children had all A's but we found that they were extremely behind when we moved them back to Groveport Madison. There are a lot of communication problems. When I pulled my daughters the Prep school was averaging in the 30% range for math and 50% range for reading. I regret my decision to ever send my children here.
--Submitted by a parent

i am a parent of two that this is there first year, i thought i had finally found the school i would be happy with.the principal of the pre buliding said all the right things i needed to hear,but as the year went on i see more kids running the school. some of the staff do not know how to take control of there class, i am so sorry i enrolled them in this school. guess i will go back to homeschooling them,
--Submitted by a parent