Scott Elementary School

I am SO pleased with the turn around I see at Scott school this year with the new principal. At a recent Grandparent's day, she spoke about the 8th graders...and she spoke HIGHLY of them..(Are these the same 8th graders I know? hahahaha) The old Harvey Scott left a very negative mark on my grandson, who is in the 8th grade at another school this year....but I have a first grade grandson who will surely benefit from the changed attitude and status quo at this school. I know it will take some time to correct and improve the school after about 10 years of a downhill slide...but the new administration has the right attitude and is working hard to make it a school everyone can be proud of again. S. Van Bevers
--Submitted by Susan Van Bevers

Local school, good education, committed teachers and diverse population.
--Submitted by a parent

This school has gone downhill. The middle school is way out of control and the principal allows it. Students, including my daughter, are afraid to go to some of the classes. Just a month ago one middle school boy beat up another one in class sending him to the hospital via ambulance. Many of the teachers are upset over the discipline and have taken it to the union. We have lost good teachers to early retirement based on the administration. We have a bad reputation with substitute teachers. Library books are so old that they are falling apart or are ripped up. We have been at this school for 12 years and are sad to see how much it has gone down hill.
--Submitted by a parent

My son started kindergarten at Harvey Scott this fall and my husband and I have been extremely happy with the school. Before attending the kindergarten round up and actually attending the school, I had heard many negative comments about our neighborhood school. I m really starting to believe that they were all tall tales that had been past on by people who never stepped foot into the school. The teachers are wonderful and Deanne Froehlich the principle is amazing. The best part is the diversity of the class rooms. I want my son to get a real picture of how the world is and not a class room where every kid looks just like him. Harvey Scott is a great school and I hope more of the neighborhood families will give it a chance.
--Submitted by a parent

Great school! Even better teachers!
--Submitted by a parent

The bright spirit of these students mixed with their potential to excel deserves more recognition. I volunteered here and found an amazing community of support that was simply lacking funding to go as far as they dream.

we live in the roseway neighborhood and Scott is our school, however my kids go elsewhere. There has been a lot of talk amongst the parents of the neighborhood about the rumor of it being a not-so-good school. Everyonein the neighborhood says 'they dont want their kids going there' but no one ever says why. I wasn't quite sure. I decided one day to schedule a tour with the principal to just *at least* see what kind of vibe I got from the school. How clean the halls were, how happy and involved the parents were, etc in comparison to the school my kids go to. i was actually pleasantly surprised. It seemed no different than the other public school my kids attend. If we hadn't set roots in the school they're at now, I'd probably have my kids go to scott.
--Submitted by a parent

They have quite a few programs like TAG and raising a reader and a lot of parents are involved in the other activities as well. I do think they need to have PE everyday like thy did when I was in school.And they need more sports in general.But the teachers are great, and the principal is right on top of things.
--Submitted by Allegra, a parent

We have been at Scott for 7 years. It is going downhill. We are now K-7 and will add 8th grade in 2008. I have been heavily involved at school and am unhappy with how the principal runs the school. Bullying is not taken care of on the playground. Heaven help you if you have a child with an IEP for learning disabilities. I used to have better to say but the last 2-3 years I have seen the school go downhill.
--Submitted by a parent

The faculty at this school are very involved with their students. They genuinely seem to care about each student and it shows. I have children with dissabilities and have had sad experiences in other schools, but not at Scott school my kids have had the best teachers attending to their life needs as well as their academic needs and I have seen improvements in my children I never would have believed even just a year ago. I would recomend this school to any parent who wants a quality education for their child, and for any parent who wants to feel like their child is being cared for when they cant be with them.
--Submitted by a parent