Vernon E Wightman Primary School

216 Maple Heights

School District

Bath Central
Grade

PK, K-3
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:8
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on June 14, 2024

My oldest graduated from this school district and my youngest is entering her last year at this school. Teachers, principle & support staff have been amazing! Truly appreciate & enjoy every aspect of school here.
Submitted by parent on July 27, 2021

This school has a great sense of community. I have had mostly good experiences with my son's teachers. They handled covid rather well, and worked hard to make sure everyone would have what they needed to work at home. They delivered food to families with children. I really like the school! Highly recommend!
Submitted by parent on September 25, 2014

Both my kids attended VEW. For the most part, they had really great, caring teachers. One of my kids experienced some problems with bullying and his teacher addressed it quickly and decisively. When my child went on to Dana Lyon, he experienced the same type of problems to a greater degree and I'm sad to say I did not feel they were addressed adequately there. The current Principal at VEW is not responsive to parent e-mails. Things to be aware of: this is a poor area and many of the students live in less-than-ideal situations. In the lower grades, there are a lot of students w/behavior issues and this can hamper learning. Also, there is little to no enrichment available for advanced students. Curriculum / resources are geared toward the average or struggling student. There is very little science taught. This school, like many others, is caught up in the whole teaching-to-the-test phenomena. One of my kids went literally *weeks* with no recess because there was "no time" for it due to all the work they needed to get done. The teachers are good, caring people, but they are just very restricted in what they can do. I'm sure they find it frustrating too.