Belleville PS5

149 Adelaide Street

School District

Belleville Public
Grade

K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:18
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on February 17, 2023

The Belleville School #5 area is a great area to live. Overall, the community is nice and people who live in this area are generally good people. From our experience, the teachers at this school are great. They go out of their way to make things happen. We learned it's important to follow up with the staff in the instance you have an issue with your children. We were emailing our daughter's teacher, back-and-forth, and we thought it was very professional. Being a part of the classroom is also important. We visited the classroom once every three months for ten minutes just to see how things are going. It's nice to look at my daughter's work hanging on the wall. I didn't like speaking with the principal though. She was clueless. She thought my daughter was another teacher and was giving her directions to gather another class to bring them to a classroom. The principal gives nonsensical or misleading directions to the staff and students on the loudspeaker. I know this because my daughter keeps her cell phone called with mine, the entire day, in her back bag. I listen in on the classroom periodically. I'll be able to tell if my daughter is lying to me about something that happened at school. The school psychologist is a dunce too. She spoke to me over the phone, didn't realize who I was, and was talking to me about another boy. I had to remind her multiple times who my daughter was. I gave two stars because of that. We had a good experience with the teachers so far, and I would recommend this school because I believe the students get a decent education here.
Submitted by parent on May 26, 2021

This school insisted my child had a disciplinary issue when she actually suffered from a diagnosis of adhd and her teachers were incapable of teaching a student with adhd, she frequently was bullied by her teachers and was forced to punishment that was unacceptable in my opinion. They lacked the proper education on dealing with children with adhd and I missed more work because the principal would insist on making me pick her up because “she was acting out”. Once my child went to a different school in another school district she began to properly learn and excelled in her schoolwork because she wasn’t singled out in front of other students for “ acting out”. School number 5 was the worst school I’ve ever had to deal with. The kindergarten teacher was more concerned with her attire than teaching. I mean what kindergarten teacher wears extremely high heels while teaching 5 year olds? Do not send your children to this school if you intend on their obtaining a proper education.
Submitted by other on September 01, 2016

Hello, Our children should not be forced into a failing school system. This school is in the bottom 30% in the state and has only a27%pass rate . That is completely unacceptable . Are you are also frustrated about the lack of response from the board of education on this huge problem? Everyday is a day lost for learning for our children in a failing school. Our children desrve better than this and we as parents must not allow our childrens best well being and quality of education be neglected.
Submitted by other on March 18, 2015

As a student at this school I don't feel comfortable leaving to go to school every morning. My principal gives unnecessary punishments and is unprofessional. The staff is most irresponsible as well. The nurse will ignore me unless I have a fever or regurgitate. The lunch ladies often run out of food. They will also reprimand us if we have forgotten our lunch money and punish us further by making us wait twice as long on the lunch line before allowing us to eat. As for the school lunches, I have found mold and hair in my food more than once. I feel uncomfortable and under protected. My friend was punched by another student, twice, however none of the staff monitoring this period managed to notice. On this same day two high school boys stole the lock to the gate to the playground, which is just a large blacktop rectangle. There are many more things that make me uncomfortable about this school; but, if I were to list them all, this post would be multiple pages long!
Submitted by parent on February 27, 2015

This school is completely ill-equipped and inadequate for the task of teaching children anything. Despite the high amount of tax dollars that go to educational funding in this town, somehow this school lacks textbooks and frequently runs out of supplies. Most teachers do not seem to care about how or what their students are learning, and if a student is having a problem, will meet with the parents to say the student is not doing well but will offer no assistance or guidance whatsoever as to what can be done to help them achieve success. They simply throw it on the parents' lap and expect someone else to do their jobs for them. This will certainly be the last year my child attends this school! I would rather pay a huge tuition at a private school (and get a second job to afford it) than allow my child to continue going to this school and have him educationally stunted for life!
Submitted by parent on May 28, 2013

As a parent I don't agree with the principal's decisions and rules on how to treat the students. My child comes home many times complaining about the poor quality of his principal. She mistreats students by giving unnecessary punishments. She is mean and egotistical for putting down my son and his classmates and making them feel below. The principal was quality because his rules were more fair and treated students with respect. She makes her own decisions without informing students and parents. How she runs the school is a disgrace and I'm happy that my son will be transferring. DO NOT attend this school. Also the food is terrible and under cooked half the time.
Submitted by parent on April 04, 2012

This school is a disgrace. A few days ago I heard that the fourth grade had to wait on the lunch line until the lunch ladies finished cooking because they ran out of food in the cafeteria. Also my child is a A studend and is falling below because of the teachers not teaching and explaining correctly.I do not recommend this school at all.
Submitted by parent on January 28, 2011

I don't like this school, my 4th grade son never has homework, the teacher let them make in class, so it is not a homework. I am looking for a house in a better school system.
Submitted by parent on May 05, 2010

Some teachers have great compassion for there students but lack of resources I feel prevent them from doing more. Food wise I wish could be changed but parents need to connect and call the area food services director. The food is frozen then heated up but that is what the management of the area makes them cook. Parents need to band together and demand a Food Revolution. Do something about it. This new principal is professional but that is it.
Submitted by student on June 10, 2007

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Submitted by parent on January 25, 2007

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