Cardinal Elementary School

3590 Hornaday Road

School District

Brownsburg Community Sch Corp
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:26
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on July 14, 2021

Completely agree about the learning difficulties/differences. My son struggles to spell words. I was told for the second time around let’s wait 3 months see if he can catch up, finally around Christmas time, I was told he was tested, then it wasn’t for another month or two his teacher told me that when tested for dyslexia it was negative.I, later found out, they didn’t actually test him, they merely preformed a “screener” for the test. I am just completely outraged and can’t believe how horribly they deal with these situations l. My son is falling behind, going into the 5th grade, and still can’t spell many simple 4-5 letter words. I also found out that my son, so that he could finish his in-class schoolwork, would go to the teacher and tell her what he wanted the response/answer to say, and return, his teacher had to write out many of his answers, in which, he would just copy onto the school work. They also do this whole no homework thing which is setting all and every kid up for failure, In Theory, yes it’s extremely nice for the kids to not have any homework, but if your child is struggling, there is no way for you to help them, because all school work is done in class. Homework is essential!, this is how children learn how to study, coping mechanisms, time management, etc… When children do homework they are independently challenging themselves and skill building, and figuring out which learning methods work best for them. Anyways it’s such a delay in care and extremely sad.
Submitted by parent on June 03, 2019

Over my expectations, my daughter loves her school. She loves going to school, her friends, teachers, nurse, librarian... she was sad because the end of the year.
Submitted by parent on February 17, 2014

Cardinal elementary was supposed to have a good special education department, but after my son being at this school I come to find out their special education department is horrible and didn't help my autistic son at all.
Submitted by parent on June 04, 2013

Cardinal has one of the best principals of the elementary schools in the Brownsburg School Corp. He has a positive approach and encourages parental involvement. The teachers are awesome and the curriculum is challenging. The parent/teacher organization has an awesome President, Shannon and a great staff of volunteers helping her.