Calais Elementary School

53 Garfield Street

School District

Calais Public Schools
Grade

PK, K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on July 22, 2020

excellent learning environment and caring staff, great facilities
Submitted by parent on September 02, 2015

Bullying swept under the rug and denied. It only stops if you go to the superintendent's office and threaten to contact authorities. Teachers yell and often. Not all of them of course. Even if your child is good and can do the work,the environment of yelling at kids is stressful for them. There are some wonderful and amazing teachers,but the angry and short fused ones ruin it for all.
Submitted by parent on January 29, 2014

i agree with the parent that gave the one star rating-in fact, i came here to make almost those exact same comments. some of the teachers can be quite mean and seem like they do not like kids...uh, bad profession to be in if you don't like kids. they need to replace SEVERAL of the teachers and send the 'retired' ones back into retirement. i am disappointed in what is acceptable here. it is like they have their own rules (or lack thereof) and don't care what the rest of the world thinks-since their world is just this small town.
Submitted by parent on January 24, 2014

My children have attended CES for 6+ years. They HAVE learned to read, write, and count, but they are not challenged. Almost all of the staff (teachers, administrators) are lovely to talk to; however, their performances speak much louder than their words and their performances leave EVERYTHING to be desired. I would give examples to support my statement, however, I have a limited # of characters remaining in this post AND I need to remain anonymous for the sake of my children. There are teachers at CES that have retired but returned to teaching. Those teachers are tired, grumpy, and out-dated. There are also a couple of exceedingly angry, harsh teachers, one in particular, who seem to feel that berating their students and yelling at them in front of others is acceptable. And indeed, it seems to be acceptable as the administration, that is well aware of it, continues to accept it. Additionally, bullying is a much bigger problem at CES than the administration wants to see. It is easier to ignore the problems than face them. I must concede, there are a few acceptable teachers. I would move my children to another school in an instant if possible.
Submitted by parent on March 15, 2011

Nice flowery garden Clean floors, safe playground,Clean facility , new library that is well stocked (kids dont take out books cause they arnt allowed to check out more then 2) ........hmmmmmmmm SCHOOL NOT AMAZING staff to old, Facilitities not properly used. needs energetic young teachers..
Submitted by parent on April 14, 2008

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