Marlowe Elementary School

9580 Williamsport Pike

Falling Waters, WV 25419

5 Reviews

School District

Berkeley County Schools
Grade

PK, K-2
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by other on December 21, 2022

Great teachers and staff. Child loves going to school. Only issue here is teacher is repeatedly posting on Seesaw about some kids didn't bring in a dollar donation to participate in the pajama day. Come on! First of all no kid should have to pay a dollar to participate in pajama day and furthermore not every family can afford that dollar so way to make them feel good about their circumstances. Finally you cannot force anyone to donate to anything. Too often and in too many ways the schools are trying to squeeze money out of parents. We all pay our taxes and people play the lottery and so much money was given to wv by the government during covid that the schools should be pretty well off. Have a good day.
Submitted by other on August 21, 2017

Completely astounded that board of education and/or Marlowe staff allowed first and second graders outside for eclipse. This, on the first day of school, with new teachers unfamiliar with kids AND this was never mentioned at classroom orientation I attended. I do not believe these young kids will completely understand the seriousness of safety concerns. I believe advance notice and permission slips should have been required or the kids should have watched on TV inside school.
Submitted by parent on August 09, 2014

This school has been going through some significant changes. A few years ago this school seemed to split in half with the more senior half of the staff opening a new building. The younger staff members stayed and a new principal took over. The staff remained, for the most part, as helpful and hardworking as ever. Despite being a group of young teachers they were very effective. There is one second grade teacher that seems to take a very sarcastic tone with the students. As a parent I do not approve of this. I hope to see it stopped. The principal that took over did not have experience teaching students of this particular age level and this was evident to those parents who interacted with her. Recently there have been a lot of changes with the staff. Good teachers seem to be leaving as soon as other opportunities are available to them. I have heard that this new principal can be difficult to work for. It is my guess that this may have something to do with the staff turn over. Overall, I believe this school has some reals strengths. But with all the recent changes I am worried. I only have one student left to go through this school. For that I am thankful.
Submitted by parent on September 23, 2010

While I have encountered some wonderful teachers, like all schools, some remain lacking. The leadership of the school often fails to work as a partner with parents and acts as more of an authoritative voice with parents. Despite some wonderful qualities about the school, there is a lack of a developed curriculum for more advanced learners, as well as an unwillingness to meet the needs of these individual children. There is a low standard for achievement and once that standard is met there does not seem to be an effort to move beyond that place. In addition, recess is partially taken for disciplinary issues, which is counterproductive for young children in a primary school. This method leads to further misbehavior and academic distraction.
Submitted by parent on September 24, 2008

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