Doty Elementary School

525 Longview Ave

School District

Green Bay Area Public
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on May 02, 2014

The school itself seems to be in good condition, they are saving up money to update the playground (it's going to be a more natural playground and looks pretty cool). The teachers are wonderful! They try to help each student as best as they can. Now for the cons: there are a LOT of parents that do not help their children. A large portion of the students do not get extra help at home and they also are in need of clothes and winter materials due to lack of support from home. Theft is a problem unfortunately, we've dealt with a bully stealing my child's lunch, someone stole my child's extra set of clothes from his backpack, and now we've been trying to get his special gloves back from another student. My son has been getting bored in class because he is ready to move on but most of the other children still need more help at school since they don't receive it at home. As much as I like the school itself, my son will not be returning next year due to having to repeatedly replace my child's things because they are stolen and we feel time has been wasted for my son to continue learning. (Not wasted on the other students though, just the ones that are ready to move up.)
Submitted by parent on October 18, 2013

Great Teachers, great neighborhood, safe streets. My three children all attended Doty. The teachers are fantastic!!! The building is clean but needs improvements. High percent of students come from families where english is a second language outside the neighborhood near Packerland and this is reflected in the low test scores of the school. Student population is 50% hispanic/latino. School is slated to become a k-8th Spanish Immersion School. The expansion will likely modernize an older Green Bay District School. Principal is more a manager than a leader - in my opinion and though delt a difficult situation with handling large numbers of non-english speaking students fails to communicate with parents effectively on future goals of the school.
Submitted by parent on January 14, 2011

Doty is a great school! My son was misbehaving in his first grade class, and his wonderful teacher cared enough to look deeper and find that he was High-Functioning Autistic with sensory issues. It would have been easy to dismiss him as a problem child, but they really worked to find an answer for his struggles. Since his diagnosis, he has a remarkable team of staff helping him. His improvements have been amazing! I have found all the staff, including the principal to be very patient and flexible in discovering and implementing unique methods of helping my son learn despite his challenges. I would recommend Doty Elementary to any parent!
Submitted by parent on August 09, 2010

I have had three children attend Doty Elementary and I can attest that the teachers are amazing. On the whole they show lots of dedication to their students and to the families. One telling fact is that many teachers have been at Doty for at least 10 years. Poor schools often have a lot of turnover as teachers seek out a "better situation." For each year my children have always had a caring and dedicated teacher. None of them ever had a "bad year" at Doty. As a parent, I have been on a first name basis with all my children's teachers and they have all given me time whenever I wanted to hear how things were going with my children. As a volunteer in the school, I have found the students to be respectful and well behaved.
Submitted by other on April 16, 2010

This comment should not reflect on the teachers because the teachers at this school are amazing especially with trying to deal with theses issues as well! This school is over crowded! There is a huge language issue which holds us back from any kind of activities from fund raising to any kind of after school activities. There is a lack of supervision on the playground as well as in the hallways. The stealing is way out of control. I can never seem to voice my opinion because I am unable to make it to PTA meetings due to time constraints. There seems to be a problem I can't seem to solve every week! The principal just seems to want to whine and come up with a ton of excuses of why he can't seem to make anything happen!
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Submitted by teacher on September 29, 2007

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