Searfoss Elementary School

200 Leafy Dell Road

School District

Johnstown-Monroe Local
Grade

K-3
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

School Map for Johnstown-Monroe Local School District

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on May 12, 2024

They actively discriminate against children with special needs. They insist there are not enough children in the area with special needs to necessitate special education classrooms but the only way they could be compiling any data that supports that is by forcing out the children in this area with special needs by offering them options for placement in far away, run down, scantily staffed, scary, schools that most people if they have any other option would refuse to send a child to. They approach parents and students that are in need of support, guidance, and to continue recieving a quality education while navigating a whole new world of terms and services and concepts they're likely wholy unfamiliar with. They take advantage of families and students who are in a compromised postition by subtly placing the burden on them to figure out what to do as long as whatever they choose is not burdening the local school with a student with special needs because they make it very clear that in house services are NOT an option they’ll even willing to try. Terrible, Immoral, unconcionable, manipulative, wrong, and completely unbecoming of any institution claiming a mission to educate our youth and serve serve families in the community.Forcing all of their local students with any significant learning or behavioral issues to disenroll and homeschool or send their student to a private school does NOT EQUATE TO THE NEED NOT BEING THERE IN THIS TOWN. IT IS COMPLETELY LUDACRIS TO CLAIM THAT SOMEHOW JOHNSTOWN MONROE SD is the ony school district its size in Ohio that miraculously does not have the number of students that need services to necessitate developing and opening services up in district. Its wrong. Period.
Submitted by parent on April 28, 2022

Special needs children are sent out of district. My child has been repetitively left out of everything relating to his home district as well as excluded from the district they try and send you too. It’s a nightmare. And then if you have other kids in the district, we’ll now they have different days/times off school. Heaven forbid there’s a snow day, it’s a mad scramble on what in the world to do. Cmon, bring ALL your children home!
Submitted by parent on July 16, 2021

If you have a special needs child, steer clear of Johnstown. My child has Down syndrome and was excluded from Johnstown and being a part of his own community. The school admin will try to force you to send your child to Utica or Granville. I refused both options and ended up homeschooling my child. Johnstown openly practiced discrimination based on disability and was not interested in employing the resources in its own school district to promote diversity and inclusion.
Submitted by parent on January 22, 2014

I have two boys in this school this year and one has a learning disability and I couldn't be happier with the staff. They are all so very helpful, they really invest a good amount of time to helping the children and parents. I can't say enough good things about the principal. You can tell she loves being apart of the kids lives, she is always out interacting with all of the kids. The only problem I see with this school as well as a couple others in Johnstown is that the community is growing pretty fast and the school buildings really need to catch up.
Submitted by parent on August 22, 2013

So far it is great. My son seems to be happy. All the teachers and staff have been really nice and helpful.