Waubesa Intermediate School

5605 Red Oak Trail

School District

Mcfarland
Grade

3-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on April 15, 2024

Children at my school are often discriminated against for the way they look, act, home life, etc. I feel as if they often ignore key problems like students mental health, bullying and more, which is saddening. As a minority, i feel alot as if I have a "target" on my back. They teach fun, interactive lessons, but students are not excited about what their learning. They also provide outstanding special education. Students live to include "disabled" students in activites and games at recess. They provide little to none social/emotional support for sturggling students. Our school provides safe school grounds, but not saftey for studenta being bullied. They involve parents in everything! No complaints there! Kind of dissapointing, not gonna lie..
Submitted by parent on March 03, 2024

There have been several incidents we were aware of, that so many parents were not because it was poor PR to bring it to their attention? We aren't sure. They tend to sweep things under the rug in our opinion. It could even be good things that would help make a more cohesive team between teacher, student, and parent. Like, explanations of standardized test scores. Parents have to specifically ask... why? Then we find out, teachers don't actively use the scores for anything unless extremely low/high... hopefully they do now. The teachers are also hit & miss, so cross your fingers your kid gets one of the 'good' ones that follows old standards versus the 'new' way of doing things! It's pretty bad and not cohesive at all. Then, when things are pointed out, parents are not experts - they are at the school! We also noted some kids no longer going to this school and parents telling us, don't worry it gets better at the next school. Really? Our kid won't be discriminated against by the staff at the next school? Peachy... Which, it's weird policies are so different, since McFarland only has 4 schools within the district. As it turns out, they were all run separately. Separate policies, separate management, etc. They are attempting to improve that now, however we haven't seen much difference. That's why I gave it a 2, not a 1... they are trying.We're under the impression it'll improve over the next 10 years since there has been a lot of management changes. That's great, but too late for our children. We'll just have to do the best we can and supplement at home.
Submitted by parent on October 17, 2019

Best! Blew my expectations out of the water.
Submitted by parent on January 14, 2016

There has been some specific issues with bullying. My child who refused to retaliate #proud was being bullied to the point that she was crying about being told by the other student that they wished my child was dead and there was more than one incident of physical misconduct as well. (kicked in privates) being the worst. I brought this to the teacher, principal, and school liaison's attention on several occasions to no avail. This went on for around 2 months until i finally called the police department and left additional messages threatening law suit before it was finally curtailed. However it went on through out the entire school year. Thank goodness this year they were put with separate teachers. But I had to specifically request it and it was not immediately granted. I gave an average score because i feel from an education stand point they are above average. If not for that i would have rated this school TERRIBLE