Sherwood Elementary School

2541 Post Road

School District

Brevard Public Schools
Grade

PK, K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:10
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on March 03, 2024

There has been to many issues with my child attending this school even to the point where certain situations happens at the school with my child that they do not tell me about until the last minute.. my child has gotten hurt four separate occasions all of which my child’s teacher did not tell me about until the end of the day or completely after the fact…
Submitted by parent on February 17, 2024

The staff and faculty at Sherwood are some of the best teachers and my girls love nearly everyone there. They even have gifted taught at the school which is a big plus. My girls came home one day starting in kindergarten and they were able to read. I was impressed and the teachers really have built a bond with each of my littles. They are def one of the best elementary schools in the district!
Submitted by parent on August 10, 2023

The teachers and staff there are amazing. My only complaint would be the receptionist Her attitude and dated haircut would be better suited at the DMV.
Submitted by parent on June 16, 2023

My kids attend Sherwood and all love it there. They have loved every teacher they have ever had. Academically they feel supported and have done well. I love the 5th grade zoo school. Sherwood has a preschool program as well. The principal that is there now is good at what she does and is friendly. Sherwood has a small student body compared to some schools which I prefer.
Submitted by parent on November 02, 2017

I used to like Sherwood, However, very disappointed with the Leadership.
Submitted by parent on December 11, 2016

Although I knew about the mass exodus at the end of last year, I decided to keep my children at Sherwood. After all, the reason for our family to move to the area was the Excellent Schools that we were zoned to. This no longer in the case for Sherwood Elementary. Sherwood was an "A" school for over a decade and now sadly they are rated a "C". As the previous review states, the biggest change was the arrival of the new Principal; there has to be a correlation! We have been extremely fortunate this year, my kids love their teachers and staff members, but I fear that there will be another Mass Exodus of teachers with the completion of the 2016-2017 school year. We will be losing the exceptional teachers that are left! Winter Concert was this past week and unfortunately you could see that the moral has plummeted. Bullying has been a problem, but I fear that the students are not the only ones being bullied. If the School Board does not correct this problem soon, my children will not return next year.
Submitted by parent on August 28, 2016

Sherwood Elementary School used to be wonderful. My children and students in the community used to thrive at this school. Unfortunately, things have changed recently and this school is no longer great.The new Principal, Dr. Karen Ivery, will tell you that it's the fault of the teachers and staff. But teachers don't leave this school. Most teachers at Sherwood have worked there for over a decade. The only change that has happened in recent years is the arrival of the new Principal. Coincidence? I think not.Somewhere between 10-15 of those teachers that never leave Sherwood left this summer and are working elsewhere this school year. I can't begin to tell you what a red flag that appears to be! The teachers who love this school made the hard decision to leave it. The teachers who LOVE THESE STUDENTS chose to give up that love and work elsewhere.Since the arrival of the new administration, bullying has run rampant at Sherwood. Students who bully have absolutely no consequences. In fact, my children generally state that when a student gets sent to the office for anything, whether it is bullying, disrespect, hurting another student, etc, that the student is usually back in the classroom in under an hour and most of the time they bring back candy with them! I hardly call that effective discipline! The teachers seem to have their hands tied and lack support from administration to deal with these students. My children used to love to go to school. But now, their favorite teachers are gone, they get picked on by peers, and Sherwood traditions are being canceled. My children now hate to go to school. They dread going here everyday!In addition to the teachers who have left Sherwood, I have also noticed the number of students has gone down! I did some research and found out that over 100 students decided to NOT go back to Sherwood and elected to go Out-of-Area to another school. The office staff and teachers have been nothing but AMAZING since we started at Sherwood years ago. The front office clerks are so helpful whenever we need it and the teachers were always willing to go the extra mile for my children!!! Again...the only thing that has changed in recent years? The new Principal. So disappointed in all these changes. So sad to see the school my children love turning into this. We will not be back next year.
Submitted by parent on March 09, 2016

We are Air Force and move a lot, but my daughter has always excelled in school. She was in gifted classes for 1st and 2nd grade in Tampa. We came here and she immediately started having problems. Her 3rd and 4th grade classes were so full of troubled students with behavioral problems that she has not received a good education or been challenged academically in two years. Teachers are too busy dealing with bad kids to spend time with the good ones. We are transferring next year and until they do some redistricting, I wouldn't recommend this school to anyone.
Submitted by parent on March 17, 2015

Let me start out by saying that my Son has been going to Sherwood since kindergarten and has missed the very basics. He is now in forth grade and was retained in third due to a lack of compression. He has had a great third grade teacher the second time around but they are now trying to put him into fifth and he struggles with forth grade. His current teacher is lazy, doesn't test the children weekly like the other teachers and rarely checks his work. During the first night of parent teacher night she stated that " i don't want to grade 21 papers". I have had enough and I'm going to be putting him in a private school. Thoroughly disgusted!