Old Post Elementary School

100 Old Post Road

School District

Oswego Community Unit 308
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on July 11, 2024

Current principal and assistant principal are abysmal. They strive to be friends and opt to decline discipline at almost every turn. Students that are aggressive are not handled appropriately, leaving classmates to cope with what they see and experience. This includes being physically injured by aggressive students. Our youngest ended this past school year no longer reading because of their teacher. She continually mentioned that they shouldn’t be reading graphic novels. Our child took that to heart and quit reading at book 22 of a 23 book series. Repeated issues with the same classmate was not addressed. Our oldest experienced severe trauma from an aggressive classmate. I know too many families that have similar or the same experiences. The principal and assistant principal lied to us many times while we tried to resolve issues and the lies were not small. I wish I had listened to my husband and moved to Naperville for their schools.
Submitted by parent on March 16, 2013

Our children transferred in from a nearby Catholic school. We have been incredibly impressed with the leadership, teachers and support staff. The children themselves are polite, caring and friendly. Our children are challenged academically and truly love Old Post -- it was an incredibly positive switch for our family.
Submitted by parent on April 30, 2012

We have two children who attended Old Post Elementary from kindergarten through fifth grade. It was a wonderful experience for both of them as well as for us, as parents. My husband and I were very active volunteers at the school and with the parent organizations. We all found it to be a very caring, nuturing and inviting environment. The education our children received was exceptional and has proved to be a very sound foundation for them as they continue their academic careers in junior high and high school.
Submitted by parent on January 28, 2012

After a terrifying experience at this school recently. I would not recommend this school. Racial divided school.
Submitted by parent on November 03, 2011

This is a great school that can really teach a child in a standard far above many schools in the state. Great teachers, and excellent educational standards is a must! And this school has it. But there is a down side to all good things. And one about this school is the homework given to the children. To have to come home to another 2 or 3 hours of daily homework is both taxing on the child and the parents. Let alone the interest of schooling that the child starts to feel about school in general due to so much work after school. Children need the free time after school to enjoy time with family. Not another 2 hours of schooling. And the time we loose is one thing I miss the most.
Submitted by parent on May 05, 2010

My daughters attend this school (1st grade and 3rd grader with Special Needs). This school has an amazingly caring Principal and support staff. These people came together to help my daughter, they are always willing to communicate with me, and worked hard to help us with my daughter's IEP. My 1st grader is bright and her teacher works to keep her challenged, even though she technically doesn't have to. This school has been great. I only wish that there were more extra curricular activities for their Special Needs students.
Submitted by parent on October 29, 2007

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