Muir Elementary School

2600 Woodcrest Drive

School District

Portage Community
Grade

2-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:11
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on March 27, 2014

My kids had a great experience at John Muir Elementary. The teachers were caring. There are lots of extra activities with a school this size. My kids especially enjoyed the safety patrol trip and the talent show. There were fun summer school classes. The teachers are quality, the LMC is remodeled, and there's lots of technology being used. There's been nice improvements in recent years.
Submitted by parent on March 25, 2014

I am very happy with the school and the learning environment. I like that the teachers and the principal know my child and work hard to meet the needs of my child as well as all of the other children in the classroom. People in the school are very welcoming and friendly!
Submitted by other on October 25, 2012

Lots of behavior problems here. Not much support for teachers by administration. This school is just too big to be effectively handled.
Submitted by other on February 08, 2012

Many changes have occurred at this school in the past two years, especially in the area of behavior. Students and teachers are working well together and staff is very focused on students. Parent involvement and active learning have really brought more great things to this school.
Submitted by parent on August 02, 2011

If you have a special ed student, DO NOT send him or her to this school. He/she will either be told to sit in the back of the class or she will tell the parents to home school them Parental involvement is discouraged You are not allowed to talk to teachers before class and they are out the door at 3:30 sharp. And if you bring up issues to the district administrator, he will likely scream and yell at you over the phone. If you have paperwork that says your child has a disability or special needs, there is a good chance they will lose it.Bullying is a huge problem and school safety is a joke. This is not an exaggeration I can cite an example for each incident And ther is plenty more
Submitted by parent on June 08, 2011

I must admit I wasn't very pleased when my daughter attended this school. Her teacher wasn't horriable but far from anything specail. Thank godness she retired this year. She seemed like she just didn't care about the students and never had anything positive to say about the chlderen when it came to their reportcards or worksheets. I'm not exspecting rainbows and sunshine 24/7 all the time but this lady could have stepped away from the gray cloud more often than she did. I will say the ladies in the office were VERY nice and helpful. I didn't like how the school waited last minute to tell you about events that were taking place (normally only a week or 2 before hand) not enough time to really be able to help out if you wanted to. I think the school forgets a lot of parents work and they can't just drop everything at the dime of a hat. I wouldn't say this school is horriable but I've seen better that is for sure. Glad to be out of the school district and the town altogether.