Jefferson Elementary School

1550 George Washington Way

School District

Richland
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on August 20, 2020

5 Stars! The staff really shows that they care about our children.
Submitted by parent on August 24, 2017

The admin at this schools treats parents like they are poor uneducated people. They come across as condescending and offer little solutions or answers to questions. You are given the run around when someone can't answer questions.
Submitted by parent on May 15, 2015

As a veteran 42 year teacher and grandparent of a current student at Jefferson Elementary, I have grave concerns about the treatment of students at this school. My grandchild has been singled out, and pointed out by staff members, as the worst student in the school. This child is a bright child, but her education has come to a standstill over the last few years. I am so disappointed at the destruction of her own self-image, and her desire to not attend this school any more. She has not been in attendance lately. She is afraid to return. Never in my experience has a child been treated by supervisory staff the way that this child has been treated. Jefferson Elementary . . . you should be very ashamed.
Submitted by parent on March 08, 2013

Our son is a special needs in the preschool program. This program has been a Godsend for him. He loves to go to school and loves his teachers. Our only experience is with the preschool special education program so I cannot attest to the rest of the school.
Submitted by parent on January 23, 2013

My son is a special needs child and while we believe his classroom teacher is very helpful and caring person we can't say the same about the principal or the "specials" teachers. This is the 2nd year for the principal at the school and we feel she is doing a very poor job. She doesn't respect the parents concerns and does things the way she wants even when asked not to and with total disregard for the best interest of the child. We felt we needed to contact the assistant superintendent who agreed with our position and spoke to the principal on our behalf and now we feel our child has been targeted by the principal.This is very scary as our son is often unable to tell us what happened due to his low cognitive function. We have also had difficulties with the "specials" teachers, they seem to lack the knowledge or training on how to deal with special needs children. We even recevied a letter from one (an Art teacher) giving us suggestions on how to parent a special needs child and letting us know how hard they work and how lucky we are to have them as teachers. So in summary if you have a special needs child this is not the school for you.
Submitted by parent on August 08, 2010

When my daughter attended the teacher was inflexible in her lessons and wouldn't adapt to my daughter's higher level of learning. We came in from out of state and it was a shock with regard to how "old school" the teaching methods were and the principal leadership lacked teeth.
Submitted by parent on February 22, 2007

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