Centennial Elementary School

1315 Aspen Street

School District

Springfield 19
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:13
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on February 01, 2020

Poorly. The staff has a lack of communication. They do not have any supports for special needs. They do not have the staffing nor the adequate training for handling behavioral/sensory situations. They treat parents poorly, have bad rapport with the students and often teachers don't even know the child's name while they are directly in front of them.
Submitted by parent on August 04, 2015

My child started at this school last year and we were constantly upset about his education throughout the year. First, the school is very old and seriously needs to be rebuilt (or at least seriously remodeled). There is no air conditioning in the school (except in a couple classrooms where the teacher provided their own)and several students had heat exhaustion during the heat waves last fall and spring. We tried not to judge a book by it's cover and hoped that the teaching would overshadow the poor facilities, but sadly it did not. It is our understanding that a well-loved principal retired a couple of years ago and since then there has been significant turnover and unhappy teachers and staff. The previous principal has now left and a new one will be starting this fall. Hopefully that will help. While my child loved the teacher this past year, she was not a very good teacher. The school has zero focus on math skills. The math instruction was at least one year behind the previous school we came from. The reading is individualized, however they underplace students in lower level reading groups than they are capable of (continuing to teach them what they already know rather than challenging them to do better than that). The teacher did move my child up into a higher level group after I asked her about whether the previous group was the right level, but did not think about moving up without being questioned about it. (I did not request the move , I just asked how my child was doing and if was in the right group.) Part of the reason that we moved into this area was the combination of an affordable place to live with a decent school (based on the reviews we found from out of the area). Unfortunately, we have been horribly disappointed in the school and we are looking into options to transfer into the Eugene 4J school district under their open enrollment program. If we were not locked into living in this area for at least a couple more years, we would have moved over the summer to be in a better school district.
Submitted by parent on February 14, 2013

Great teachers and principal. Great school culture, respect and responsibilty. Would definitely recommend and encourage more parents in the neighborhood to support this school.
Submitted by parent on April 30, 2012

Centennial is a wonderful school. The entire staff truly care about the success of every child. The support that the parents show to the staff is amazing. You feel a true understanding of community and commitment every time you enter the school. As a parent I feel welcomed by the teachers to participate in my child's education in and out of the classroom. Mr. Donnelly the principal always amazes me the first week of school he knows every child's name even the kinders and knows how to interact with each child and makes them feel that he cares.... Which he genuinely does!
Submitted by parent on January 17, 2012

My husbands entire family went here and now our children go and it gets better every year! The teachers from Goshen are an amazing addition and the parental support is unbelievable. : )