Clayton Partnership School

8970 York Street

School District

Mapleton Public Schools, Adams County 1
Grade

K-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:22
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by other on February 19, 2021

Our experience with this school has been excellent. The staff here seems genuinely to care about every student, knowing each one's name (and in most/all cases, to whom they belong). Although this district is arguably underfunded and the school is in a lower-income area, the staff's creative approaches and resourceful solutions to funding issues make it so that the financial burden is never felt by families. We have never been asked to pay for field trips, school events, transportation, etc.; supplies are provided to any who need them, and through our short time here so far, I have not seen any evidence that the quality of education being delivered to students is any lower than in surrounding areas.Meaningful communication between the school and families goes far above what I had experienced in other schools (in another district), and I have never felt as though my opinions or concerns were ignored or left unaddressed. Bilingual office staff and two-sided fliers and handouts make it so that Spanish-speaking families (of which there are many) are not out of the loop; another barrier broken.Teaching seems to be differentiated at Clayton wherever possible to meet students at their level and encourage individual growth, with some students pulled to groups for more targeted lessons (due to the necessity for review or for a greater challenge, as appropriate). Assessment data appears to be gathered regularly and then used to drive instruction. I honestly believe that this school is doing everything in its power to improve student outcomes. Any low scoring on standardized testing could more easily be blamed on larger systemic societal issues than on the effectiveness of the teachers and staff at this school and thus should not be considered as great a factor in its overall ranking on this site.I believe it possible that some of the very negative reviews I see here are perhaps out-of-date, complete flukes, or written by people who have a differing viewpoint on what all our public schools system should provide for its students and families.
Submitted by parent on February 18, 2020

i cant wait for this year to be over i have been in this same school for 6 years and nothing has improved as a matter of fact i feel it has gotten worse since this new principle has been here since last year when there is a problem and you try to speak with her she always makes the good student sound like the bad one there have been incidents where some students are doing bad things and you try and point them out to her and still nothing is done about it
Submitted by parent on May 23, 2019

I keep seeing all the negative reviews on here but they seem like reviews from back in 2013 and 2014 it is now 2019 and the school has gotten 10 times better than it was back then obviously my two children go to the school and have been going since kindergarten the teachers are excellent at doing their job the staff is excellent and the principle that they've had for 7 years now does an awesome job with every student gives every student a high five or fist bump every single morning and as far as the bullying issue at this school it is gotten ten times better within the 7 years since the new principal has been here they have a anti-bullying policy that they jump on it as soon as there are problems so as far as I'm concerned this school is a top-notch school and if I could give it 10 Stars I would
Submitted by parent on January 07, 2018

I'm shocked reading these reviews! I don't see any of this at the school, the principle engages with students every morning walking through the door, knows all of their names, fist bumps, good mornings I could go on! My daughter came from district 14, started below grade level in everything but reading, and before going on winter break she is excelling in every subject and has done nothing but flourish in this school. The parent teacher engagement is amazing, I am always getting updates on my students day through the dojo. Any of my concerns were addresses promptly by the staff. My only negative on this school is how packed the classrooms are, and how little funding they receive so the teachers have to provide for their classroom from their own pockets.
Submitted by parent on May 26, 2014

this school sucks BIG TIME! Chaos in the classrooms makes for a very poor learning environment. They have been through three principals in the course of one school year always saying they promise things will get better and they never do!
Submitted by other on November 25, 2013

In all honesty, this school is not the "wonderful" place people make it seem. Clayton Partnership, in my opinion, is one of the worst schools any adult could send their child too. The pace at which children and middle school students learn is so slow, and the teachers do not address every child's individual learning style. Say there is a student who is above grade level. That student will be held back to re-learn what they may have already been taught, reducing their intellectual growth. Not only this but bullying and other student-student issues are not well addressed at all. My younger sister, whom is in second grade, gets negative attention from other students, not just in her grade but from upperclassmen as well. I ask her why she doesn't just tell her teacher and she told me it's because the teachers either won't listen to her or won't help her. In regards to overall academic growth, both of my younger sisters who go there, (one being in 8th grade and the other in 2nd) say the pace is too low or that they are not learning anything. In my opinion the school should just be shut down for good.
Submitted by parent on June 01, 2010

over all this school has weak leadership and poor teaching ability. the experience for my children and myself was GREATLY DISSAPOINTING they struggled with school work all year with little to no help from teaching staff.
Submitted by parent on November 30, 2007

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