Central Grade School

301 Seventh Street

School District

Traverse City Area Public Schools
Grade

PK, K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on December 07, 2015

Things have changed. I wanted to give two stars but since our previous years ha e been really good I gave 3.Mr Peters is gone and the office staff that was trained by our two amazing staffers who retired last year are gone (I am certain there is an interesting story there that's being kept from parents) The teachers are amazing and being run ragged with all the behavior issues as there are 16 or 17 "level 3" students needing constant emergency attention as they "melt down" daily. Our amazing school is dying from the top down.
Submitted by parent on December 16, 2012

My daughter's reports cards from Central Grade were great! She was doing well, a pleasure to be around, a great helper, and her learning was right on schedule -- or so they led to me believe. Reality broke through when she took the MEAP test. Her not-proficient score left me scratching my head. How could she get A's and B's in math and score non-proficient on her standardized test? And it wasn't just her score, most of her peers scored non-proficient or partically proficient. We started to dig a little bit deeper by asking her to do some simple math. We were shocked to realize that not only did she not know how to do the problems, she didn't even recognize anything we gave her. Her MEAP scores were the true indication of her ability level. This school year I removed my daughter from school and she and I have been homeschooling to remediate her, especially in math. At this point in time all I can say is that I am thankful that I caught her before she took the inevitible academic nose dive into math for non-college bound students. I am happy to report that after one semester at home (and a lot of hard work) she is almost at grade level after I started her at two grades behind.
Submitted by parent on September 26, 2012

yes my mane is amber sargent my oldest daughter is mikayla miller and she wes in the recourse room with mary barnes and she is the best ever along with mrs annelin they taught my child that it was ok to do what you have to to be involeved .the princeple mr peters is the best principle ever the office staff is gental in the family needs we are now in macomb countey and trying to get back to traverse city for the school district thank you tcaps and mary barnes and the staff at central grade school for your halp and support with my family and the education that you provided to my children.