Bolton Elementary

1250 Bolton Street

School District

Winston Salem & Forsyth County
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:9
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on January 30, 2023

Bolton is the local school for the Ardmore/Hawthorne community which is primarily comprised of middle-class homes with college educated parents. However, 99% of students come from low-income families—it’s right here on great schools. That is because Ardmore families do not send their children to Bolton. There are six families on my block with young elementary kids and now that I have withdrawn my child...zero attend Bolton. It's private school or home school. Bolton buses children in from across the city for diversity in a huge gerrymandered school zone that doesn’t serve anyone properly.The culture is not conducive to learning and is focused on discipline, procedure, and lots of worksheets. Our daughter was here less that 4 months and we had two incidents of her having to defend herself from pushing and touching her clothes by little boys. We also had to opt-out of homework because our kindergartener was given assignments to complete over the course of a month. You get to choose the assignments, but kindergarteners should NOT have homework.The school looks like the just one I attended for elementary 30 years ago, it’s very old and run down except for large tv’s in every classroom. It did always appear clean though. They use an app called Classdojo to communicate with you, but you have to send written letters to them about everything even with phone calls and app messages. They tell you not to send your child with any sickness whatsoever, yet badger you about an absence. There is no accountability, everything is blamed on their "Systems" and "Procedures."You’re treated as if you should be grateful, you as a parent ,are allowed a modicum of inclusion in your child’s education. We’re completely done with public school and WSFCS in general halfway through Kindergarten due our experience here.If you parent intentionally, please consider other options before sending your child here.
Submitted by teacher on December 27, 2010

People visiting our school say that the atmosphere at Bolton is warm and welcoming. There is a sense of family between staff, students and administration.
Submitted by parent on August 05, 2010

This school is the worst choice a parent can make for their child entering school in WS. The attitudes and teaching skills of many of the teachers is substandard, the principal and administration spend all of their time putting out fires related to their poorly performing teachers, there are no extracurricular activities at this school for the children, the building is filthy, and the children aren't learning anything academically or socially. Please do your research before subjecting your baby to Bolton Elementary school. There are better options in the area, steer clear of this one
Submitted by parent on February 11, 2009

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Submitted by parent on January 16, 2008

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