Broad Brook Elementary School

ur years at this school have been terrible. There are a small handful of wonderful teachers but for the most part most of the aids are untrained and unprofessional. The Principal does the absolute bare minimum. The assistant principal seems to care a lot more and is more active, but the resolutions to issues that happen weather it’s teacher to student or student to student, is still pretty terrible. The work load for the kids is far from challenging. It’s busy work to send home in order to check off a box. The bullying that happens in this school is out of control, yet it gets minimized and swept under the rug. Teachers and aids talk so rudely to the kids and if they try to speak up to explain their side of the story, it’s considered “talking back” and they get in trouble. Parent involvement is awful. It’s the same small group of parents who join the PTO and the Governance Council. Same parents who volunteer to coach all the sports and the same parents who are constantly fighting an uphill battle with the lack of action and leadership from the principal. If you are looking to move this town because of the low taxes … STAY AWAY! And from what I hear, the Middle school is where the things go downhill! I can’t even imagine…

My daughter attends this school and for the past two years it's been nothing but problems. I bring her in some mornings and the front staff is lazy and rude no goodmorning or any type of greeting just the usual "fill out her late slip and send her to class" something they are supposed to do. Her teachers have been wonderful that's the only benefit of the school other than that it's a overall sad excuse for a school. Last year there was a animal that attacked students outside during gym... The school didn't inform me right away I learned about it from breaking news on the TV and several hours later the school phoned to inform what happened. I'll be changing schools soon because the higher the grades go the worse it gets.. East Windsor high school is known for dope and overdoses

Most of the teachers are very good, the Principal is very active and great with the kids. We have been happy with the school overall. The town needs to invest more into the schools, computer class was eliminated in 2013 due to budget cuts.

The child I have guardianship over attends this school. I wasn't at all impressed with his initial transition. He was placed in an English as a second language class, I was furious. My child only speaks English and so do I. He was place there simply because he is of Hispanic origin, I demanded to know why he was placed and I was asked if I spoke Spanish to him at home. I asked them if they had read his previous IEP which mentioned his early age hearing loss and surgery, which delayed his speech. Its ashamed that people are still racially motivated when making assumptions of a persons house hold. I am American, born and raised. When I asked weather I appeared to have difficulties articulating in English, the staff seamed embarrassed and apologized. My child was pulled from the ESL, or English as a Second Language, class that day.