Bethune Elementary School

It's sad to say that Bethune has really went down hill. I can't believe that the 5th graders are not having a graduation. It makes me so mad that they've decided not to have one for these kids. These kids really worked hard to get to where they are, and for you not to show them they are appreciated, What kind teachers/principle are you guys? I mean like really. My kids will not be attending this school anymore.

They are very unprofessional and mean to some of the children kids are going to be kids (hardheaded) but they are kids and if you can't deal get another job.

My students have gone to Bethune since Kindergarten and as we prepared to send my son to middle school I felt excited for my son about his new endeavors, but sad that we were leaving a home away from home. As my daughter completes her last year here it will be bitter sweet. The teachers have been personable and open, the staff in general has been friendly and inviting, and administration has always stuck by an open door policy. If improvements were made they could grow by increasing the transparency of opportunities for school involvement and teacher accessibility (implementing teacher websites). Overall, we will miss our school and I use it as a bar by which I measure all others.

I am the parent of a second and fourth grade student at Bethune. I just want to say that overall I think Bethune Elementary is good school. The school has a leadership change, but it is all for the better. Before the new administration, teachers were allowed to scream and yell at the students, even abuse them physically. I know the teachers very well, and I know the cruel things that they say about students, especially those students who perform at a low level, and I know the ugly things that are said about school leaders that are not true. I can only speak for my personal experience, the school staff is friendly and I feel welcome when I go in to the building at Bethune. The school could be even better if parents were more supportive and focused on the right thing, which is student achievement, rather than wanting to have relationsips with school teachers and principals. They are not there to be our friends, they are there to educate kids. We need to support academic education, and not the other things serve no good purpose for our school or our community. Why send bad comments about our school when you are only talking about yourself and downing your own property value.