Oak Grove Elementary School

10 out of 10 I rate this school.

A great school. Wonderful teachers, friendly students and faculty. As a student, I definitely recommend going here.

We moved here just for the schools. Our oldest was struggling and the school we were enrolled in was not willing to offer services. After attending OGS, we are thrilled that in HS our child is soaring. Our 2nd child was a few years away from finishing at this school when common core was introduced. Needless to say, grades plummeted. Was it introduced correctly? I'm not sure. However, we held our child accountable. We made it clear that he had to do what was necessary to overcome this challenge. We worked with him, the school, and the teachers to learn and adapt to this change. We didn't expect the system to change to accommodate our child. We expected our child to adapt and learn with our support. I have to say that it was the biggest challenge he faced, but I know it will not be the biggest challenge he will ever encounter. He turned it around, but there was definitely a bigger lesson here. It's sad to me, when I attended the meetings on the common core math, the anger and hostility. All I could think about was.....we are all on the same team here. Why aren't we working on solutions? It's in the best interests off all parents, staff, and administration that our children succeed. I don't think anyone was trying to set the children up for failure. There are definitely parents who feel they are smarter then everyone else in the room, and feel changes should be made because they are asking for it. The 10% who are the loudest complainers do not always represent the other 90% of the group.

OGS is a great school. Teachers are passionate and the administration and school board responsive. I can't understand some of the neg comments because that is clearly not what I've seen the past few years. Perhaps there are some hidden agendas, but as you can see for yourself, the positive reviews far outweigh the negative reviews by a comfortable margin. I would not hesitate to recommend people come to Green Oaks for this school district.... in fact subdivisions in the area fought hard to get into this district from another school district....that in and of itself speaks volumes.