Deerfield Elementary School

This school is so awful it is hard for me to keep calm as I write this. The pick-up and drop-off processes are a joke and they are dangerous. some of the parents that drive their children to school should be reprimanded. They speed through the parking lot and cut people off that have taken the time to come early to wait and do the right thing. that is just the beginning.Then the childrens day starts around 9 am and they get picked up at 4 pm. That is a full 7 hour day then they are all sent home with multiple hours of homework. This is just killing these kids. that is roughly 9 hours a day of straight school work and they are in Kindergarten and 1st grade! What are these people that run this school thinking? I have a 4 year bachelors from a Division One University and didn't have days that long. When do these kids have time to be kids? By time we get everything done including dinner and getting them bathed it is almost 8 at night! Then the cycle begins again the next day. This is outrageous and makes no sense to me.

This school is terrible. They try to make it seem as if everything is okay when parents are around but in all actuality when the doors close it is a different story. My child has told me horrific stories about what goes on in that building and last year has even been beat up by another student there. When I spoke to the assistant principal about it she told me that the other student was not suspended because he was special ed. Fast forward to american education week, i saw this child in action and he definitely knows right from wrong and should have been suspended. If i could send my child to another school I would. This is not the place to send your children.

My child has has been bullied, choked, and stabbed in the hand with a pencil, among other incidents at this school. There are kids that throw chairs in the classroom, and yell obscenities at the teacher. I am tired of hearing story after story of what my poor 7 year old daughter has to put up with there!

Both of my daughters attend Deerfield and we simply love this school! We have had fantastic teachers and the low class size is a big advantage. My daughters both are top of their classes and their test scores are easily above the state average because of the great teaching they receive. My girls get Art, Gym three times a week, Library, and Music. There is an IPad lab in their classroom. They both bring home a variety of projects that are very cool. The homework isn't overwhelming, but there is a lot of it. The girls go on field trips, stay for evening activities, and they love Lunch Bunch with their teachers once every 2 weeks. Because the school has recently been re-zoned, only children who live on the peninsula attend here, making the environment lovely. We've never encountered any bullying what so ever. Dismissal and morning drop off are very organized. Everyone knows us and the communication is great. It's a great neighborhood school.