Woodlin Elementary School

We’ve had an excellent experience at Woodlin, in 5 years and with two kids.

We have had a wonderful experience at Woodlin 2013-2017. Parents are engaged, PTA welcoming, and staff are committed. I wish class sizes were smaller and some of less effective teachers could be replaced.

The school is located in a nice neighborhood. By the Staff members are rude and not polite, specially the Secretary who has been for such a long time. What a difference when my kids used to go a private school. Woodlin personnel thinks they are doing a favor to us. What a mistake. I am looking forward to move to a different place. Also, some teacher are very "laid back" other not so much and for the student it's a big dilemma. Why my former teacher didn't have structure system in class?

My child was in grade 2 in 2012-2013 and loved the teacher but was bored all year. Our impression is that wherever the school could eliminate specific feedback on academic performance that a parent could use to advocate for their child, they did. Report cards generic grading (used many places) and there was little feedback on work beyond P (proficient) and the occasional ES (exceeds). When I asked the teacher I got feedback like "S/he is where s/he needs to be." Still no idea what that means. The most shocking thing I heard was the principal telling a PTA meeting parents shouldn't expect to see any grades of ES on the report card until the 3rd quarter. (Basically the child could not possibly have mastered anything until then. So much for helpful feedback on report cards.) At year end our child's standardized test scores were at the very top; clearly my child was not where s/he "needed to be" and the promised differentiation within the classroom had not been enough. We consider most of the year to have been a lost opportunity for learning and being challenged. The school's parents are cliquish and very engaged, an echo chamber with everyone there saying how great the school is.