Mary Scroggs Elementary School

Great customer service...your told exactly what you would want to hear while you're in the building, but don't believe everything your told while your there will be what will happen in the classroom moving forward. Teachers have little time to communicate with parents. They have large class sizes and share assistant teachers between rooms, lunch, etc which doesn't make a 15:1 ratio during class room instruction as reported. It's closer to 25:1. There are many different special needs within a classroom of 25:1. English being a child's second language is not uncommon in this school, many different reading levels, math levels, etc., which are a challenge for a teacher and whether they have support to have such a diverse classroom is questionable. The school's PTA struggles to get parents involved. The school has a mix of very strong, experienced teachers vs. new, unexperienced teachers. You can only pray that your child gets one of the better ones, as it is not consistent from year to year.

My name is Solange, I am from Brazil and I would like to visit this school in 14 th October, 1:00 pm, Can be? Thanks

My son had a fantastic year at Mary Scroggs. He was there for second grade and his teacher was wonderful. He had a male teacher who understood that boys are boys, yet still made sure the kids were working to their capabilities. There was also an amazingly intelligent and kind, loving assistant. Chapel Hill has a true gifted program, unlike some other states/cities we have lived in. They make sure the gifted kids are pushed, that they have the necessary higher level problems to challenge them. I wish we had never had to leave.

Overall a very good school. Regarding the "lack of foresight" comment below, I'm really not sure to what this reviewer may be referring. I've always found the school to have a pretty clear mission and plan in the 3 years my children have been there. As well, their teachers have always been pretty clear on expectations, and have instilled a very good work ethic in my children. Parental involvement is fantastic.