Bugg Elementary

5 .....After 3 years experience with Bugg I’m seeing where Bugg Elementary Will Be great again. Love it and love their new Magnet Theme

My child has not had a positive learning experience at Bugg. I remained hopeful after the new principal came but I have not seen any positive results.

My son began Kindergarten at Bugg and stayed for 1st grade. The behavior was so out of control and the teachers were so overwhelmed in trying to keep order in their classrooms that it was difficult for them to teach effectively. Bugg had wonderful teachers, but many of them left in 2015 and many more left after the 2016 school year. There are still wonderful teachers at Bugg, but if the administration and WCPSS do not take drastic measures to improve the behavior problems in this school, it will continue to fail. Our family found this school dangerous and ineffective. I transferred my son to another school for the 2016-17 school year and he is thriving. I truly hope for the students' sake that the school district and current administration take the behavior issues at this school extremely seriously and make necessary changes before someone gets seriously hurt.

This school is really going downhill, well it actually has gone downhill. From the Administration to the teachers. Academically, it's not doing great. Just check out their tests scores. There are plenty of other great schools but this is not one of them. It's not all bad, some parent have great experiences. My child has enjoyed some of their programs. They really had an opportunity to pull it together but they have not done so I know for the past 4 years. Also, they do not know how to discipline the children at all. There are plenty of fights. For a lot of them, the teachers are not around as witnesses. The school was on track when new teachers and the interim principal came in for about two months for the 2017-2018 school year. After that I have not seen the new principal do anything to be effective in turning the school around. She stands back and observes instead of greeting and introducing herself to parents. She is the new principle but she has not put forth much effort to get to know the population by which she serves! So sad. Bugg could be doing so much more. Also, next year they will probably have to change their Magnet focus. A school without a vision!