Commodore Perry School

This high school has been a complete failure and waste of time for my child. While there are a few truly professional and compassionate educators/coaches, there are just as many who lack the desire to see their students succeed. Small town - home grown favoritism is at it's finest at this small-minded institution. They lack the ability to promote or endorse any child raised from outside their tight inbred community. The foreign language program and teacher are particular failures. The whole foreign language program is a fake. It doesn't exist but on paper. The students have a marginal first year at Spanish I as well as French I, and all other years (French and Spanish II, III, and IV) are independent study (doing worksheets and vocabulary in the back of the 1st year class on the students own time). The teacher lacks the necessary competencies in the foreign languages to produce the desired result: a capable Spanish / French student. This district grossly inflates grades at the high school. Last year, approximately a third of my child's class had above a 4.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale). Upon discussion with the superintendent and principal, they stated that "...It must truly be an exceptional class..." When a fourth of an entire grade has above a 4.25, and a third of an entire grade has above a 4.00, all grades must be scrutinized because the district is failing the students and cheating with inflation of grades. SAT scores are particularly low from this school, requiring you to send your child to additional tutoring/courses if you desire a higher than average SAT score. I recommend comparing other schools in the area before you decide to enroll your child in this high school. It has been a sad marginal experience for our family. This school has NOT earned my endorsement and in my view is very likely the worst school my child has ever attended. Several EXC teachers here, but they are outshined by terrible ones. ZERO leadership from the HS office, but man it looks great on paper...

My family and I moved into this district, and I can honestly say I don't recommend this school to anybody. From day one, my daughter was bullied by both girls AND boys. She has called me numerous times from the bathroom, crying, asking me to come pick her up due to being bullied. I've had multiple meetings with the principal, and the bullying continued. Many teachers have asked my daughter what was going on due to hearing rumors, and once they heard about how she was getting bullied and by who, they sat back and never reported it or did anything about it. However, there are 2 teachers who stood by my daughter and helped, but otherwise, the staff DOES NOT take bullying serious by any means. I regret sending my daughter to this school. There's no reason she should've been bullied all year, in result of the administration not doing anything about it when they knew exactly what was going on. This school has a problem with "cliques'. I know there have been students in the past who have been removed from the school by their parents due to bullying also. I don't respect this school at all, and I strongly would NOT recommend it to any parent looking to send their child to a new school

I have had two sons go through the CP School system and we are not one of the "generational famlies". Our experience has been good, I like the small school because no one falls through the cracks. The student -teacher ratio makes for a personal learning experience. Bullying is taken very seriously and building security is in place. Parents need to be involved, it doesn't have to be money. Every activity needs volunteers and if you make the effort to engage your child in some sort of extra curricular activity you and your child will make lasting friends. Try to bond with other parents and that will show your child how to do the same. CP has consistently high scores on state mandated testing. Better than many other schools around us. I am proud of each and every child there. Your reality is what you make it, change your mind and it will change your life. Try it sometime!

Commodore perry has all12 grades and kindergarden in one location and in one building. It is a rural area that has 3 small boros, and 5 townships that cover a large area. Our state wants to close schools and consolidate into other schools because of declining enrollment and to cut costs. We have accelerated declining enrollment caused by some few people that want to be in control. The make new residents feel unwelcome and especially if they think someone new might want to participate in school activity.s. The gang together telling untrue storys and lies and put them down. People are taking thier children out of cP and sending them to other schools. I hate to see CP get closed down sooner because of that. The children are spending too much time on the schoolbus now. I.