Clinton Grove Elementary School

Posted: April 26, 2023

I love this school. I recommend this school to everyone.

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Posted: September 26, 2022

Everyone is friendly. The teacher and I have good communication in regards to my child. What I can't understand is why the principal is parking at the front door of the school when she has a parking spot with her name on it. This is unprofessional and it's a fire hazard if there is a emergency. I wish I could upload a picture because the principal is not setting a good example by parking her car in front of the school house door.

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Posted: January 17, 2018

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Posted: January 17, 2018

How does PGCPS justify keeping the principal at this school when state testing scores are so low. The principal needs to go.

Posted: January 18, 2017

I haven't experienced this. The children have been well behaved every time I've come to the school. My son likes his class and his friends.

Posted: January 18, 2017

Although my son is not special needs, this school has a program for these students, and it seems like they do a great job of including these students and not making them stand out of separate them.

Posted: January 18, 2017

It is clear to me that the principal has establish high expectations of the students. My son always mentions her name and other staff's names at home. He speaks positively about them. This let's me know the school staff truly care! To me that is a reflection of the school leadership.

Posted: January 18, 2017

I have not had any negative experiences at this school. My son's teacher is like his 2nd mom, she looks out for him just like I would. She does more than she has to for him.

Posted: January 18, 2017

I communicate with my child's teacher regularly. We chat via text and email, which is better for me because of my job.

Posted: January 18, 2017

Thehomework my son is given is work he can complete with support, but it's not too hard or easy. The teacher incorporates online assignments as well.

Posted: January 18, 2017

Everyone has been so helpful and happy. The school is inviting and clean. My son is truly being challenged.

Posted: June 30, 2016

This school is ranked 150\150 in PGCPS elementary schools. The hard to work with principal has only made it worse. The turn over of staff has increased. This school should be closed.

Posted: April 28, 2016

This building is old. They didn't have a computer lab. It's been some changes and chaos and confusion and lack of discipline rules the day. The staff has had a higher turn over rate due to management changes. It seems staff count up their sick days. All substitutes know that they can usually find a job at The Grove. Its a non-title 1 school, so resources and/ or extracurricular activities were scarce when I was there. There were issues with bullying and fighting that were never properly addressed had at least 2 parents not re-enroll their kids because of it. The staff morale was definitely low and worn down. Changes in staff not just from year to year but also during the school year would occur. It just seemed change just for change sake. If you can try to get your kid into James Ryder Randolph or some other school! A former staff member and parent of a kid in PGCPS. Furthermore, with all the staff changes and new technology when is this school supposed to turn around? Its still dead last in the county. I'm no longer teaching nor in this building just sharing my experiences.

Posted: April 28, 2016

Despite the high special education population and the discipline issued in the school the teachers are doing their best to teach all of the children.

Posted: April 28, 2016

A large amount of the teachers didn't give homework on the weekends. Given that the children were low this made little sense.

Posted: April 28, 2016

There is a complete breakdown of discipline at this school. Despite the principal almost completely driving away the staff this school is still ranked 150/150 in PGCPS and like 832/860 in the State of Maryland. Students get bullied and therefore it is impossible to teach honesty or integrity.

Posted: March 25, 2016

This is a great school thanks to the Principal's leadership! Stay strong CGES Principal!! Soo many parents see your hard work and are thankful for it! We don't need a new principal, CGES has had too many already! Stay the course, we've got your back!! I attended the schools Math Night and my child had so much fun!! Too bad I don't see any post about that. This school is using technology in a wonderful way. When I talked to the Principal, she told me about the schools history and how it didn't have technology for the teachers to use before she arrived, just broken computers that kept getting repaired! She has done many upgrades. Why aren't we posting about what she has provided teachers with to do their jobs a little better!! The principal presented to parents during the Parent University session on how to prepare our children for the new PARRC assessment. Her session was lively, engaging and very hands on, I learned a lot. Our children have a long road ahead. She is bringing structures to this school that, believe me were NOT there before! Too bad folks are spending time talking about the principal rather than how the school has become better for our students and families. When I come there to visit my child's class, the school is clean, orderly, and teachers are in their rooms teaching, exactly how a school should be! When my other child was in a near by middle school, the children were always in the halls being loud rude and disorderly, that Principal was fired, it not like that at Clinton Grove. I'm sure the principal had an impact on this, NOT JUST the teachers! EVERY time I visit Clinton Grove it is a pleasant experience! The staff and PRINCIPAL are always pleasant and willing to go above and beyond! Seems like the negative posters are the ones attempting to throw her under the bus, when you do this, you throw the school under the bus too, including my child! Not gonna happen! My suggestion is that you leave the school, so the principal can get some more positive helpful teachers/parents that will work with her, rather than attacking her for having high standards and expectations! Negative post = Negative person with low expectations! She is NOT there to make friends, she's there to ensure children are safe and succeed academically! I can only imagine how the principal is being treated, my goodness! Take a moment to look at yourself in the mirror!

Posted: March 1, 2016

Good teachers but how long will they last with a principal who fires anyone who stands up to her

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Posted: January 18, 2016

Very nice staff environment and nice staff also safe place !! My son is in kindergarten

Posted: March 17, 2015

Current principal is running The Grove into the ground. This school year will be her third, each year bringing high staff turnover and the lowest moral in decades because of her management (sometimes lack thereof and sometimes micromanagement). For reference, in her first year she dismantled the PTA and drove out approximately 60% of the staff. The school has gotten a reputation for having students that "run the school" because of the inconsistently enforced rules and total lack of support. The majority of staff fear or despise her- which has created a terrible environment for the education of children. The Grove's children deserve better. For a quality education, send your child elsewhere until the county wises up and "relocates" this principal.

Posted: January 27, 2015

This school is extremely disorganized and sends out information at the last minute and then acts unprofessionally to any visitors or parents that may have the misfortune of coming by. While I like kids having some degree of freedom and fun, lack of discipline is unforgivable. And to the comment from December 05, 2013 below me is a student. Copy pasting from their review: .Your kids probably won't be bullied there unless there is a given reason. ^^^^ Friendly reminder that this is a student, and if not, some overbearing teacher who was forced to write a review for the school. "Won't be bullied unless there is a given reason." UNLESS THERE IS A GIVEN REASON. ///IF ANY SORT OF STUDENT WROTE THIS, YOU SEE WHAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT OR HOME LIFE THEY HAVE. IF THAT DOESN'T SAY SOMETHING ABOUT CLINTON GROVE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES./// (yeah sonny kinda shot yourself in foot there lol don't feed the trolls.)

Posted: May 6, 2013

I am very unhappy with this school and the only reason why I won't transfer my son is because he has created a lot of friends. The school sends most documents last minute or with very little notice. By the time my daughter is ready for school, I will be enrolling her in a different school.