Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School

The school has excellent teachers and a caring staff. Parent involvement is very active and not by force like choice schools in the area. There is a large military population in attendance at this school as well and pride in our country and good citizenship are taught. Children love going to school every day. They make learning fun. Teachers are well educated, many with master's degrees. My child loves her school and teachers. I would highly recommend it. Having been in 5 different school districts both public and private, this school has a great reading program. My child reads 2 grade levels above. I credit this to excellent teachers who provide positive rewards for reading.

Please be aware that the administration at this school is extremely useless.

This was my child's first year in this school (6th grade).

I repeated requested a conference with a specific teacher who always had an excuse why he could not meet with me. It took me three calls and an email to get the principal to finally return my calls. When she returned my call, she told me that because I had an issue with the teacher I needed to "discuss it with him."

In the end, this teacher (math and reading) ended up leaving during Christmas break only to be replaced twice during the rest of the school year. The entire first semester of reading was to "read your library book" and math class was spent reviewing basic skills learned in 4th and 5th grades. After a waste of the first semester and the subsequent revolving teachers, these children learned only a small fraction of what they will need to succeed in 7th grade.

What a mess.

Great teachers, great staff, great kids. All around perfect school. I have two children in college that went to Roosevelt, and a current 6th grader. I moved out of the district last year and now drive him everyday so he can attend school there.