Clermont Northeastern Local Schl Dist

I’ve waited a long time before finally publishing this review. I actually wrote it a while back, but decided against putting it up, because it could have directly affected my job (and not in a good way). But recently I left that job, and after a lot of thought and consideration I think this review needs to be seen.
Let me begin first by telling you what my job was. I was the director for a learning center. A tutoring center to be more precise. While we did a number of things, we mainly worked with students who were struggling in school, mostly with reading or math. Now part of my job as the director was to reach out to the various schools and school districts in our area and try to provide them with either free resources or work with the teachers of the students that we had coming to our center, to see what we could all accomplish together for the child.
And that brings us to Clermont Northeastern Elementary School. I know this page is for the entire school district, but based on my experience mostly with the elementary school and with some interaction with the other two schools, I think this review will fit here just fine.
Of all the area schools, the vast majority of kids that came to see us came from this district, specifically the elementary school. And these kids weren’t just a little behind. These kids were years behind. And yet the school kept passing them. When I met with the principle, she didn’t show any interest in free material that I was offering to help the students that could be used by the whole school.
Teachers were very difficult to get in contact with and when I was able to, it was clear that most of them cared little for their students. We had one student who was in fifth grade, and he couldn’t even read at a kindergarten level. He couldn’t even read the words «the» and «one.» Basic stuff that all kids should know by the third month of elementary school. And he was in fifth grade and they were going to move him up to sixth! When I contacted his teacher at school she said his grades were just fine (which they were) and that he did all his work. I would later find out that they had categorized him as needing extra assistance. So the standards were set so low for him that he passed everything he needed to, but he still couldn’t read. It was outrageous.
When I questioned his regular and special reading teacher on this, the response was, «He passed the state minimums (again these were the ones that were lowered tremendously to the point where he couldn’t fail) and as long as he passes the school gets to keep all its funding.» This type of response and attitude was not only shocking, but pathetic. And while this is just one example,
it is one of many different instances that occurred during my time there.
Ohio has open enrollment. Which basically means you can send your kid to any school you want, so long as there is room there. I would urge parents of Clermont Northeastern Elementary to take their kids out of there, and find someplace else if possible.
Mahalo, and avoid.