I don't enjoy school, but out of the three districts that I've transferred to over the years, this…read moreis probably the best one. Not that it's perfect. The food can be pretty low quality.

My husband and I attended a production of "Legally Blonde" The Musical at Mt. Vernon high school…read more The play was well produced, and the actors and singers were great. It was hard for us to believe that we were watching a High School play. Some of the talent compared to those that play at Footlite. Some characters made us laugh out loud. Especially the UPS driver. Too funny. The high school on a whole was in great shape. Clean, good signage, parents and family members, students, were polite and welcoming. I had never been in this school, but the facility seemed to have it all. Game fields, tennis courts, marching band practice, theatre auditorium was comfortable and able to hear. We praise the staff involved in this presentation; you made your school proud.

This was a huge school. All areas were well kept and clean. All the staff was very friendly and…read morewelcoming. It was a really good experience there.

One of the teachers are hitting on my 15 year old sister and said maybe we could hook up sometime.read more

This school is great I can't wait to go for my middle school and high school years and the kids and…read moreadults were so welcoming to us when we toured the school. I love this school already and I can't wait to go!

If I could give a zero I would honestly this is a very bad school I have withdrawn from there just…read moreso everyone knows but my sister still goes first I would like to talk about the bathrooms, the bathrooms are very dirty and always out of order the teachers can be racist/anti black at times the food is gross kids are rude and bus drivers can be unprofessional at points I would like to share a story from about two and a half weeks ago or one and half weeks ago there was the girl who got jumped by 8-10 people on the school bus and instead of the bus driver separating them and calling the parents or leaving them in different areas after they call their family she decides to call the cops and instead of the cops just diffusing the. In the situation, he throws the girl on the ground(very skinny and can't be over the age of 13 and he's a big-boned middle-aged man) and pushes her then proceeds to put his knee in her back me my sister and friend start yelling at him about how that's illegal to arrest a minor without notifying the parent and can only be detained bus driver tells us we're overreacting kids who are black(like us) might I add side with him try to high five he make fun of record her degrade her and everything anyways she politely asked someone to get her bookbag whilst trying to hold back her tears my sister hands her the bag and he slams her again so like I said very unprofessional cannot wait for this school to close down it's only a matter of time

My daughter started John Strange this year after spending her first three years in a Charter…read moreSchool. Her transition has been outstanding. This was a Grade A school when my sixteen year old went beginning her second grade year of school. The technology is top of the line. My youngest has only 22 students in her class, allowing individual interaction with each child. The teachers are incredible and love their job. Ms. Arduini, the Art teacher, is still there and recognized my oldest when we went to register her younger sister. The principal knows my daughter by name. There is diversity throughout the school and differences in culture are recognized. I just attended the awards ceremony to watch my daughter accept her award for Honor Roll and Citizenship (5 of out 5 for behavior). It was easy to get in, organized exclusively for the grade you were seeing and we were able to spend time and take pictures. As she got out of the car this morning for school, the principal said hello to her by name. Washington Township at its finest!

Can't say enough about how happy we have been with John Strange Elementary. My daughter has been…read morethere for 5 years now and this is my son's second year. We have had the most dedicated and wonderful teachers each year. The kids have been given the gift of passion to learn by this staff. They have a wonderful music teacher who puts her heart and soul into their arts programs. They put on some wonderful plays. The only complaints I have are across the board for all schools- lunch and recess are not long enough. I think it's important to focus on health a little more and i think encouraging kids to gobble down food and limiting exercise is part of the nationwide obesity problem. I think this school does the most with all the resources they have. I would love to see all schools and teachers have more money and tools to fix many of the problems that are faced in all of our schools.