Columbus public (Upper Arlington, Reynoldsburg, Dublin: homes, neighborhoods, middle school)

[MsPb78]

Does anyone know of any decent elem. schools in Columbus public that are particularly good for children with learning disabilities?

[Londa419]

I heard that Worthington and Reynoldsburg Districts are good my children will be attending Worthington's schools this year and we just moved here so I can't speak first hand but GreatSchool.net is an excellent utensil if you wanna research public schools. Good luck!

[charlessocccer]

do not send your kids to columbus public if at all posible

i went to columbus untill we moved outside of the city(through 8th grade)

go to a local middle school or high school and look at their "current" textbooks, and how out of date most of the curiculums are.

I strugled when we moved because, i have trouble with things that were never thought to me, which should have been in 2nd and 3rd grade. (like verbs, nouns, ect.)

[pinkpanther88]

I asked everyone I could and they all said Dublin Schools, without a doubt. I have also heard that Upper Arlington is *not* good for special needs kids.

You said in Columbus, though, so do you mean Cols Public Schools or the Cols area? Cols Public Schools are so gigantic and have to deal with so many problems with their students (many of the students have a lot of baggage, impoverished, overworked parents, single moms, etc). I would not recommend Cols Public for that reason.

[streetcreed]

Columbus City Schools actually have some great elementary schools. The ones located in the Clintonville and NW side neighborhoods get an A rating from the state every year!

They are also small, and have small class sizes. They have a neighborhood feel. Columbus City Schools are not all bad. Columbus also has a French Immersion K-8 School.

Your child actually fluently learns a foreign language starting their first year all the way through 8th grade and into high school. This is hardly offered in the suburbs.

Also, the Indianola Alternative k-8 school is known for being very good.

You do not need to live in the suburbs to give your child a good education in Columbus. But you do have to do research and realize the Columbus Schools that are better performing. In Columbus, you do realize that the better performing city schools have students that come from a better socio-economic status.

This suggests that Columbus City Schools are actually good, just that a good majority of the schools have a tougher student population to educate. Do some research, Columbus has great neighborhoods with walkable streets, trees, and cute, or large homes. There's no reason to have to move to a new, far out suburb. Some of Columbus Schools are good.

To name a few:
Elementary:
Winterset Elementary School (nw side, Bethel rd.)
Clintonville Elementary
Ecole Kenwood French Immersion School