Fort Wayne Community Schools
- FORT WAYNE, IN
School District
Fort Wayne Community Schools Reviews
Rating 3.84 out of 5 89 reviews
After routing my child incorrectly for a week at the beginning of the school year I called to ask if they could let her ride the bus home today because I don't have a car to go get her from y care. Transportation refused. Their mistake at the beginning of the year was a major inconvenience and If I couldn't have found people to sit with her at my place she woukd have come home to an empty house. Now she will be stranded at y care unless I can find a ride. FWCS Transportation department is ridiculous and leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to children's safety. I wish I could give this zero stars.
FWCS is an incredibly diverse district where any kid can find a friend. I have always felt safe going to school because the FWCS staff make each school a positive environment to get an education. I feel comfortable going to almost any adult with a personal or school related problem. The only issues that I have with the school I attend are the bathroom situations and the punishments for being tardy to a class. Kids shouldn't have to fill out a waiver to use the restroom, especially if it's an emergency, and no more than two bathrooms should ever be locked at a time. When students are late to a class, they shouldn't be reprimanded by walking down to the cafeteria to get a late pass, that just takes even more time away from that student's education. Being a couple minutes late because a student was using the restroom doesn't really take away much of their learning time, but making them walk to the other side of the school just to get a slip of paper makes them miss important instructions.
Fort Wayne City Schools is a community that cares about their students and their well-being. They are open to different ideas to help better the schools. I go to South Side High School and there is so much diversity here and inclusion. It is truly a wonderful place to learn and grow into a person.
Overall, my experience with Fort Wayne Community Schools has been enjoyable with my only concern being lack of information when it comes to announcements and important dates. I feel they lack in communication and would like to see this improved by the time my sibling enters middle school. They provide free lunch meals that I would say is adequate, the learning experience is inconsistent ranging from terrible to engaging and exciting. The district overall I feel, prepares you for college well; however, SAT preparation comes out of left field and the importance of it is never fully conveyed until senior year which I feel is too late for many who want to be prepared in advance.
I would like to see more parents get involved and better administration because they are terrible and there's lots of drugs in some of the schools but its not even the schools fault its the parents.
What I like about the fort Wayne community school is that they have nice teacher and the it's free and close to where I live and what I don't like about it is that the food is terrible and I think they could use more activates and more involvement from counselors.
FWCS made my life easier and better! I was not doing well In my classes abs getting confused till fwcs got my parents to agree to get me tested. They found out I got Adhd and something in my brain that makes it harder for me to learn. Fwcs put me in all the classes I needed to be in and is helping me graduate next summer.
facilities and resources are low. Staff seems underpaid and overworked. The curriculum for classes are not supervised. It seems like there are things that should be taught that are not taught well like health education
I transferred into Fort Wayne Community Schools. I am currently a student of the Fort Wayne Virtual Academy. I have had an extremely positive experience. The students are nicer, the teachers are very helpful, and care about their students, and the entire experience has just been great.
I really like going to FWCS, they really like to help students and help them to get through what they need to get through. They also help students to be successful and show a lot of diversity.
I have always felt at home in FWCS schools. I cannot vouch for those I did not attend, but the staff at my current high school is all very supportive and always available to help me when I need something! The ratings I have given are mostly based off my current high school.
I grew up in this school district in all my children are coming up in the school district. It's a wonderful district but I am not a fan of the high school grading scale
I like the system established between students and teachers but I feel like academics needs to be improved.
FWCS is the largest school district in the state of Indiana. While that grants us the most resources it also does not allow us to have a connection like smaller districts.
I’ve been in the Fort Wayne Community Schools district all through out my thirteen years of school. The programs and opportunities I’ve been able to receive is absolutely amazing. The teachers and staff treat you like their own and make sure you try to learn a much as possible.
During the pandemic FWCS did as much as they could so that their students could keep learning and stay engaged in our school work.
Going back to during the pandemic FWCS is doing so keeping the students safe. For example at my high we have individual desk in the lunch cafeteria that are six feet apart, every time we start class we have to clean our desk and before we leave we have have to wipe them down again. It’s the little things that make FWCS great.
During the pandemic FWCS did as much as they could so that their students could keep learning and stay engaged in our school work.
Going back to during the pandemic FWCS is doing so keeping the students safe. For example at my high we have individual desk in the lunch cafeteria that are six feet apart, every time we start class we have to clean our desk and before we leave we have have to wipe them down again. It’s the little things that make FWCS great.
I was in this school district for 14 years (pre-k through 12th grade) I definitely think that there were so many capable teachers that were amazing at teaching but there were some that I just couldn’t learn anything from, I studied, and asked for help from specific teachers and that weren’t able to do much for me. Students have different learning style and I think it’s important teachers keep that in mind when they’re teaching or re-teaching a unit.
I like how big of a schooling distric this is because it is so diverse and there are so many different people who go to these schools.