The principal of Ridgeway coordinates with the Central Office Staff of the Columbia Public School. Students are divided into three learning communities or Units. The teachers in each unit collaborate and share instructional responsibilities for the students in their Unit. Unit A has students from five to seven years old and four teachers, one of whom serves as a Unit Leader.
All Units use parent volunteers, student teachers, and student aides to assist the teachers.
We believe that all students have the right to a positive, successful learning climate. When a problem arises it is an opportunity for learning and problem solving. If a behavior problem persists, interferes with the learning environment, or the safety of others, the Ridgeway staff endorses a policy of disciplinary action that is prompt, consistent, firm, fair, predictable, and commensurate with the offense committed and the record of the student involved. The goal of this policy is twofold . The first is to help each student develop positive behavior patterns and the second is to ensure the right of each child to a safe and orderly learning environment.