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I have had a lot of concerns with this school. The teachers are wonderful, but the teachers are not given the resources they need to provide the education they are expected to give. Sometimes required text books don't come in until long after school is in progress or not at all. I was very disappointed with my child's third grade year. They spent the majority of the year prepairing for the AIMS test. By the time the test came he nearly had a nervous breakdown. When you ask to see something above and beyond what is required like an appropriate gifted program you will get the very least of what they are required to provide. For whatever reason there is never enough money in the budget for the primary school to have the things they need. They make the best out of what they have.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is great. My own children were students there and we loved it.

All four of my children attened this school. The teachers are wonderful and are concerned about helping every child succeed. One of my boys had to repeat first grade, but he is doing amazingly well now. This school has high standards for their students. My children were constantly learning things that their cousins at other schools had not been introduced to yet. I would recommend this school to anyone in the local area. It is worth the drive if you live in outlying areas.
--Submitted by a parent

I haven't seen a lot of quality academics from this school. When my child was in 1st grade, the teacher that he had did not teach phonograms because he was not required to, however, when the kids get to second grade they are required to know them. Does that make sense? Anyway, after telling me at several parent-teacher conferences throughout the year that he was doing well, the teacher informed me at the last conference that he was holding my child back. Of course I refused and subsequently, my child was placed with a wonderful 2nd grade teacher who worked dilligently with me to catch him up. He did end up repeating the 2nd grade, but he is much better off now. Also, I have run into at least one teacher at this school who suggested that it was my fault that the 1st grade teacher failed in his job.
--Submitted by a parent