Central Park Elementary School

I see this school has not been recently reviewed. My child had an awful teacher last year. This teacher bullies children, is rude and mean to them and gets away with it! She has been there for years and the administration does nothing about it! From speaking to other parents there seems to be a large number of teachers who take full advantage of being tenured and have lost interest in teaching. Some of them, are causing a lot of harm to the students. Parents feel completely helpless and do not speak up. The only thing the administration does is to offer to change your child to another class. They never reprimand a teacher or even try to improve matters. This school protects its teachers. It does not put its students first. There is a need for new leadership in this school. I do believe my child is learning. However, she has had some awful role models at this school.
--Submitted by a parent

Central Park is a great school..with wonderful parents, staff and students. Its rated an A school for academics and the school 'shines' because of that.

My son went there for one year and I thought he did very well and he was socialized very well.
--Submitted by a parent

Great teachers. Horrible ESE!
--Submitted by a parent

it is a great school for pk 1;2;3;4;5
--Submitted by a parent

I am an elementary school teacher in Broward and I could take my daughter to school with me. I don't because we love, and she does also, her school. We live with relatives but we're looking to move, and we're looking for a home within the schools boundaries, as we don't want to change her school. She won an art award and the principal couldn't make it, but the assistant principal did come and make sure to speak to us, and invite us to see our daughter on the morning news.
--Submitted by a parent

Amazing school with amazing teachers. Principal is very stand off-ish, but the Assistant Principal is very approachable and nice. My 3 children have all had an amazing education here. It is a safe, clean school with excellent parent involvement. We need a middle and high school like it!
--Submitted by a parent

Awesome school. Well-run. Talented teachers. I have 2 children here and wish the middle school and high school could be equivalent. The only way this school could improve is if they overhauled the food in the cafeteria (still not as healthy as they claim) and give the kids more time to exercise. I think the FCAT prep is taking up too much time. Otherwise, it has exceeded my expectations.
--Submitted by a parent

This is a great school. The teachers are nice, guidance counselors, etc..
--Submitted by a parent

We ended up settling on a not-so-great house to make sure our daughter was zoned for this school! She is in 1st grade, and has been student of the month for kindergarten & 1st grade. We love everything about this school!
--Submitted by Carley, a parent