Lakeside Elementary School

We moved to Glencoe when my son was to start 6th grade, this was the last year these grades were at the Henry Hill school building. Our first indication that there was a problem was the fall conferences. My son's math teacher told us he had my son working out of the book on his own in the back of the room because he had a class full of 6th graders who did not know their multiplication tables and he could not teach them long division. How does a grade full of kids pass along that many years without having learned their tables?!?!? Also a big complaint, k-8 share one bus exposing young kids to high schoolers and their bad behaviors. I know the superintendent has changed since then, but the school have not improved. GSL is also all about football, if you are not into sports in this district you are a nobody. Check the MDE "school report cards" and see how GSL scores below the state average in all subjects. Interesting that the nearby Hutchinson school district scores above the state average in all subjects and yet spends less per pupil than GSL spends. I wish we'd have researched the district before we moved there, if we had known we'd have bought a house in another community.
--Submitted by a parent

We reetnly moved to the area and find the school district and bus system very disatisfying. There is rampant discplinary problems that are not addressed properly or fairly. We are discussing pulling our children out of the school district and finding a better school environment.
--Submitted by a parent

In the past five years that our son has attended Glencoe/Silver Lake schools, we have been consistently been disappointed. We have found a lack of interest by teachers and administrators in assisting our special needs student to succeed. We have also noted a high level of discipline problems occuring both in school and on the buses - much higher than other school districts where our children have attended school. We are currently planning to move out of the district.
--Submitted by a parent