Hooks Corner

Our experience here started off great. The preschool/kindergarten staff are amazing wonderful loving teachers and people. When my daughter hit lower elementary, things changed. Her first year of lower elementary was ok, not great, I felt criticized and judged. They REQUIRED a fruit or vegetable to be in her lunch every day. My daughter has ARFID. I found out later during her second year of lower elementary a teacher sat with her not letting her get up or play until she ate some of the fruit or veggie. This same teacher forced her to partake in birthdays and other celebrations despite my religious objections. She also refused to teach her makeup lessons when she was absent because I had to work out of town. They also started making her eat her lunch in isolation. Another teacher started trying to go through my ex husband when she didn’t approve of my objections to things despite my having primary custody. When I asked her not to involve him in religious discussions she refused and demanded to see my divorce decree. When I met with the teachers to discuss the bullying they told me they wouldn’t change how they handled things and that I wasn’t offering enough verity of food at home and that my daughters food therapist was wrong about how to handle her. They also told me I had to put my daughter in therapy because she was too anxious. Her food issues got worse and her anxiety got worse from this school. We pulled her out during Christmas break. They managed to pull the rest of the years payments from my ex husbands account even though she was no longer attending or enrolled. Midway through second grade my daughter still couldn’t read. When we switched schools she started reading within a few weeks. Her new school has undone most of the damage caused by this school. We were not the only family that had had issues with disorders being disregarded at this school. A few other children have faced bullying. One teacher was fired over her religious beliefs as well. I do not recommend this school, especially if you have any religious beliefs. Or a child with special needs. They do not change to fit the child. They demand the child change to fit them.