Suber

I’m new to the area and I see exactly why this school have such a low rating! The staff is not welcoming or friendly and I’m starting to see it seems like a race issue! I sat back and watched how certain staff members interact with certain people and it was obvious!

Good luck with this school! We've worked with 4 teacher. All appeared worn down, impatient, defensive, anxious and burned out. Maybe there could work on teacher appreciation and encourage more teacher self-care and change their focus. Teachers here "teach the test." That might be good very temporarily, but good luck when your child hits high school and a decent university, let alone the work place. Jobs these days need creative problem solvers that think for themselves. Office staff are just plain unprofessional-roll their eyes, say inappropriate and share unwanted advice. I heard them gossiping about moms in the back. This school is completely void of joy. Joy is tge basis of all learning. Their little model "leader in me" is based off Steven Covey's 7 habits for kids. Uh, as a social scientist with a Master's from a top university and even math teacher graduate. This theme is developmentally all wrong. Plus they are rigid about it all. I got the impression it's for show. Look at other nearby schools and you'll see better mottos. No, Woodland won't make your child a leader. I've never met a happy person here or even a patient one. Try another school if you can. Oh and it's overcrowded and huge.

I am extremely disappointed in the experience we had with CCS. My kids were so excited to switch schools and make new friends, but went from loving school to being terrified of teachers and crying daily about their experiences. My younger two were neglected (not changing diapers and cleaning them) and one of them even expressed that his teacher hit him. My eldest two were screamed at by their teacher and when I addressed this I was told Well she is just having a hard time and feeling overwhelmed with some personal things." And my middle child was treated horribly by his teacher and classmates due to his behavior (nothing out of the ordinary, simply a 5 year old boy) to the point where he was told he could not participate in anything fun, including K5 graduation. I made the decision to take them out with only a month left in school and put them elsewhere and "miraculously" all issues stopped and teachers had zero problems with the kids. I would absolutely not send my children to this school ever again. The administrator is a joke. And frankly, I am amazed the school manages to keep any students.