1126 Smith Rd
Coden, AL 36523

Horrible! My child will not be returning. She went in excited and with such a bright light. Now, shes getting therapy and has zero self esteem. My child went from sunny to dark in one school year!

I feel like in the last couple of years this school has declined academically. Many students are being failed due to the implementation of new curriculum that is confusing, not age appropriate for grade level, and many kids are only passing due to an inappropriate amount of ‘help’ so they won’t fail and hurt the overall passing average of I had to guess. My child still couldn’t read at the end of 2nd grade but somehow passed kindergarten and 1st grade with A’s and B’s. Didn’t have a failing grade of an E in Reading until 3rd quarter when I realized there was a problem and got him tested outside of the school system. Only then did I realize how bad it was with not quite reading on a 1st quarter of kindergarten level. My question is how did he have A’s and B’s K-5-1st grade and half of second grade with no concern until I had him tested and called for a conference? How was he missing so many foundational building blocks after spending 8hrs a day/5 days a week in a classroom but yet when I found someone outside the system to tutor him for 45 minutes1 day a week in less than 3 months he was almost caught up to 3rd grade level? The whole system is broken and needs to make changes so that kids aren’t continuously passed without mastering the level they are leaving. My daughter who is in 2nd grade we noticed was having similar issues and luckily she was able to get help before getting as far behind as my son did but this is not okay. Along with the fact that they have a playground at the school that they aren’t even allowed to play on. Elementary schools should all have recess time to get out of the classroom, run off some energy and just be allowed to be kids even if for only a half hour a day. I believe this would help the morale of the school and kids would be more engaged in the classroom.

This school needs to be shut down. Education isn’t valued and honestly I feel bad for the students that want to do better because you have a bunch of kids that should just be sent off to a military camp. They lack respect for themselves and others. if the school wasn’t an open campus they could control more. But just because kids walk through a metal detector then have access to the outdoors doesn’t make the school safe. Fort Knox that school. Every entrance metal detector, resource officer located at both ends. And constantly moving around the school. When kids change classes every teacher outside their door watching. Being alert and if anything happens have a code to where the officers can get to location fast arrest any kids recording or involved. And then send them off. No strikes. They are in high school meaning they know better. Drug test the athletes and stop hiding behind sports. But first redo that school to actually be a closed campus. No leaving campus etc