2636 Juarez Ave
Saint Augustine, FL 32086

I would rate my experience at this school very well. The teachers are fantastic and so is the staff they are all also very generous.

There’s a lot to say about this elementary school... In the beginning everything is good, Principal and staff seemed very excited and ready for kids to learn and have fun; I get it you have to put on a face of happiness. Now when your child’s not getting the education they need and getting hurt; Speaking to the principal (2026) or the teacher isn’t doing anything what’s next to do? I’m taking my child out of this school, ask questions and do your due diligence before enrolling your child.

I have 3 children, 2 are adults and college graduates, 1 attended this school for 9th grade. We have lived all over the US and Europe. I can not even begin to understand how this school is allowed to exist. The school leadership believes that their whole job is protecting bad teachers. It’s alarming how bad some of them are. I love teachers and have several in my family. This school seems like the place they send bad teachers to live out the rest of their days- With a few exceptions (thank god for her honors physical science, art, and history teachers). My student applied to this school to attend an academy that she was actually passionate about. Now she would rather just attend regular high school. That should tell you something. The architecture career academy teacher and the honors geometry teachers were the main problem. One of them likes to answer legitimate questions students have with smart-butt remarks like, “You can’t fix stupid,” or, “Look it up yourself.” He allows racial and homophobic slurs to be used in class and has been overheard using them himself. The geometry teacher doesn’t teach as much as he talks endlessly about the marine corps and how much he loves Trump. The students knew they could get him off topic by bringing up either of those 2 subjects, and they did so regularly to disrupt the class. My student ended up teaching herself geometry on her own time on Khan Academy. Again, the administration doesn’t care. Complaints go unanswered or you get gaslighted. A lot of these bad teachers are tenured so our community will never be rid of them until they retire or die. Is it a coincidence that so many bad teachers end up at this particular school where the county’s most disadvantaged students live, or is it on purpose?This school does not care about safety at all. The parent pick up situation is absurd. You have to leave the roadway and drive in a ditch to stay in line. The front desk staff just lets anyone in like our country doesn’t have a school shooting problem at all. It wasn’t until after the 2nd semester that they sent out an email explaining the new safe entry procedures which were then only sporadically followed. It’s an open campus so kids can come and go- this has been proven to be an unsafe practice time and again.