3402 Simms St
Hollywood, FL 33021

There are serious concerns regarding the school climate, staff conduct, and the handling of student and parent complaints at Hollywood Hills Elementary School. These issues have had a direct and harmful impact on my child’s emotional wellbeing and sense of safety at school. My child has experienced bullying and emotional distress that were either minimized or not appropriately addressed. In addition, my child reported overhearing deeply troubling comments made by school staff, including statements such as “I feel like I am teaching dogs” and references to 1st grade students “acting like animals.” Language of this nature is demeaning, unacceptable, and entirely inconsistent with the values and responsibilities of educators entrusted with the care of children. I am also concerned by what appears to be a pattern of dismissing or burying complaints in order to preserve the school’s public image and rating and funding, rather than transparently addressing legitimate concerns raised by families. A school’s rating should never come at the expense of children’s emotional safety, dignity, or mental health. As a result of this environment, my child has developed increased anxiety, impulsivity, and mistrust toward school staff—changes that were not present prior to these experiences. This is deeply concerning. Schools should be places where children feel supported, respected, and valued, not fearful or diminished.Parents place immense trust in public schools to care for their children, anything could happen in 6 hrs. That trust is broken when concerns are ignored and when staff demonstrate a lack of compassion and professionalism. It is not surprising that many families are choosing to withdraw their children as 6 schools are closing in Broward County and seek alternative education options when their voices go unheard.

I love Attucks Middle school in Hollywood!! My child has been going here since 6th Grade and receives so much support from counselors, teachers and admin staff to ensure he is excelling. He is a par to the Cambridge Magnet program and Ms. Jean Works Her butt off to ensure her students get what they need to excel. The Principal Dr. Adderlely is so support of parents and the PTSA there and works with us to ensure we have what we need to support the school. I highly recommend this school to any parent looking for a supportive system.

The students here are quite sociable and friendly, some teachers are good and they will try to help you but the vast majority of teachers don't help you, they don't care if you don't speak English, and some teachers no matter how much you deliver activities they will give you an F simply because they don't like you, the days that are from their meetings that as in all schools you leave at 12 in Hollywood hills they took it away from us, the days they gave us to rest they took it away only the days of recess or the commemorative days, those of security and teachers most of the time they don't let you go to the bathroom so we are not doing anything, they don't let us express ourselves in the sense that if we have any doubts they simply yell at us in a bad way or start talking ugly and discriminate against us just for being Latinos, many more things, so if you plan to enter the Hollywood Hills high school