3615 Harbinger Rd
Virginia Beach, VA 23453

My son has been bullied. My son had his 504 plan dismissed because they "don't know how to implement it" but it was written and followed by the elementary school next door. My son was told by the VP that he could be slapped if he accidentally touched someone. My son came home one day telling me about one of the teachers cussing & hanging out with the kids instead of teaching. My son received around 3-4 referrals with ISS/OSS for basically existing and being a child. They also think failing a child multiple times in one subject apparently builds their self esteem. My son doesn't want to go to school anymore because he feels like he's stupid. The school doesn't provide any help even when begging them for help. It's also nearly impossible getting someone in admin to show for a meeting that they scheduled! All blame has been pushed off to us as his parents.

The communication from the staff is lacking. My child has had nothing but problems with being bullied and the administration just gives you excuses and no actions. If you try to reach out you are lucky if they respond in a few days and it will be two line email they don't address your concerns at all and completely disregard any concerns I brought up about my child. Trying to schedule a meeting is ridiculous they expect working parents to drop everything the day before they plan a meeting and don't discuss it with you before. Not to mention they pay no attention to the contact information you provide, even after several attempts both verbally and in writing they continue to try to reach me at a number I cannot access during working hours. Instead of trying to reach his next emergency contact they leave a voicemail and send them back to class. We have had so many problems with the teachers rushing the kids to the next assignment on the list and not taking time to make sure they know the material. They claim to offer them " support" but this is a joke. The only thing this school has done for my child is the last two years is caused him to need therapy outside of school and caused him to be behind in his educational needs.

This school has been going down hill for a while. A lot of teacher are there for a paycheck. They cuss and yell at kids and nothing is done about it. The principal does the same and if a parent is involved she yells at them too. The principal is never involved and very lazy. I hope something changes but the Virginia Beach public schools don’t do anything about the issues either.