42 Burbank Dr
Palm Coast, FL 32137

Visited the ELA teacher and assistant principal after my 7th grade son was given a poem to study " Strong women" . I asked what the poem in fact meant and asked for an explanation only to be told by the assistant principal she was not going to discuss and she appeared agitated by raising my question. Needless to say my son will not be returning to this type of administration who clearly refuse to be accountable to a parent with concerns.

as a current student, i can confidently say that this school drains me and other students everyday. students mental health is not a priority for many teachers, and many teachers are unfair, rude, and just dont care about the students at all. there are only a few teachers who actually accept and care for the students, as well as have a supporting, positive, and safe classroom experience. counselors provide next to no help. i am an aice student, so ive noticed the coursework is more rigorous, but i never noticed an overwhelming amount of homework. being part of colorguard (<33), playing flute for concert band, and in the steel drum program (:D !!), im generally very busy with practices and whatnot, but the only time ive stayed up really late to finish work is when ive procrastinated, so as long as you dont do that, youll be fine. the amount of fights in the 2022-23 school year was unbelievable. i couldnt go one day without running into a fight at one point. there was about 11 or 12 fights in one week at one point. thats just not safe. drug use is not well managed either. they say theyre trying but its doing nothing. then again, it happens in all fl schools so nothing special.the school is also very unorganized as far as school wide schedule changes, etc. i often didnt know an event was happening until the day of or day after, and pep rallys, assemblies and etc were often sprung on students out of nowhere.overall, the school is generally mid. as long as you kinda keep yourself out of trouble and pay attention, youll be fine. also make sure to do your research on teachers and staff you are interacting with.

The kid to teacher ratio is way too high. They do not have enough teachers for the massive influx of kids they now have. They have “lost” my child saying she was absent when she was in her class. The bus was late picking her up so the teacher marked her absent and then I called to the school to see what was going on they said she was on a field trip. My child got home that day and I found out that she never was on a field trip and was in class the whole day. They have to split the class every time they do stuff and leave half behind because of the teacher to kid ratio. Anytime I’ve needed to call the school I am sent to a voicemail and then half to wait 1-2 days later for a call back. I have had a teacher lose my child’s book that was brought in for a school project and was never informed that she lost it. I then proceeded for 3 weeks trying to get it back or have the teacher look for it. The teacher finally told me that I had to apply for a “pass” to access the classroom to look for the book myself since she “couldn’t herself”. My child’s teacher also would not stop pulling my child by her backpack to the point that it hurt her shoulders. I had to schedule a meeting with the vice principal to get her to stop. She then proceeded to do it again and when I contacted the school and superintendent about it I never got a call back until 3 days later and calling more than once after. Just for a person at Belle Terre to say that no other kids saw it happen so they did nothing. The buses are also overwhelmed so my kids bus has to make 2 separate rounds of picking them up at the school and coming back for round two. My child and the other kids also have to stand outside, in direct sunlight from time school lets out at till about 4:15 give or take while waiting for the bus to come back. They don’t have them wait inside or in shade. One child actually pooped themselves the other day because he couldn’t go to the restroom while they were waiting. On a more “personal opinion” I also feel that the school doesn’t provide nutritional breakfast items. There have been many times that they serve leftover pizza for breakfast and other items that are questionable. Meals are free so I don’t complain but I do know that it teaches the kids very unhealthy traits for later. This school also does A-LOT of activities that you have to pay for your child to participate or be included. There have been many times my child has not been able to feel included because of this.