5135 Lavender Ter, Tucson, AZ

Sadly, this school put my child with special needs in danger and then completely abandoned her. This was our home district and we were happy to get my children into what we thought was a kind and inclusive school community. The problem at Miles wasn't the teachers, they are caring and creative, the problem is poor resources and ineffective and inflexible administration. The district will try to get out of paying anything they can for students with special needs. I had a letter documenting my child's need for an aide from her developmental pediatrician and they had the data from the school showing she clearly needed 1:1 support but they still would not provide it due to the cost. When my 5 year old got away from her teacher who was in charge of a whole kindergarten class and ran into a busy street they finally recognized that she needed some aide support. That was several months into the year when she had already been endangered by their reckless policies. Then when school went to online only in March 2020 and my 6 year old child with special needs could not learn that way, admin just gave up and refused to educate her. They would not bring her in for tutoring or any services, nothing, even though her special ed teacher recognized that she could not learn online and wanted to teach her in person and felt she could do it safely, admin refused and completely abandoned her. The school has remained shuttered for an entire year now, 12 months, to students who desperately needed in person education, what a travesty, I feel terribly for any students stuck in TUSD who needed in person education and have list out on so much. I am so incredibly thankful we got our kids into CFSD, they are doing an excellent job educating all children safely even during a challenging year and are a much more welcoming and inclusive community!

This school is not the worst but it could be better in my opinion. There is a lot of favoritism amongst the school staff and it is very noticeable. Most of the school staff is very nice and welcoming but there is a monitor there who really shouldn’t be working with children. She is rude and her approach to I guess discipline is concerning. My kids do love their teachers and they give them so much support and encouragement that it has outweighed the bad. They had almost a prison type of set up for lunchtime at the beginning of the year that I was not comfortable with. The kids had stay silent in the cafeteria (no talking to friends at all) if anyone were to talk the whole cafeteria would be required to run laps. There is I would say a normal amount of bullying but the vice principal is really great about keeping a sense of order in the school. She is highly respected amongst the kids and is very stern but also fair.