8609 E Eli St, Tucson, AZ 85710

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!

My child was born with special needs. During the child find process he was referred to a speech language pathologist who referred us to Harold Steele. Steele is the TUSD school closest to us that worked with kids younger than kindergarten who have special needs.My son loved his time at Steele. The school picked him up and dropped him off at his daycare, Storybook Cottage, so I didn't have to leave work for him to get services. They helped him with his speech issues. He always felt included and was proud to be part of the community there. They really set him up for success in elementary school. It has been a few years, but he still talks about his time there.For the rest of his education we ended up sending him to Da Vinci Tree down the road as they specialize in helping kids with special needs and kids who are advanced - which is the case for my son and his siblings. Still, we are always grateful for the strong start he got at Harold Steele! Highly recommend!