Common Area
Area, AL 36093

I am incredibly angry that i was misled into believing this school was decent at all. I should have seen it as an issue when I enrolled my daughter and was not introduced to a principal or counselor when they took her back to register her for classes. The teachers seem ok although I only ever seem to hear from one of them. Honestly, they seem frustrated and tired, but that is to be expected when the children are completely disrespectful and bully their peers and the teachers. This is not ok. I don't know what kind of discipline they are rating on above because I can't see where they are doing anything about the behavior. My child calls me at least once a week crying because kids in her class are picking on her and her friend. She has heard so much racist language since she got here and I am just not impressed. I would tell anyone moving in here not to waste your time with the Elmore County School district until they address these issues because friends from other towns report this same behavior in elementary and high schools. I am angry that I was misled and bought a house here.

My experience with this school for the past 2 years honestly has been very below what I expected out of "such an exceptional school". Have discussed NUMEROUS times that teachers should follow IED guidelines and they don't, my son still gets marked off for things that in his IEP says specifically he isnt to be counted against for his grade. The front desk ladies are very untimely, called 2 hours in advance to have my son be a cart rider and he was still put on the bus because they didnt give his teacher the notice until AFTER bus riders were leaving. The amount of bullying at this school is RIDICULOUS and nothing is ever actually done about it, and if there is discipline its obviously not enough since the SAME students continue to do so. If I could have reliable transportation, i would seriously transfer to Weumpka Elementary just due to the better environment and the less amount of "GIVE US MONEY" that the PTO and the school in general does as well as the more family oriented events that WE hosts. Redland's "Read-A-Thon" is a JOKE and doesnt even reward the kids for actually reading. And every event only rewards the kids who bring in more cash instead of what the event is supposed to be about. It's honestly, disgusting how this school is ran and presents itself as more of a "give me give me money" popularity contest instead of an actual school that cares about the kids education. This school has been given SOOOOO much in grants and in funding but yet still not even a year after having a STATE OF THE ART all inclusive playground built out of a selected grant, they were asking for MORE money for a playground I honestly havent even seen built anywhere on the grounds. WHERE IS THIS MONEY GOING IF NOT TO THE KIDS???