E LAKESHORE Dr, Smith run, MD

My children had the misfortune of attending Cub Run for one academic year and it was such a horrible experience that I am still angry about it two years later. First, the school is over crowded and the children are inadequately supervised. My children were in classes with nearly 30 students. In the mornings and afternoons, the children wait outside the entrance to the school completely unsupervised. On more than one occasion I witnessed kids fighting, throwing things, and bullying other kids, but no one from the school cared. This lack of supervision also extends to the hallways and playgrounds during school hours. Both of my kids were struck, unprovoked, by other children on the playground. The facility is also dirty and the lunches they serve are a violation of the Geneva convention. No child should be forced to eat that. The school couldn’t be bothered to remove snow and ice from the sidewalks surrounding the schools during winter (despite it being clearly marked as school property) and I witnessed multiple students fall on the ice. Academics are… fine? I guess? They teachers we encountered didn’t really seem to care and were mostly teaching towards standardized tests. Quieter students absolutely got lost amongst the crowd. There was also a lot of fundraising for basic things like art supplies and library books, yet the school somehow had enough money to buy enough duct tape to secure the principal and vice principal (not a small woman) dangling from the wall in a clear social media stunt. The kids liked it (it was literally the only thing my daughter liked about the school), but I found it insulting. I was expecting pitch in so my child could have markers during her art class (which took place in a trailer on the school playground), but the school could spend money on duct tape for Facebook likes? Ridiculous. I am not a religious person, but I will preach the gospel of “don’t send your kids to Cub Run” until the day I die.