Starmount Forest

Unprofessional teachers and staff. Would not recommend.

Staff seems to be so overworked or unhappy at this school. However, this should not be clear to the parents and students. My son’s first grade teacher (at Lindley) failed my child when it came to his academic success and support. Since I have transferred his school, his new teacher has been updating on much improvement. Sadly, it took me transferring for this to occur. Good luck with this school.

Teachers get frustrated with my autistic daughter. It shows every morning at 7:20am. They walk right by her as if she doesn’t need assistance getting to class. She learned how to pinch last year. Her teacher last year said he wouldn’t be able to assist my daughter this year. But peck elementary school still teamed him up with her. If he doesn’t want to work with my daughter, that is a hand full.. why put her back with someone that wants nothing to do with her? She has two new teachers this year reached out to them both on dojo.. No response! I see them everyday at school, early in the morning.. car rider line…I’m leaving a review because no responses in dojo!I don’t not recommend this school to anyone with autism. I checked her out on Monday. They ladies in the office had the phone on speaker phone. My kid special ad teacher answered being very s sarcastic “Ohhhh REALLY” then started to laugh with the office chicks. A joke wasn’t said! That’s the funny part about it!

This school has significant student and teacher turnover. They cannot maintain the same teachers because of the poor administration. They also expect a thousand responsibilities they put on their teachers shoulders for such a low amount of pay. Students are asked to leave St. Pius School for a variety of reasons by administration. When my child attended there I saw three students asked to leave mid year. Teachers were asked to leave for insane reasons I heard. However, the female school counselor at St. Pius School became pregnant with the male Middle School Science teacher. They both had a shotgun wedding, while she was pregnant to try and cover everything up. I am surprised the Charlotte Catholic Diocese was not involved in disciplinary measures for the counselor and the Science teacher. I have seen them dismiss teachers for matters even less. The turnover between teachers and students here is very high. Beware! You have been warned.

The teachers are the reason this school still functions as well as it does. Many are exceptional, but they are working under leadership that consistently undermines the very people holding the school together. The atmosphere feels tense, communication though sparse and often last minute lacks respect, and talented staff continue to walk away. When experienced, beloved teachers keep leaving, leadership is the common denominator. This school has enormous potential, but potential means very little when poor administration keeps driving good people out.