6540 Meandering Way
Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202

I am a grandparent who visits regularly, often on Fridays when you can attend for lunch with a child. This school has a broad spectrum of students, with an experienced faculty. Thus far, my grandson seems to have benefitted from that faculty and the general atmosphere which seems in all respects to be caring, respectful and responsible. I have witnessed no bullying or other negative behavior during lunch time, children seem to interact freely and in a very friendly and accepting matter, and there is always someone watching over them. Teaching is an exhausting job, and I appreciate the effort involved. The support staff is also uniformly friendly and respectful to both adults and children. Overall, I would as a retired professional give this school good marks. I have seen nothing significant which would raise any red flags. I have no experience with special education or special needs, but the physical needs of students seem to be met.

I feel that students at this school are very rude, mentally unwell, there's lots of cussing, a girl vaped in my face as I was coming out of the bathroom, bullying is a big problem as well. The school staff makes a visible effort to try and change the attitudes of students, but it never works. Some of the ELA teachers are really snippy, and there's a teacher that makes most of the female students feel uncomfortable. Other than that and the principles, I'd say the staff is pretty nice. They keep doing a lot of renovations and schedule changes, that's very stressful, I go to the wrong class by accident sometimes. Just be cautious of where you send your kids to get an education.

We removed our son out of this school. Most 5th grades teachers and the elementary principal left- replaced with poor teachers. Lack of teachers causes safety issues. The principal who continues has no clue how to run a school and is disrespectful to parents.