3722 Flamingo Ave
Sarasota, FL 34242

i loved this place so much omg i miss it

I had been a sub here for a few years. We see the inside of schools in all their totality: admin, teachers and the all-encompassing variety of subjects and students taught. We also see morale. In this latter respect, this school seemed okay despite a lack of equity. In view of subjects, however, the strongest departments were math and science. Civics, social studies and history were also good. Other than this, I found the following. This school lacked inspiration and giftedness, Art was flagging, and language arts were terrible. ESE and Spanish students were often left without aides and the ESOL department there failed to give their students a sense of acculturation. This latter department seemed like just a gateway for immigrants and the head teacher was unpleasant to work with, therefore making you wonder about this school's claim to give sheltered English.Other than this, I didn't find many students willing to learn and their ISR department was often filled. Support had to be called often in classes. Admin seemed to turn a blind eye, or rather took the students' side, (as most SCSD assistant principles and principles do).. There was also a lot of disrespect to teachers, which made this an unpleasant school to work at. This, in effect, was probably why I found jobs here so often.In the end I felt admin just couldn't run the show and I felt a real disconnect with the assistant principle and admin staff. I actually made a complaint about this department to the Equity Department and must say, there really isn't a sense of equity for teachers and possibly even students, when it comes to teaching and learning at this school..

Chose this school because my daughter is a former student and she really liked it. Applied through choice as this school is not in my district but I work close by. Apparently a truancy officer has to come verify your address if you are living with someone even after going through all of the trouble of getting an affidavit filled out and paying to have it notarized. The darn officer still hasn’t been to the house and school starts MONDAY. This is absolutely ridiculous. I apply for my son to attend a charter school and he was accepted and registered the same day without the extra nonsense.