2613 Shilo Ct
Valrico, FL 33596

My son had a bad experience in this school. He is in 6th grade and he got bullied at this school. 3 kids with a ski mask pulled him in the bathroom, punched his head and his face. My son is traumatized from this school. Principal did his best, but no one identifies who hurt my kid. And now he is suffering from trauma and anxiety. Teachers are helpful but one of them did not even consider what my son is going through and gave him an F. She gave A on his progress report then gave him an F at the end of the quarter. And by the way, she only responded once after a week. Most of the teachers are very helpful, especially Mr G, Swenson and Falco. They dont know what my son is going through.I chose this school as school choice, coz i thought that this school is great and safe. But this is not a safety school to go. So frustrating that my son is still suffering from this.

We moved from out of state and I have just been so disappointed with this school from day 1. The process of enrolling was a nightmare! I called to inquire about our address and confirm them as our home school, the front office staff was so unhelpful and rude. So I went to the school in person to inquire and was rudely greeted at the door as though I was a COVID patient, the staff acted as though how dare I enter school grounds. Every time I called for any questions or needed to update my sons information the front office staff was so rude. Now, my son is Autistic and it took several months for them to acknowledge this fact. ( I had brought in Physician Orders, from our home state and from our new Physician in Florida, and called on the counselor, Principle and teacher multiple times to find a solution for him) His teacher called me a few times to discuss his behavior and being "behind, or struggling" and again informing that he needed extra care to the fact of his disability. After 4 months of us attending the teacher still wasn't even pronouncing his name correctly. Finally he got a 504 plan that wasn't at all effectively planned out. He was placed into after school tutoring programs that he said he reads for 10 minutes and then plays on a computer, obviously not effective nor providing him extra support that he needs. Then to top it off, we had an incident where another parent was driving crazy through the parking lot at drop off and I calmly drove thru the line to drop off my son, the PRINCIPLE of the school had the audacity to open my car door and lean OVER MY CHILD and yell at me that I was in the way of this other parent that had cut everyone off and drove the wrong way to drop off. I was unable to even say good bye to my child as she continued yelling at me and slammed my door shut, which also made my son forget his belongings that he needed to take to school. For people CHOOSING this to be their career and passion, they sure have a horrible way of acting with integrity and respect.

As a graduate of Bloomingdale, who attended all four years of high school here I would highly recommend this school to anyone looking for a great education for their children without the private school cost. I would say 90% of the teachers here were above average in their teaching skills. When one attends Bloomingdale high school and puts in the required effort they will be prepared for what comes post graduation. I will always consider this school a much better place to attend than nearby Newsome and without a doubt far above Durant. Durant speaks for itself in terms of poor education and Newsome may be higher rated than Bloomingdale but your child will be going to a school to be surronded by arrogant peers from lower middle and middle class families who think they are all upper class yet none have even heard of Boca Raton let alone visted it and attended school there. Go figure.