Columbia Elementary School

I went to this school as a child and it is still a great place of learning. After leaving my childrens home school I enrolled them at Edison Bethune and saw immediate improvement in attitude about going to school and home work. The teachers provide great communication and they challenge the kids to reach goals.

My kids go to this school , teachers from our experience are great. But bullying is a huge problem , especially for minority families. Sadly there is no real disiplinary action taken against disruptive and rude children. From what I have seen and heard kids are allowed to use profanity and be extremely vulgar right on campus.

There were quite a few times I wanted to talk to the principal for a few minutes, but she was always so busy and was told I had to make an appointment. I had even went to the teacher and the principal regarding my child's falling grades and was told there are no supports that the school could offer to help my child further along in my child's education. This school had a terrific coach of almost 20 years. The principal fired him and never gave students the opportunity to say goodbye to him as alot of students and parents were close to him. Since then, the sports programs have gotten worse in planning and coordinating. The principal has done a terrible job including parents this year in school affairs. So many events have been poorly planned this year. Test scores, and academics are down horribly. The only thing that makes this school great is the teachers and office administration, they are wonderful. They do so much for the students and parents. Lincoln Elementary needs a new principal.