Harbor City Elementary School

They will strip search your children. Looknit up. Its all over the news. They poor girl. Just imagine if that was your daughter.

They don’t even let parents walk young kids in on their first day and are super rude about it.

This is a very prejudice school. If your child doesn't fit into their 'ideal child' mold, they will bully your child more then the kids do. If I hadn't seen it first hand I wouldn't have believed it and I don't have school aged children.

Horrible school they need help and kids are getting bullied

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