Tamiami United Methodist Daycare & Elementary School

My experience with this school has been deeply disappointing and concerning. Instead of being a supportive and nurturing educational environment, the school has become a place where many children—especially those with academic difficulties—are made to feel overwhelmed, insecure, and discouraged rather than supported and helped.There is a noticeable lack of empathy and patience among a large portion of the teaching staff. Several teachers display poor attitudes, little understanding, and a harsh approach that intimidates students and negatively impacts their self-esteem. Rather than motivating children to grow and learn, they are made to feel incapable and constantly pressured.This culture appears to stem from the school’s leadership. Beginning with the principal Barbara Martin, the school’s methodology seems to support a rigid and emotionally insensitive approach, where academic pressure outweighs students’ emotional well-being and individual needs.Additionally, there is clear evidence of favoritism. Certain students—particularly children of teachers or school staff—receive preferential treatment, leadership roles, and opportunities that are not equally available to other students. This creates an unfair, exclusionary, and discouraging environment for the rest of the student body.The overall school climate is negative and unhealthy: poor communication with families, lack of emotional support, minimal inclusivity, and an absence of genuine concern for students’ mental and emotional health. As a parent, it is extremely troubling to witness how this environment damages children’s confidence and their relationship with learning.I would not recommend this school to families seeking a safe, equitable, and compassionate educational environment for their children.

Horrible, the people don’t care about the students or parents at all. Trying to take out a child out of the school is horrible since everyone want to take out their children out. Horrible with handicap accessible, contacted the distract about issues with office staff I’m hoping to hear back soon. I was a student there when I was younger and it was the worst decision for my younger sister and little sister in law to go there. Everything about bullying is true, the school does not get any better and I’m sure it will never get better. Should be shut down since they don’t even want to be there. Every issue that happens always come from the faculty and they don’t even fix the problems they create and then blame the parents for their own mistakes. If you can try putting your children’s at another school please do

La principal cita no afecta críticas manda a sacar a los padres con la policía hay profesores y trabajadores que no tienen educación formal delante de los alumnos y la principal muy despota

We are finally out of this school and I write this with mixed emotion. Teachers, for the most part, were really good, aside from a few. Major gaslighting by admin. They do not handle bullying effectively at all. Some of the teachers kids are the bully so they try to sweep it under the rug. They attack the victim if bullying instead of handling said bully. Bullying is out if control here. They like to use witnesses so if bully has friends, they gang up on the victim. If you are not good at languages, run. They dont teach foundation and verb subject conjugation. If you value mental health, run. If you want your kid to be happy and thriving, probably should look elsewhere because this school emphasizes insane amounts of homework, valuing FAST test scores and not letting kids do sports and be kids. While I made some of the best friends here as did my child, and had some fantastic teachers, it was a very difficult time here and was not a good fit. Counselors arent the best and they dont know what they are doing regarding testing accommodations. I feel the school rating isnt accurate and is severely inflated.

Terrible principal. So many people have left because of her. It’s so sad what this school has become.

Una escuela perfecta para todos los niños