Longwood Elementary School

I’ve been disappointed with how Eglin Elementary administration handles parent concerns. One particular kindergarten teacher uses exclusion and embarrassment as a form of punishment, which is deeply concerning. When I brought this to the administration’s attention, I received a generic one-sentence email stating the issue would be “addressed with staff.” There was no meaningful follow-up or accountability, leaving me with little confidence that the issue was taken seriously.

We were highly disappointed with this school. To start, this school has no PTO and no parent-teacher conferences!! What kind of school has no way for parental involvement built into it?! My son was high performing and instead of building in ways for him to keep being challenged the only solution was to stick him in front of the iPad half the day. We need to do better than this. Scaffold education and provide higher performing students with activities OFF of the ipads. Other countless complaints were television during lunchtime, candy being given out almost every day, an extensive reward/discipline system that makes the children completely desire extrinsic motivators, crossing guards looking at their phones during dismissal, I could go on. Of course, there are really caring adults and educators in the school, but something is just not right and not working.

I have been overly happy with Elliott Point versus a prior private school in the county that my son went to. The faculty actually cares for students and hopes they succeed.

Military family. My daughter attended K-2 here and has missed it dearly since we moved. She still talks about the friendships she had, the teachers she loved and the education. She was noticeably ahead of the students in her new school who also came from different parts of the US. My wife and I had the choice of sending our daughter to a private school while in FL and have zero regrets from choosing Kenwood elementary instead. From our experience, the teachers obviously cared and still stay in touch through social media to check on our daughter. The community around Kenwood is also top notch and we always felt safe there. We plan on returning once out of the military.

My kids have been attending CCA for a couple of years now and the teachers have been nothing short of amazing. The entire staff has been caring compassionate and welcoming. I do wish the class sizes were smaller. However, I do understand the demand with everyone pulling kids out of public schools.