Sumter Alternatives

As a parent of a child in kindergarten I can say that his teacher and the administration should be reviewed. In May 2022 with three weeks left of school I was told my child will be retained for the next school year. I was never invited to a conversation of my child’s progress prior to this notice. There were no parent/teacher conferences through out the year. When I discussed these concerns with the principal I was told parents are not required to be invited to these discussions. I was told my child may have a learning disability but not provided testing. The following year we left the district to attend Lake County schools. On my child’s 2nd week repeating kindergarten due to his status of retention from Wildwood Elementary I was told my child should not have been retained and would be immediately moved to the first grade.