Mclendon Elementary School

No transportation, no lunch provided, substandard education, no special education programs and/or services. All three of my children were unenrolled due to a complaint made about their fire alarms, fire extinguishers, etc not working, and all teachers having open flames in every classroom. #PowerUp

Overall experience has been nothing but satisfactory! The teachers are attentive and creative with their learning techniques. I have two daughters who unfortunately are attending a new school this year because of location change. I've gone to parent-teacher meetings and participated in the PAC program. I saw how the school operated up close and personal. All problems rather it was an academic issue or other issues, it is always handled with delicacy and with a solution. The principal Mrs. BB is truly a strong leader and has no problem backing her students and staff! Alot of the teachers/staff like Mrs. Bailey, Mr. Gordan, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. LeJhon, Ms. M. Grimes, Mr. Curry, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Washington, Mrs. Utsey, Mrs. Knowles, Mrs. Bryant, Mrs. Durden and so on are inspiring and work collectively to make the school a tremendous success! Thank you, Indian Creek Elementary Family!

I would not recommend Arbor Montessori School if you are seeking academic rigor or emotional support/resources for your child, particularly in primary. My opinion is based on my child’s time there from 2021-2023 (ages 3-5). In my experience, Arbor does not live up to its reputation in the Montessori community.We discovered that the Head of School, Primary Program Director, and Board President lack skills and character to operate a successful primary program. In general, Arbor Montessori has inadequate educational and emotional support and resources for children, teachers, and parents. The program was not as educationally engaging as expected, the teachers lacked training to identify and utilize child’s strengths, teachers avoided using different approaches to learning, there was inadequate language arts instruction, limited outdoor play (15-minutes/day (Scott campus)), no gardening activities (Scott campus), etc. Leadership intentionally keeps parents in that dark about their child’s progress. Leadership and teachers seemingly don’t understand (or care) about how events, such as COVID, teacher absences, loss of a family member, can negatively impact children and steps to take to help the child thrive. Leadership lacks sufficient problem solving and communication skills.Of course, this review does not include all teachers or all administration at Arbor. However, it appears that the culture at Arbor is as described above.