Mclendon Elementary School

I regret enrolling my daughters here.Some of the teachers here seriously lack emotional awareness and proper communication with children who are still so young and impressionable. I don’t think they’re trained to handle sensitive kids and they clearly don’t know how to handle their own emotions. My 1st grader came home feeling overwhelmed more than once, her confidence is so low right now not because of studies, but because of the way she was spoken to. There’s a clear difference between guiding a child and passively asserting control over them.If you’re a parent who likes to stay involved, ask questions, or gently support your child during transitions, be prepared it might be seen as “too much.”My daughter’s homeroom teacher is often emotionally unavailable and dismissive. It’s like the moment your child needs kindness, you get cold professionalism instead, even they start to point out your kid ONLY. I expected warmth, support, and better training from a school that teaches such young kids especially from teachers who are shaping their confidence and emotional safety.The syllabus is okay but teachers don’t pay attention to what the kid is writing I saw my daughter’s classwork there were errors but still it was marked as good job. Seems like teachers here just want to get rid of their tasks asap. Unfortunately, I’m now looking for other options.As a parent to parents reading this - please don’t get your kids enrolled here if their emotional wellbeing is your top priority.

I had a horrible experience with this school, ever since my child was enrolled!

I've recently been at this school for my whole entirety growing up here before moving on. This school basically taught me throughout my childhood with the acceptance of gratitude and growth. I'd just say that not all teachers are the best in terms of how they process through the learning environment, but at least try to match it up with them to make sure you understand every single basic knowledge that they have spoken out about. Enjoy.

Nice teaching and learning l, friendly teachers diversified students. Students at this school are able to do their class and homework independently. Dr Williams is the best principal. All the teachers are kindhearted. Mist of the teachers love their stiludents and the students do the same. The school practices safety practice every other month fire safety fire drill lockdown and tornedo drill. Robertshaw is weapon free drug free and zero tolerance for bully school where students get educated safely year round.

My child attended Arbor from 2021-2024 in the Primary Class from ages 3-5. Initially in interviews we were impressed and excited to engage in the Montessori curriculum — thinking this approach would establish a strong foundation and autonomy. Unfortunately, we were wrong. From the beginning the class was poorly led. I tried a number of times to engage the lead and ask about my child progress, lessons plans, curriculum, and ways I can help further lessons at home and I was met with indifference or pushed off. Turns out I was not the only one asking these questions and learned my concerns were echoed from other parents. Several, including myself met with leadership and were told they were working on it. After several months the lead teacher was ultimately let or quit mid year. An assistant was brought in to act as a lead (in the meantime there was significant turnover with the assistant teachers). She was great and made it very clear that the majority of the children were behind. I learned that this teacher was not Montessori certified and the school had no intention to support her in getting her certification and all along planned for another teacher to lead the class the next year. Overall, from the lack of education and support from the administration, our time there was a big disappointment and felt like a complete waste of money. I ultimately sent my child to an area private school and unfortunately they are behind academically. Moving to a school that emphasizing academia and structure has been a big change for my child, however they are young enough to still have the intellectually curiosity to want to learn. I sincerely regret my decision to attend arbor but happy I didn’t spend another critical year to give it a chance in hopes they would hold true to their promises.