Oakland Park Alternative Elementary School

Best school my child has ever been to

huy is a bad school and i hate the kids there they would hit me and slap and bully me.

I'm going to be so honest here...This school needs to teach their staff how to be respectful to kids especially the ones that are in 1-3 grade. I've seen many teachers just yell at students for doing normal kid stuff, and they wont let the kids speak for themselves, because if they do they'll get in trouble for speaking back to the teacher. The school nurse has to be the worse, she doesn't do anything for the students, my little girl once had a really bad headache and instead of calling me, she instead started yelling at my girl, saying she was lying, I know my baby, she would never lie about her pain or when she is sick. This school is mostly just kids who wanna be in gangs! I've seen 5th graders vaping! This is no environment for any kid! Every single day there is a new fight! I cant believe it! The teachers do nothing when kids are getting picked on! Also they don't even have a system for kids who are struggling with work or just their mental health. No kid, should feel like they can't trust the adults. IM personally disgusted by this place and it shouldnt be called a school! Teachers favor students. Its just so disgusting. The racism and the homophobia in that so called school! They let students walk all over them, and only punish 0 to none! Kids cant even hug or hold hands with each other because they'll get in trouble. This school sucks like their lunch!! Cant even. 0/10!!!

Our experience with this school was horrendous. I do not believe they are truly equipped to manage/teach children who require an intervention specialist. Maria Allen (Intervention Specialist) and Tiffany Genton (Principal) were not easy to work with. They communicated with me up until I started catching them in lies and calling them out about the lies. My son was bullied, and while I often received phone calls when he was misbehaving, I never received a phone call when my son was hurt or bullied. Both Maria and Tiffany lied about not knowing my son was bullied, Maria did so during a group meeting. When I informed everyone in the meeting she blatantly lied when she said she had no idea about the bullying, she became visibly embarrassed. I reminded her of the incident I brought to her attention when my son was shoved down in the hallway and then subsequently had another kids foot on his chest. During that meeting, I also reminded her that she stated she didn't tell me about that incident because she handled it. That is still never okay. I should have been notified. Neither his father nor myself were notified. I typically heard about when my son was misbehaving but never when he was bullied. The both of them lied on my child, as well. There was an incident where Tiffany stated my son pulled the chair out from under another student. An adult from my family inquired with my son AND the other student about what happened. The other student stated that he feel out of his chair and that my child wasn't near him when it happened. Tiffany told my son's father about an incident on the playground, then told me a completely different story about the same incident. I didn't trust them and I still don't. I never thought I could have the capacity to hate anyone, but alas. If your child requires an intervention specialist, I strongly suggest looking for a different school. That classroom was consistently disorderly, Maria did not have a good handle on it. I kept paper trails of lies, when I mentioned that, written communication with me became free and far between. My son used to cry himself to sleep at night knowing he had to go to school the next day. It broke my heart. He missed a lot of school because of bullying. I am so happy we found a different school. I would NEVER send a child there as long as those two are still in the building. Very unprofessional, rude, condescending liars.

Do not recommend. They ghosted my daughter during registration. They should have a whites only sign on their front doors.