Whittier Elementary School

This is our 2nd year here and I literally HATE this school. I get anxiety around my kids going to this school. Dismissal is a nightmare. They call on favorites and the rest get to go last. Standing right in front of the teacher dismissing and she will literally avoid asking you. Dismissal time is not even that anymore, it's 5 minutes later because of the "new dismissal". We're getting the consequences for some parents that thought they could take random kids home, from what I was told. I have been to MANY different schools in my life (bare minimum 13). ALL OF THEM are/were way more advanced than these and that was in the 2000s. This school is just horrible. If you can send your children somewhere else, do that. They do not have very much for children to do such as sports. The others that go here are mostly locals (a few from military). The locals are just that, lawtonians.The community is small. The trash around this small city is way worse than most other larger cities. The amount you pay in taxes, both local and state, and the monopolies the utility companies have, makes the cost of living here the same or more than other cities, but the pay is way lower unless you work at Goodyear or the military. They are constantly increasing the water bills and taxes in the city because they can. The people outside of Lawton have to shop in Lawton too. I would suggest driving to Wichita Falls, TX to shop. You pay way less in taxes. Id honestly suggest living in Texas if you can. You can't drive in Lawton without seeing trash, homeless, and cars that are duck-taped or tied together with straps. Stuff to do in lawton? Lol, movie theater, chuck e cheese, the great plains museum, and parks. The best thing here is the mountains and medicine park. My kids HATE this school. They BEG me to not have to go. Then the hospitals here suck! My son had an issue that was time sensitive and SWM didn't have an ultrasound tech and CCMH REFUSED his care. They said the earliest flight to OU Med would take a min. of hours to get to him and no ambulance that could take him! I deff didn't mind taking him myself and thankfully turned out to be nothing but God forbid that happens to someone that truly needs those services promptly because it could turn very bad. The dr in ER even said "this is unacceptable and I can't beleive I am saying this".

My cousin has been coming home every day and we would ask her how her day was and she would say that it was horrible and she says that it’s because this girl in her class bully’s her. (They are in kindergarten by the way)She says that the girl tells her “look over there” and then scribbles all over her paper. My cousin tells us other stuff too. I just hate the fact that’s she’s getting bullied in kindergarten

Our PTO organization is the best in the city. Teachers maintain open communication with parents. Students are encouraged to participate in after school clubs and sports. Leadership in this school is second to none; Mrs. Short has done amazing things at Pioneer Park. Overall, this is a good place to be.

I think it's a power trip since the last principal left...my kids are always coming home explaining bullying and how they tell the teachers and nothing gets done ..you report first then their truth is manipulated into a lie, or scare tactic ..and being that "you can't know how the other child was handled" you just never know what to believe ..I use to be big on disciplinary actions at home but when you have teachers who are always on an ego trip and then the assistant principal whose always antagonizing, I now pick my children up to hear their side ...because they leave everything out but what the child did..I don't understand how you're calling me sending 2 kindergarten kids home for passing licks on a playground and that's what kids do.but fell to mention you slamming you hand down on the desk while talking to her I'm glad she laughed at you because that was very ignorant!! Mine won't be manipulated, or scared to hit if they're being hit first ..maybe when you train your staff to listen and not ignore because she went straight to the teacher and she felled to do the right thing then maybe you'll have me on your team other than that Pat Henry Elementary needs to get it together can't keep teachers or administration staff ..

My oldest daughter has attended TCA for 8 years now, and my youngest has for 6. There are no regrets on our choice to be here. The loving, family, Christian environment is all you can hope for for your children to be able to grow up, learn, and build a Godly foundation in.