Bodine Elementary School

The principal is nice, but ignorant of laws related to students with disabilities. It was a struggle to get supports in place, because the teacher dragged their feet submitting the paperwork for an IEP for my child with behavioral and learning disabilities, despite the request being made in writing on the first day of school, and they were chronically suspended or taken out of class for trivial offenses the entire year. Admittedly, my child had substantial conduct problems, but the teacher would not follow the 504 plan that took 6 months to get in place, and the principal backed the teacher every time. I felt bullied and shamed the entire school for my child's behavior, even though the kid was generally well behaved and did their work when the plan was being followed. This was our first any only year at this school, my child has had these problems since pre-K, and we have never had this much difficulty getting supports in place and having their behavior plan followed.

My child went to this school for years K-3. While Kindergarten was a great year, the subsequent three years were awful. My child had a new teacher for 1-3 (brand new to the school or fresh out of college). None of these teachers could maintain control of the classroom and was complete chaos from the very beginning (one teacher cried daily for the first month). Despite parent’s calls to leadership to support the teachers, it fell on deaf ears. From 2022-2025, they’ve had 3 principals and a handful of vice principals. They don’t have a PTA, they don’t sell yearbooks, there’s not much of an incentive to participate in the one crappy fundraiser they do once per year. The gifted and talented program is a joke and there were several times they didn’t even show up. I had to supplement A LOT at home. To the point that we didn’t have time for any extracurriculars.One time my child was placed between two children that were arguing with each other in STEM class to try and discourage them from fighting. One kid decided to punch the other little boy and my child (a girl) was caught in the crossfire and clocked in the jaw. The boy was never made to apologize, was not suspended, no discipline whatsoever. I won’t even get into the incident where my child’s arm was broken on the playground at recess. Parents need to stay on top of the teachers, leadership and school board if you want anything positive out of this school. In our experience, it was a nightmare.

Amazing school. Structure is older but in great shape. Teachers really care for the students and the principal is a great leader who seems to know all the students by name!

This school is ran like a military school/prison all the kids even in the younger grades are treated like they are supposed to act like robots. They have a no talking in hallways policy that is just annoying. To think that a kid that is 5-8 years old full of life can be quite stand straight in line face the front while waiting for the cafeteria is obnoxious and they get in trouble for it if they don’t. I got a message from my kids teacher one day because my kid got in trouble for being loud coming in to the school seconds right after recess. I thought to myself it’s not a big deal they are just still spun up from being outside playing but to them it was not tolerated. On another occasion I went to check out my kid and in the office there was lil boy in a corner that I suppose was in trouble he was reading a book, but because he was reading it out loud he got in trouble by the front office staff! “ Shush you’re supposed to sit there and be quiet!” Is what was said to him I was surprise to see that the boy that looked to be around 6 got in trouble for reading out loud to himself weird thing to get in trouble for especially by staff not teachers. After moving districts my kid loves going to school now and has less anxiety. Can’t wait to get to school every morning! I have an older kid who spent 5th and 6th grade there and concurs that this elementary school is very uptight and ran like a military school. The majority of the teachers have bad attitudes and no patience when it comes to kid’s being just kids. Especially the younger grades kindergarten thru 2nd. Please for your kids mental health do not move in this district and take your young ones here! If I could give no stars I would have. I could go on and on about these petty examples that my kids have gotten in trouble for and of what my older kid has told me as well, but the last example I will give is one instance my kid was not given a treat for not having their head down and was forced to sit there and WATCH the other kids in the class eat theirs! Please for your child’s mental health do not go to this school!

This school needs more bus stops. It absorbed the elementary kids who went to parmelee before it was turned into a middle school and now these elementary kids have to walk a mile to get to one stop for the whole school , crossing walker which is under construction and very busy during pick up and drop off hours. Parents who work before 730 and get home after 330 have no way to get their kids to and from school without the worry of them being hit by a car or picked up by a stranger during such a long and dangerous walk to their bus stop. these kids range from 6 to 10 years old.

El hijo del director del colegio cristiano Destiny, Jerry Manderfield, acosó a mi hijo, lo que lo llevó a estar al borde del suicidio. Como consecuencia, tuvo que asistir a numerosas sesiones psicológicas para poder superar esta situación.