Lake Pointe Academy

I have never been in a school where there is more communication and feeling of family. It is very apparent that both the staff and admin live their jobs and pour into the students 100%. My 4th grade son CRIED on his last day because his teacher was so amazing. My kids beg to not miss school because they make it fun and engaging. They teach to the kids on their levels. My son has a learning disability and I had to fight his old school to even test him, AES has far exceeded our expectations in making sure his needs were met. Test scores are phenomenal but they aren’t teaching to the test and are having a blast! The school you go to, to feel heard and loved!

This school sets up an atmosphere that allows bullying, not only from peers, but teachers as well. My child got an award and instead of calling to let us know we could come see them receive it, they sent a notice in the mail…it showed up on Saturday after the ceremony on Friday. I believe it was done on purpose with the frustration we were having with an IEP. My child came home crying we were not there to support them and the school did not apologize to my child for it. My child also came home with bloody knees dripping down to their socks from a child pushing them. The only thing the nurse did was hand water to rinse it out by themselves, I had to clean out rocks in the wounds myself at home, they didn’t even give a bandaid. I was also never called to be made aware something happened, my heart dropped when they walked off the bus bloody. When state test scores come in, the teachers publicly hand prizes out according to grades, if a child fails they get none and the whole class knows who failed. When a child needs help with an IEP instead of fulfilling the IEP, they put the child in the hallway with another student to help them, the the child with the IEP not only loses out on the class time, so does the student they place with them. The entire class then knows they are struggling and has resulted in name calling and telling the my child how stupid they are. By the end of the school year, my happy bubbly child had disappeared and I fully hold the teachers and principal responsible for it. I took my kids out of this school system, any child having a bullying problem, needs pulled out to be protected, because this school won’t. I can attest the middle school handles bullying 100 times better, I am thankful for some of the the building back in my child they did, but the damage from this school was already to much.

Tons of bullying even by teachers and nothing is done and no emotional support by teachers for students. Teachers take things from kids and then "lose" them.