Lakeshore Elementary School

I feared that my 3 year old son was either speech delayed or autistic. Timbers ignored my formal request for evaluation for months. I went to the school to ask about the delay and found out someone had quit and my child’s file was just collecting dust. The principal explained all of this to me in Timbers waiting room and said all my son needed was socialization in a daycare setting. She completely brushed off serious issues about ASD and never invited me into her office, despite tears running down my face. Eventually a diagnostician did test my son, but she was decades behind the industry standards on ASD. A verbal IQ test was administered to a 3 year autistic child who was expected to sit at a desk and answer standardized test questions. From this botched evaluation, my son’s IQ was absurdly low. I am still trying to get that inaccurate number removed from my son’s file, despite multiple conversations with district level SPED personnel. I had a local ABA clinic complete a play-based ADOS evaluation on my son which was appropriate. After a horrendous initial IEP meeting and only a few weeks of pre-k at Timbers, I decided to enroll my son in ABA therapy full time. He is making great progress and is so much happier. If you suspect your child is on the spectrum bypass the slow, outdated public school system and go directly to an ABA clinic for help.

Unfortunately there is not a lot of academics and learning materials for the kids. Such as homework packets, spelling words, etc. My child is a new student here and the last school she attended, had homework material for all subjects every day. The homework packet along with spelling words was to be turned in by the end of the week, that included the parents signature. In addition, there was a music presentation that was performed during the middle of the school year. However, the selection of music was old traditional country songs. Because this school is very well diversified with a plethora of nationalities, it would be nice to here different styles of music.

Unfortunately this school was not it for my son he did not learned a thing here not even the numbers, colors , or sight words I had to change him to another school they never had homework he was struggling so much.

My daughter and son have been attending Atascocita Montessori for over a year. They both love going to school every day and have learned so much. Much to our surprise, our daughter was reading and doing addition/subtraction before her 5th birthday. Ms. Ray, Ms. April and Ms. Gaby go above and beyond to make the learning process seem effortless. The director, Ms Loree Hill is top notch and truly cares for the wellbeing of every child. We love AMS and highly recommend.

This is a wonderful school. My daughter has attended 1-3rd grade and has had excellent teachers. They focus alot on character and the overall atmosphere is extremely positive. We love ASE!