Lamar Elementary School

I briefly worked here and am so glad I never will interact with this school again. We were told by administration to NEVER fail a student even if they submit zero assignments for the year. Further, they(both admin and other teachers) made racist remarks about my last name(I am of middle eastern descent) and finally only apologized for it after I broke down crying in the principal's office. One fellow teacher even swapped all the desks in my room out with theirs in the summer when I was not there and left me with worse, smaller desks. When I asked about this, no one did anything to help and I was left to figure it out on my own.My class periods were extremely unorganized in that I had several classes with 30-35 students and one of my classes only had ONE student. No matter how much I complained about it nothing was changed and in those larger courses, I even had 6th graders in my 8th grade course. I obviously had to adjust and just not grade them similarly because they never even took 7th or 6th grade courses in that subject. Instead of letting me design a curriculum, they bought a pre-planned online lesson guide for every day of the year which is cool! Except for the first few weeks they weren't even able to give out computers to all the students so they could not access it.The principal cares much more about optics and keeping their job rather than the actual growth of these students. Many of them know and abuse it to their advantage which is not their fault, its ours. There definitely are many teachers at the school that care but have also realized there is a lot they cannot do or change if the administration is unwilling. Once again, I look forward to never interacting with this school again and if you have the option, send your student somewhere else. It will definitely be a benefit.Side complaint: Why did I have to pay the school money to be allowed to wear Jeans to work? That just sounds ridiculous.

students are awesome some teachers are a bit harsh but they are very nice i reccomend this school its improved a lot through out the years ( :

The new principal that took over in 2017 has turned the school around and now has the full backing of the Church. The school now has arts, music, and spanish as priority all in the main buildng for 1st through 5th. I have seen a big improvement and the school is heading in the right direction. I feel my child is benefiting both academically and spiritually from being at this school.

The PIP program is nothing but a bunch of gossipers. They go to your home then all discuss your home with other parents. The “director” is a joke and puts the bug in parents ear about “divorce”. Be careful. She says many parents of deaf children are divorced becuz she left her hubs years ago.

I have had two daughters attend this school and our experience has been amazing. My girls loved their teachers and were excited and happy to go everyday. 0 turnover which allowed them to have stability and bonding. This school builds great habits and is true montessori. It's also a very reasonable price compared to other montessori schools.