Swallow Elementary

terrible staff
i can barely give it one star

terrible staff

This school is by far the worst school imaginable in the Lake Country area. The administration is lacking, and teachers aren't held accountable. The best way I can describe Swallow Elementary School is psychologically damaging. Children are bullied by other parents as soon as they enter kindergarten. No one stops the parental bullying that goes on, so the kids pick it up and start bullying each other. Some of the moms have literally nothing better to do than sit at home and gossip all day, and fail to be productive members of society- not exactly the role model you want for your daughter! I finally switched my child to another school in the area and found out that my child was seriously underperforming, even though I was told they were "right on track" multiple times. My child finished their homework every night in seconds, making me feel like there was no reason to be concerned. Well, the school had no reason to be concerned because my child was on an IEP, making them ineligible for standardized testing. The school brags about their test scores, but they only have higher scores because they intentionally exclude children that should be allowed to test. Children on IEPs are left to fend for themselves. I'm so disgusted that this happened, and hope to warn other parents. They have a high open enrollment rate- open enrollment families are the ones that keep the school in existence. If you are a parent who wishes to open enroll your child here, be ready to be treated like a second-class citizen by a bunch of uneducated women who sit at home all day and ponder how they will torment their child's classmates- they couldn't support their families if their husbands lost their jobs tomorrow. Some of these moms treat Swallow like some privileged private school education- probably because they can’t afford to send their child to University Lake School since they are on the brink of foreclosure. Knowing what I know now, I would have never have sent my child to this school- it was definitely the worst parenting decision I have ever made.