Paul Banks Elementary

This school has some phenomenal teachers, and it has some human beings who should never be allowed to even volunteer in a classroom. My child has loved school and grown steadily intellectually for two years at this school, asking us incessantly over breaks, “Is there school tomorrow?” That all changed when he entered 1st grade into a Ms. Walls who is a lazy, bigoted teacher who has a history of mistreatment of boys and constantly giving busy work that had already been learned repeatedly within the prior twelve months. My child now makes statements like, “I am a failure” and “I am bad at math.” This is a first-grade child! Other local educators refuse to allow their child to enter her classroom. The brand-new principal, Sean Campbell, is more concerned with his ego than the best interest of the students and defends her regardless of the evidence showing regression. This school has burned out teachers sprinkled throughout and, as of this year, a burned-out high school teacher as a principal. No child deserves to be emotionally abused and have their education stolen from them through a plethora of worksheets that belong in the previous grade. Who wants to roll the dice on their child’s education or emotional wellbeing?