Lincoln Street Elementary School

If No Stars were an option - that's what I'd give this school. Having had all summer to prepare for distance learning, the school and teachers are woefully prepared. Supplies they expect you to suddenly have, arrive days later. Teachers editing the lessons only moments before their sessions are to begin. I could go on and on about how horrible this has been. My student is lost, and... they have nothing better to say than, "Oh it will get better, you'll be surprised." Be prepared, for a lot of blank stares.... Parents, do your research before moving here.. This school has earned it's place at the bottom of the heap!!!!

Administration is absolutely terrible and gets worse with every year that passes. Bullying is a huge problem and the school focuses more on helping the student that is causing the harm than the one on receiving end. The only time anything becomes addressed is if the parent puts enough pressure on them and even then, nothing is done. There are plenty of other problems that parents shouldn’t tolerate happening at that school.

Not only are there issues with taking the safety of kids seriously, the school has such poor enrollment for English classes that all but one grade is combined this year. The teachers will ALL say the same thing, that the curriculum is very similar, it’s just the higher grade expands a little further. My oldest developed poor habits that I strongly feel is due to lack of challenge and hardly learned anything last school year. Some teachers have a real passion for what they do, but their voices go ignored by those above them.

Lincoln Street is failing many of our children on multiple levels. Change is needed and it should start with the principal. This school is a prime example of why it’s so important to talk to your children about how school is going and what is going on when they are there.

If it wasn't for our experience with a couple of the teachers, I'd give this school one star. The principal is almost never involved with parents and the rare occasion she is, she is unprofessional. The assistant principal is more involved, but neither seem to truly care about the students. They do not follow their own protocol and will drag their feet to look into anything. Whether it's something as serious as a child saying they had a gun in their backpack, a sub in teacher taking photos of kids on his phone throughout the day or assault and/or threats, it will take a long time for anything to even be looked into. Also, don't hold your breath for any sort of phone call assuring that they're looking into the issue or a follow-up cause it probably isn't going to happen.

Not only is safety of students not a priority, education can be worrisome. Each year the school seems to lose more students and more classes become combined. Do the lower grade children go through the same curriculum next year? Do the advanced kids in the higher grade get pushed to the side? I know that the answer for the 2nd would be heavily influenced by the teacher, but our experience this year was certainly disappointing.

If your child will be attending school here, I suggest that you document everything and push for meetings when needed. There are good teachers that pour their hearts into their classroom and it's incredibly unfortunate that administration is so poor.

The teachers at this school are clearly overwhelmed by the number of students in their classes. With this, there is little to no discipline provided to the young children and "problem children" are thrown out rather than just given basic immediate discipline that they need to become productive. Every interaction I have had has shown extreme disorganization on the part of the teachers and staff.