Emerald Shores Elementary School

"I just enrolled my daughter their after moving to Florida. Their parent pick up and drop off is so messed up,in the mornings they only have one lane open so you have sit in a straight line and most of the time that line goes all the way to the main road. In the afternoons they got two lanes opened,they call your child's name to different poles that are numbered so you have too pick them up at the pole their called to. Since I have been sending my daughter I have felt rushed every time,they don't give you time to make sure your child is buckled and safe. I taught my daughter that we don't leave until she is buckled up and now the way the school is doing I don't have time to wait couple extra minutes to let her get buckled."

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"This school used to be so great. I myself went there for my PreK to 5th grade years. However it went down a sloping spiral of chaos ever since I left. My brother now goes there and turns out the place that used to be an A school, that used to inspire young kids to be creative and mindful about decisions, is now nothing more than a glorified prison day camp for kids. They placed ugly black bars surrounding the school claiming it will keep harmful people out, besides the fact that they never had any close call with intruders makes me wonder, why the extra precaution? They have outer gates already. The only reason I can think is to keep the students in. Make sure that they aren't allowed to enjoy looking at the trees on their walk to the computer room or etc. Looking back now as a senior in high school, my silly little mind wander offs as I was walking that dumb green line let me dream of impossible things that made going back to the "torture" of elementary math, not so bad. I don't want to imagine the thoughts of the poor children who stare at bars all day. If you aren't already convinced that this F school is a mini prison, then listen to this. This comes from the mouth of my 10 year old brother, so no knowing how accurate it is, but apparently during lunch the students have to whisper. They cannot be allowed to do anything above a whisper, at lunch! He says the dean walks arround staring at the kids with dirty looks and yells at them if they even slightly go over a whisper. Oh and for some dumb reason they got rid of the round tables and decided to get these weird long picnic tables and pack the students in them like sardines. I would have hated that as a kid. I would hate that now. This school is in no way a proper facility to teach the future firefighters, police, doctors, scientists. These kids are the future of this world and your treating them like criminals."

"If you have a special needs child it is the worst school to go to. My son was kicked out of that school numerous times. And he is only four years old, in the PreK program. The principle and the Dean didnt even know the rules for special needs kids, he was trying to expel my son in the middle of the school year. Not knowing that the rules for main stream children do not apply for special needs. HATE THAT SCHOOL!!!!! And i have talked to numerous other parents and they feel the same way about this F school!!!!"