Lakeview Elementary School

I have 2 students at Lakeview in the immersion program. I am so grateful for this unique opportunity at a public school. All the teachers we have had so far have been kind, thoughtful and communicative. The Principal is warm and personable and has responded to any concerns I have had. They have a music program as well and a P.E. program which now is unique to public schools (which is unfortunate). Very happy with this school.

I transferred my child from El Cajon to come here because of the Spanish immersion program. Huge mistake! A month into the school yr my daughter would come home and tell me how other girls were being mean to her. This is 4th/5th grade girls just being mean to new people into the school. I tried talking to both the 4th grade teachers and let them know what was going on. Another huge mistake. Almost every week I'd have the Spanish teacher waiting for me at pick up trying to tell me how my daughter was not focusing at school and kept blaming her for other girl's picking on her. I'd get messages from the same teacher as well. I tried going through the English teacher who thinks she's young and hip and nothing resulted there either. My daughter got to the point where her self esteem was so low and she's always been a very social person. I put in another transfer and luckily was able to move my daughter back to El Cajon after the school yr. I messaged the principal letting her know about the teachers and she just wished us well at our new school. Super tight and closed minded school. Felt the need to write this review since no one talks about the bullying here.

We're to start.... My son's special education class is being ran off the campus to make room for the Spanish Immersion class expansion. His teacher felt very unsupported from staff. There was a SLP instructor vacancy from February to April 2016 and no notice was sent out until March just before Spring break. Speech minutes were made up by the new SLP for all students that required speech but some students had speech for 4 days out of the week to accomplish this daunting task. Mr. McKeever left in May 2016. Good luck next year to whomever has a child attending this school who may need support from a SAI. There will no longer be on on campus. Oh, and as another reviewer stated, the library did shrink in size. Too bad., I had so much hope that this was a good school.

The teachers we've dealt with seem caring but may be burned out. Looks like there's a lasting division of students who do well & who don't. The balance isn't there from what I see & neither end of the spectrum gain dramatic improvement. Technology& spanish seem a main focus but could be detrimental. Students are doing many things on ipads so parents aren't having access to tests and work. Even w/ ipad use for so many things, which means less paper work, convenience& less time consumed, time seems crunched. Lunch & recess are cut into, art & music skipped. Library is becoming a thing of the past which would be less of a blow if the stories read on the ipad weren't short & though educational, boring. My child used to love reading and now seems reluctant. Spanish program was pushed at us by the principal w/ no regard to how it will impact my student's education, the teacher & other students in the class. The will take a child who speaks no spanish& ask parents to decide, on an unexpected call, whether to put that child in a full spanish speaking class w/ no trial/testing or time to think about it. Mr. McKeever talks as if it's a great opportunity but offered no plan for English support, or subjects a child may be weaker in, & will have more strain learning in a language they don't understand & no mention about testing at the end of the year. I wasn't asked if I had any questions & it wasn't clear that it was a full 100% spanish speaking class until I talked to someone else. A student who speaks no spanish is no good addition to that teacher's work load w/ student needing so much help & attention. Parking's very limited, even on the street it's hard to get a spot. The upper lot & pick up circle are dirt. Rain=pickup circle closed, parking lot muddy mess. People double park in lower lot(on sunny days)blocking others in. Mr. McKeever talks to some cars but nothing's enforced. Heavy traffic is compounded by the crossing team. One adult is needed in several spots to quickly & efficiently direct pedestrian and car traffic. Assemblies=sardines who can't even see their children perform & again parking. Some office staff are plain rude & it seems you're supposed to somehow know how things work, so ask. IE the pickup drop off, 2 circles, diff places children may be sent or could wander off to if you're late for class pick up... An unknown man was raoming campus...