Lafayette Upper Elementary School

This experience has been a challenging one.

Do not send your child to this school. Administration is lousy, teachers are ruse and take short cuts with teaching, cafateria staff screens at the children. Police are out here often which is unusual for an elementary school.

Hugh Mercer Elementary School. I loved my child's first and second grade teacher! Excellent in understanding his needs and discussing what should be done next. Great ADVOCATES for my child. Front office staff is rude and disrespectful. I have been told to take my conversation to the hallway, I am distracting. Well, who are you? Administrative staff is okay, but I don't like the disciplinarian. You can't threaten a child to be good and that's what they do with her.

This school is an average- above average school. The teachers and staff are helpful and caring but I believe they are slightly overwhelmed by the growing number of students and SOL based curriculum. My son has struggled with reading and the staff was proactive and helped me find a tutor. The school is clean. The communication is good. Overall I have found that the school is good and the staff is helpful. No bad experiences to report.