Coyote Ridge Elementary School

I am TOTALLY DISGUSTED by Coyote Ridge Elementary School. My daughter has gone there since the 1^st grade. I let them know yesterday that we now lived in Peters Colony District and would be transferring her there. They told me at the time of filling out her withdrawal papers Friday, that they would collect her books and iPad… Understandable. Well they decided that they would do it TODAY instead… Leaving her with nothing when she has yet one more day there, mortifying my child in front of her entire class. OH AND THIS IS NOT ALL. At the beginning of the year, her lunch card ran out of money and the auto-​notification that usually sends emails to me to let me know what her balance is low was not functioning properly. There was a day they actually did not give her lunch because they said her lunch card was out of money. They also threatened to not give her lunch the following day if I did not fill up her card. I called the lunch lady about this directly and they promised me someone would call and they never did. Who does that? A few days ago Chloe had pretty extensive surgery on her hands and I emailed her teacher, Mrs. Wittenauer and asked her to please email me and send her to the nurse if her hands started hurting too badly. I never heard back from her teacher and at the end of the day Chloe told me her hands were hurting so bad she felt sick to her stomach and her teacher would not let her go to the nurse. Awful. A few days ago, myself as well as a few other parents pulled up to the school a few minutes before the bell was about to ring and one of the administrators walked in the door that’s on the side of the building and let the door slam in three kids faces, knowing they were standing right there. Despite needing to get to work, I parked my car got out and escorted these kids to the front of the building way around the other side to make sure that they got in safely. The principal herself Mrs. Jacobsen told me to my face «Well that’s why we ask parents to bring them around to the front if they’re late.» WELL HOW ABOUT MAKING SURE OR KIDS ARE SAFE ALSO INCASE PARENTS HAVE ALREADY PULLED OFF? Well luckily I was still there to help those kids get in okay. Again who does this? Anytime there’s a fundraiser we bring many many dollars to the table. Not that that’s everything but we always contribute to and support the school. The Halloween party they throw annually is a total sham. What working parent can get to a party by 6:00 PM and really in truly do everything that they have there by 8:00 PM? Plus, when Chloe first started at the school, the lunch lady came up to my daughter in front of everyone and YELLED in her face (another parent told me this!!!) because she accidentally took a milk and didn’t know it didn’t come with a lunch and «did not pay for it.» My daughter was terrified to go back to school for a week and I never got an apology for that one… All in all I can honestly say I am thankful that we are no longer going to be a part of Coyote Ridge and I am beyond disappointed and the staff.