Lomie Gray Heard Elementary School

With all of the comments about the office staff being rude and condescending, I would think the administration would do something about it. The goal of the administration should be to accommodate children AND their parents by any means reasonably necessary.
My child is attending Lomie G. Heard and is in kindergarten this year. He likes the children in his class and his teacher, and for that I am thankful. His teacher brings it to my attention anytime anything with my son needs to be addressed, and she really seems to care about the children in her class.
On the other hand, however, today we forgot something at home, and my son was devastated. It was something that all the other children had, but he didn’t, and it naturally made him feel sad. Dad is deployed, we just moved, he’s «the new kid» — a lot of things are going on right now, so keeping things as consistent as possible is really key for us. I promised that I would bring it right back, and that’s what I intended to do.
I ran back home to get the item and then went back in to take it to him. When I went into the office to have them call him to the office to come get it, no one responded to the call, so I said I would just take it to the classroom and place it on his desk. I have gone into this teacher’s classroom before at the end of the day to get things he had forgotten, so I thought it would be no big deal to take this and place it on his desk so that when he walked in it would be there for him.
I was told that that wasn’t allowed, and one lady said she would take it down when she got the chance. Well, I didn’t want to wait; I wanted to take it down right then.
As a parent, I should be allowed to see my child ANY time I want.
If I want to sit in on the classroom instruction, that should be my right.
If I want to talk to my son during the day any time I want, even if it’s interrupting something, that’s my right.
They REFUSED to allow me to get a «visitor’s badge» (What are they for if not for visiting a classroom?), and they REFUSED to allow me to speak to my son and, while doing so, had no idea where my son even was if not in the classroom. When I asked about them having a schedule of some sort, one of the members of the office staff said that they could be anywhere and «Can you understand that?»
Unbelievable. Administration, take a hint and hire team members with manners.

Seriously LOVE this school. The principal is amazing, & is so willing to accomodate to the kids & military lifestyle. Teachers are fabulous & are really personal with the kids which is great when one happens to start struggling in a subject/​class. They have many events throughout the school year & all around make the school a welcoming & calm place for each student, & their parents, who attends.

This has to be the worst school I’ve ever encountered. The office staff and both the Principal (Deal) & VP (Brown) are extremely rude. My child has a good teachers which is why I haven’t pulled my child out of this school yet. If I could leave negative stars, I would!!!

If you live on Nellis AFB, I strongly recommend this school! The principal, Kori Deal, is outstanding. She is invested in the education of her students, supportive of her staff and connected with the parents. I met her on my son’s very first day of kindergarten (he started 2 weeks late because we moved from Alaska). She recognized that we were new and introduced herself to me. She holds a bimonthly parent meeting, where she and the VP make themselves available to share info and address questions and concerns.
The teachers are generally wonderful, there are always one or two bad apples in every bunch. In three short weeks my son’s first grade teacher, Mrs. Harbour, has formed a connection with my son and ignited a spark for learning in him I have never seen before.
I have had the privilege of being involved in the PTA, and I have received an abundance of help and support from the staff as a whole!
The drawbacks to this school are:
Kindergarten is only half day. (Maybe because I am from MN where all kindergarten is full day I am spoiled).
The Common Core learning module. This is a NV thing, and is pretty common around the nation. I don’t like the way this module is structured, particularly the Language Arts portion. It does not a focus on literature and reading for enjoyment, instead it promotes reading for necessity only.
Overall, I love this school!
What other place do i get to dress like a pickle and beg 600 kids not to eat me!