Limona Elementary School

1115 Telfair Road

School District

Hillsborough
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on March 22, 2022

A runny nose is a bigger concern to the school than educating your child. If your child has the sniffles, a runny nose, or "red watery eyes" during allergy season, be prepared to leave work early in order to pick them up. And while you're on your way to get them, the staff will tell your child that you're a bad person/parent and endangered everyone by sending them to school with mild allergy symptoms.When we first moved into the area the school was 9/10. Now it's a 5/10. A few more years and it will be a 1 or a 2. Either stay away or get your kids allergy shots so they can stay at school and actually learn some things.
Submitted by parent on May 08, 2020

The school is not very involved with the children, my daughter was beaten twice and the principal and assistant principal did not take any kind of steps to punish the abusive child, the school shows no interest in resolving this type of situation! very bad experience my kids had at school in 2019 and 2020.
Submitted by other on October 04, 2016

I found this school to be extremely unorganized and the staff is very rude. I made 3 trips there to register my children and all 3 times they claimed to need more paperwork, that was not mentioned at any of the previous visits or when i called over the phone to ask what I needed to bring. Then the day i had all information together they would not allow kids to start because the lady who enters students in computer was out for that day!!?? The trip there the day before they told me to bring children the next day so they could start and did not stand up to their word! How can it be that only ONE person in the whole school can hold it up??? And NO-ONE in the office will give you the same answer to any question!!! Not to mention the principle is as well extremely rude to me when i questioned the staff about not giving me proper information or allowing the children to start because one person in the office was out?? Needless to say I took my children and enrolled them in private school as my concern for the disorganization of the school I was not comfortable with my children attending there!
Submitted by parent on September 22, 2016

This is 3rd year for my son in Limona elementary school i believe this is the best which could have happened to us as a family.School staff, administration are wonderful. Very welcoming, always smiling and addresses problems quickly.They are genuinely a great group working together to make this the best school in Brandon. The new principal Ms. Hewitt is very active, energetic and helpful. My son attended classes of Ms. Soule, Ms. Scriblito,Ms. Thomas, Ms. Kossow, Ms. Banks and they are awesome, outstanding. He was enrolled by them to Gifted program without any bias and was encouraged by Ms. Jurado to participate in music classes, sound machine teams. He lead the class team for Battle of books, participated in science fair and all because of help from school. My son love his school & never want to miss even a single day.
Submitted by other on November 22, 2015

This is our first year at Limona and the teachers are awesome and the ladies in the office have been very helpful. My grandchildren are very happy there.
Submitted by parent on October 30, 2014

We have been at Limona for a year and a half. It has been a great experience! My daughter has loved both her teachers (both of whom were very welcoming of my desire to help in the classroom). Their new receptionist is very kind and always trys to find an answer to your question. I personally have been very impressed with the new principal that started back in March. I always see her treating the children with compassion, literally getting down on their level, even when you would think no one is looking. She is very active on campus and the kids seem to respond well to her. We are looking forward to another great year!
Submitted by other on June 22, 2014

I have no problem with this school except with the front office they need to smile a little bit more and not be so scary to the children
Submitted by parent on September 05, 2013

Our son attended 2 years at Limona. Believe what you read about rude & uncaring staff. The front office staff never smiles and we were never greeted friendly. Our son has medical issues (stomach) & under doctors care; the school was well aware of this. However, they did not mention anything ALL year about putting him on a 504 Plan in order to assist our son; rather their solution was to hold him back. The "assistant nurse" is a joke. She has yelled at our son on several occasions; making our son cry. His 1st grade teacher was great but she is now retired. His 2nd grade teacher, is related to the "assistant nurse" and she also has a habit of yelling at the children. When addressing these concerns with the Principle she seemed involved but always took the side the teacher/nurse and not for the best interest of our son. We are not the type of people to complain but this school seriously needs to be evaluated. Their test scores may be high but their genuine concern for children is lacking, to say the least. We have since transferred to the school down the road and are extremely happy that we did. Our son actually looks forward to going to school now.