North Lafayette Elementary School

610 N Duke St

School District

Walker County
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on August 05, 2024

The staff here have weaponized DFCS to deal with any and all behavioral issues, preferring to report parents to DFCS over more traditional methods such as speaking to parents. Some staff apparently have no problem with providing false information to DFCS to achieve the goal of punishing you for your child's behavior, especially if you are guilty of having an autistic child.
Submitted by parent on December 08, 2016

NLE is an annoying super click and old girls club. If you aren't in the tight knit social circle of rear end kissing annoying ladies don't expect your kids to get a fair shake or an opportunity that would compare to those of the teachers children. Expect after school events to be excuses to watch the husbands and children of all the teachers parade on to stage and suffer through barely hearing them. I am not knocking children but they should have probably picked based on what would be enjoyable to the crowd more that which teach can get the most of her personal children on stage this year. The system invented to drop off and pick up is also annoying so I hope you are a bus rider. The mixed signals are laughable I remember one day I was motioned to move forward by one of the ladies holding the stop sign and another lady, I believe the principle ran over with her clip board SCREAMING stop (not a living soul anywhere near me not in a vehicle mind you save the lady that waved me on) and I was made to look like a maniac. Almost daily I see a different car pick up a kid who is not strapped down by any sort of belt or safety device left to bounce around as the car drives off but I pull out at 8 MPH and I get a call from some lady about how she is friends with some deputy sheriff and I will get a ticket if I do that again. The funny part is I was pulling in too slow to several people were making eye contact with me giving me the universal hurry up sign language. yeah me going 3 MPH over the NOT POSTED speed limit is far more dangerous than the dozens of kids who aren't even restraints with scotch tape while they drive. Had I of maybe donated more or something they wouldn't ride me so hard but ah well. Anyway the point of my review is if home schooling is an option over this school I advise you take it. Unless you like being annoyed every week day.
Submitted by parent on May 17, 2015

I have a daughter who has attended NLE since pre-k I couldn't have ask for a better set of teachers... She just got promoted to the 3rd grade an her second grade teach Mrs. Nicole Harris was the most AWESOME teacher ever an id recommend her to anyone thats putting their child in NLE thats goin into 2nd grade This is the only school my daughter has ever attended an will continue at this school till she graduates the 5th grade. The principal an assistant principal an all the staff at NLE are WONDERFUL..... I know I can send her to school an have no worries of her not being took care of ... Now I'll end this by saying I just hope now that she has teachers ss AMAZING as her 2nd grade teacher was until she graduates 5th grade. Thanks in advance Wendy Bassett
Submitted by parent on March 27, 2010

I have a daughter in kindergarten and a son in third grade! North Lafayette is an awesome school and I would not have them any where else! All of their teachers have been great and would be a little hard to pick a favorite.