Keys Elementary School

19061 East 840 Road

School District

Keys
Grade

PK, K-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on May 22, 2024

Unfortunately, we live in the school district and our child must attend until a space opens for transfer in any other school district near us. We have spent 2 years at this school with our PreK/K age child, and wish we never had to deal with them. The PreK Teacher was horrible in terms of communication to parents, as was the school administration, and due to circumstances where we felt that our child was being treated differently than other students (because we (his parents) are gay? Because he has an IEP? Because we attempted to be involved in our child's education?) and continuously suspended, we pulled him from the school and sent him to a PreK center in a nearby town. Our child developed many uncharacteristic habits and issues after his PreK time at this school that we are still dealing with through counseling. We have no idea what happened in the PreK classroom to cause such a 180 degree difference in the behavior and emotions of our child, but we worked hard to no avail to see that the teacher at least be investigated by the OK Department of Education, which unfortunately went nowhere due to the restructuring that Stitt has done in that department.Kindergarten we reluctantly enrolled him and his teacher this year was amazing. She actually seemed to care about the students and made sure to keep parents informed throughout the year. The teacher our child had this year is the only good experience that we have had with Keys Elementary School since 2022. The administration was still very disrespectful to us, we felt that the administration was not treating our child fairly, and their communication skills could be drastically improved. Our child is (and was) utilizing an IEP, and though the school appeared to work with us for various plans, for some reason it always came down to a "he said, she said" type situation in which we spoke with the Superintendent multiple times attempting to advocate for our child. Hopefully, we can transfer our district for 2024 and not have to deal with this school again. If not, I hope that our child's first grade teacher is half as amazing as his Kindergarten teacher!
Submitted by parent on March 12, 2021

Keys is a wonderful school. I love the small town environment that creates a family for these students. Overall, great experience.
Submitted by other on May 28, 2014

As a Keys graduate, I would like to address the Feb. 7, 2006 reviewer's comments. They must not have been very involved with the schools, because they made many incorrect statements. At that time, I was an 8th grader at Keys. Both schools had computer labs and libraries. Since the high school was new at that time, they didn't have an extensive library, but did have one. The elementary library was always really good. I was in the 7th-8th choir. Band was also starting up around that time. I had very good experiences while attending Keys Elementary and High School. I plan on my future children attending Keys Schools. I had an overall
Submitted by parent on May 24, 2010

At first I liked this school, there are a couple of teachers there that are phenomenal, however, there are a few who leave much to be desired. They are awful at communicating to the parents when the children are having trouble, they say they have a bullying program but they don't implement it, and the Principal is extremely condescending to women. I called and called and called trying to get teachers to call me back, they didn't call back not even once and then lied to me saying they never got the messages. I don't believe that, how would you not get that many messages? I do not recommend them to anyone unless you want to be extremely frustrated or you actually work there, then your children will be fine, but if you aren't rich or know someone you will be treated like gum on the bottom of their shoes.
Submitted by parent on December 12, 2007

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