Carter Lake Elementary School

Posted April 29, 2009

Coming from a high ranked school district in TX, I had my doubts about my above average student enrolling and being happy at this school, especially mid-year. I have been blown away at the transformation my daughter has gone through, she absolutely loves her teacher and her father and I do also. Our daughter is listened to and engaged instead of being held back and discouraged (which her former teacher explained would 'make it easier for her classmates'). I am throughly impressed with the accelerated reading program the teacher has for her, promoting not just above average reading, but understanding ideals and comprehension. Kudos to Ms. Cassel!
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Posted October 15, 2008

Carter Lake is very disorganized and filled with low quality teachers. The principal called parents to meet in the lunch room to explain that their test scores are at 70% and should be at 90% and thought the parents could work harder at home with their kids. Afterwards the parents got to go to the classrooms to see their kids schedules. 90 min. 'straight'of reading for 1st graders. The reading program is a Dick and Jane like xeroxed program. At least the Dick and Jane books wern't so decodable with pictures and numbers as symbols embedded in the sentences. Most preschoolers and kindergarden kids are above their reading program. Through three unit levels the same words are used but 'one' word is added and one old word is taken away. So, no vocabulary development. The program doesn't follow the natural way of speaking, writing, or reading. 'Mmm Sam I See' What?
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Posted October 12, 2007

My son is in kindergarten this year. While this is our first year here, she is absolutely wonderful and we love the reading program that is implemented here. The office staff is wonderful too, and always very helpful. the speech therapist seems to know what she's doing, but my son isn't getting adequate speech services due to her being 'over stretched' with too many students and lack of funding. the other downfall is that Kinder program is only 2.5 hours a day. It is an extremely huge letdown. I'm beyond disappointed in the Kindergarten program. I even thought about going private schooling with my son because of it.
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Posted January 28, 2005

Since the new principle, Ms. Odeguarrd, came to Carter Lake Elementary and implemented new programs and curriculum the entire school seems to have gone downhill. Math and Reading need to worked on at home beyond the normal expectations. Many of the students have lower self esteem. On several occasions students have been unaccounted for. Too many unacceptable incidents have happened with our new school administration. A very disappointed parent!
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