Basic Info
Lakewood ES is located at 2534 Lindley Terrace, Rockville, MD 20850. The principal is Ms. Robin Malcotti.
Rating
Please rate your experience at this school with respect to the following aspects on a scale from 0 to 10.- Inclusiveness: Does the school have a culture of inclusion and inclusive practices in place (e.g., co-teaching)? Are these practices effectively and systematically implemented?
- Staffing and resources: Does the school have staff and resources to accommodate a wide range of special needs?
- Cooperation: Does the school staff exhibit a cooperative approach by accepting/requesting the parents' input, listening to concerns, and attempting to resolve disagreements?
- Communication: Does the school implement progress monitoring plans? Does the staff regularly communicate with parents with respect to their child's progress and challenges? Is the staff responsive when contacted?
- Academic expectations: Does the staff systematically set high expectations for students with special needs? Does the staff systematically raise expectations when IEP goals are met ahead of time?
Lakewood ES
Inclusiveness
9.4
Staffing and resources
3
Cooperation
5
Communication
6
Academic expectations
6
There is a self-contained LFI program in Lakewood Elementary School. The teachers are very nice and devoted. But the staff/student rate is unreasonably high considering the kids in the program are mostly conditionally and globally delayed, some are in wheelchair that need additional attention and one-on-one aids. There are three LFI classes. I am not sure of the 4-5 grade class. But the K-1 and 2-3 classes both have 12-13 students, with one special ed teacher, and 1 full time aid. The number of students are still growing, but the staff is getting less. The class used to have one teacher with two aids.
General ed classes are great in Lakewood. Some special need kids that attend the main-stream class have one-on-one aid for them, which is quite different from the LFI classes.