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Our family has loved Oakland for the past 6 years that we have been here. Administration, teachers, and staff go above and beyond to create a caring, fun, challenging, and safe environment. Students care for one another and have a great sense of community. Go Orcas!

Horrible school, from Principal to teachers! They treat children like a prisoners. They put unrealistic and unreasonable expectations on 4 year olds, and punish them in the weird and unreasonable ways. They make 4 year olds walk in the hallways with one hand on the lips and another hand on the waist, like prisoners. I pulled my child out of that horrendous school. There are maybe 3 good teachers who care for the whole school. Most of the teachers are there for a paycheck and don't care even to teach kids on their grade level.

Wide spread bullying. One teacher bullied a child during his Graduation ceremony. While on the podium, the Lead Teacher of Oakland Elementary school mispronounced one student’s name. Instead of acting appropriately in such situation she decided to give that student a loud shout out in a comical way. Then she immediately comically shouted out another student’s name who wasn’t even on her list. These are her words one to one from the video: “I do have to say J** B**…, there he is. That poor child! Every day he comes in the hall I say his name like that, Mmm… He loves it though, I think. I do! Ha, ha!” This should be considered bullying! Not only has the teacher used the Graduation to tease the child one last time, she admitted to doing that on a consistent basis through the school year. She even had a classical Bully’s excuse: ‘He loves it though, I think. I do! Ha, ha!’ We will never believe that the Principal of Oakland didn’t know about this bullying. The teachers in Oakland Elementary cannot say their student’s names after a year of teaching them. How can such teachers engage with the students? How are the teachers referring to their students during the school year, or do they just ignore them the whole year? Charleston County School Board member pulled her child out from that school. Even the Constituent board members don't take their children to Oakland. These facts tell you about this school louder than any good reviews here.

Oakland is one of the best schools in Charleston. Everyone from the administration to the teachers are outstanding in every way. They truly care and do their best every single day for every single student in the school.