#Sims 4 mods go to school mod#

i have downloaded v4 which is the most updated version of this mod that i can find and i even download lots that are made specifically for this mod. to try and fix THIS issue i have to go have my sim buy the lot which changes it to retail and then sell it which lets me change the lot type (finally), but then i'm back to square one since the updated 'Elementary School' option doesn't show up when i try to change the lot type, only the old version. i can bulldoze the building, but the lot type just stays as Elementary School in the grayed out drop down box. then to top it all off, i try to place the elementary schools on new, empty lots to see if it is just the one particular lot that is causing the problem and that just makes all of the lots that i try to use unusable since i can't ever change the lot type after i place the elementary school. this leads to me not being able to fix the bug that prevents me from following my sim to school which then just prevents me from using this mod altogether.

i tried to find a new lot (my search criteria being Lot > Type > Elementary School and i've ticked the box that says 'Include Custom Content') but every time i place the correct, updated elementary school, i can never change the lot type. the drop down box is grayed out and i get a message that says 'disabled for special venues' or something along those lines. the issue i'm having is that when i go to try and change the lot type, it is permanently set to elementary school. the game doesn't recognize my school so i don't get the option to follow my sim, so i know you're supposed to go into build mode, change the lot type to random, exit build mode, go back in, and set it back to elementary school. i have checked 'include custom content' and am able to place the updated elementary schools into my world, but that leads to my next problem. it doesn't show up in my list, but when i search the gallery for an updated elementary school it shows up in the filter list under Lot > Type. i'm having a few issues with this mod, the first one being that i can't set my school as an updated elementary school, just the old version. secondly, i know these questions have been asked a ton and i've watched youtube videos, visited tons of sims 4 help websites/articles,В but nothing seems to work. (this is a LONG question, but i wanted to try and give as much detail as possible so that it would be easier for anyone who's kind enough to try and help me out!) so first of all thank you so so so much for this detailed tutorial, i would have been lost without it.