16906 Redland Downs
San Antonio, TX 78247

My son completed 6th and 7th grade and will complete 8th grade 2021. He loves coming to school and says 6th and 7th grade were his best years. He has great memories of his teachers and friends he made throughout the years. He is doing great given the difficulties of learning due to COVID and having less class participation due to social distancing requirements. This has brought new challenges for all students and staff. But, his teachers are excellent and make learning as fun and interesting as possible.

I was a recent student at MacArthur and while the school has potential it’s held back due to the lack of funding, understaffed and underpaid teachers, and many troubled students who have serious mental health problems. The drug gang cliques are very common and the some of the fights I witnessed looked liked the kids were trying to kill each other at times.

I have had to move around quite a bit and, as a result, have had experiences with many schools in this city. The staff have been highly communicative about my child's performance as well as the more in-depth areas where she struggles. In a collaborative effort between myself and her teachers, my child has jumped three grade levels in her reading performance in the one year she has been here. I've noticed that some schools that turn out high-achieving students only seem to focus their attention on children that are already high-achievers so my daughter consistently fell through the cracks. The teachers here have collaborated with me and have come up with their own strategies to help my own struggling child grow while also telling me when my child has worked especially hard or achieved a learning milestone. I expect that by the end of this upcoming school my child will have completely caught up to her peers. They've pushed her to excel without making her miserable. She has looked forward to returning to school all summer. My only regret is that this will be her last year with them as she moves on to middle school.