8407 E Parmer Ln #2104
Manor, TX 78653

During the early days of the pandemic I was finally able to figure out what the heck was going on, and why the Manor schools were trying to put my kid in gifted and talented. My son is very smart but we came from a financially well endowed public school where the kids were academically where they were supposed to be or above. By trying to put my kid in the GT program it was a form of kicking the can down the road. After we moved my kid had to play a little catch up academically and when asked said that he was thankful we had the resources to move, and that even though he had to undergo a process to get into MNTHS, he was worried about his peers unpreparedness to advance to a university setting. Manor has potential but as it stands there exists some discipline issues( I was once at the school and quickly locked in a room as an all out brawl broke out, I paid and lost to sticky fingers and the fact there are NO lockers multiple glue guns and various school supplies. In the years between 4-9th grade there were some excellent teachers and I tried to support them either with supplies or volunteering but they need help! The district we originally came from( different state) all teachers had a para professional in the room, and way more peripheral help. I am confident as new homes are built and real estate taxes are dispersed this district has the potential to be great.

We tried to make it work at this school for years. We finally had to leave after seeing that teachers were forcing kids to walk during their only 20 minute recess of the day.m as a punishment for not behaving in class. If kids aren’t sitting quietly at lunch they have to sit alone in the corner. The amount of public shaming that goes on at BTE is a disgrace. Our kids deserve kindness and compassion and a break during recess, which by the way should be an hour long! We were told that other parents want more discipline at the school so we moved our kids to Austin Discovery School where they are much happier and getting far more time outside as well as social-emotional coaching and a 4 day school week.

I don't believe the teachers or staff truly care about all the students succeeding. They play favoritism and only help those they want to. There's no guidance for these children and in sports they only choose the kids that are really good leaving the other ones to sit out the entire games so what's the point in even joining a sport just to sit on the bench wasting parents money paying to see their child play when they never even get time to play. This school is a joke! No wonder it has a F rating.