Forest Hills

Horrible!! My daughter is special needs and can’t speak English at all so I can’t just enroll her and put her on a bus. I got ignored and transferred everytime I spoke to some one. The just said enroll her online. I had to uproot my entire life to send her to school in Virginia instead because the school wanted nothing to do with her! The one time someone spoke to me they swore they could make a plan and get her iep meeting done on time. Never heard anything back ever again. Thankfully Virginia cares and got her iep and everything done on time. The school ignoring me and my daughter put a level of stress I had never felt before. 0/100.

Our family has never felt less welcome in an educational environment. I have the very strong impression that our children are considered sub-standard citizens because they are new to the school. They are great kids and also bright students. They have been talked down to and reprimanded including phone calls and emails home for things such as not standing with their hands at their sides in a school photo (his hands were behind his back instead) and sitting near a group of kids who were talking during a class visit to the counselor. In the phone call the counselor actually gave me a list of names our kids should and should not be friends with. These calls and emails are not only petty but unnecessary in a child’s first 5 school days. I can’t speak toward the academics at this point other than both kids were given poor grades for assignments they weren’t actually present for by 3 different teachers- these were or will be corrected after we brought this up. Again, not a welcoming environment by staff and a very sad start to what we hope will be a quality academic future in Bristol. One positive the students have all been very kind.

Excellent school! Staff,Principal,and secretary are very kind,yet professional. I would recommend this school. And have to anyone seeking a top of the line elementary school. My son is happy there. He gets excited about school daily,sharing with us all the things he's learned. Best elementary school in Virginia/Tennessee area..hands down! Thank you Van Pelt for all your hard work. And thank you for your compassion for our children!

I love that school they were so kind

awesome school I highly recommend going here.

The ONLY thing I would hold against TACA is its geographical location. It's in a rougher part of Bristol and my daughter refuses to go to any other school so we are stuck living in an area we dont really want to so we can get her to school in a timely manner.