Rainbow Parke

I’ve been disappointed with the recent changes at DFT. The new principal, Lily, appears oblivious to the established culture of the school and the input of veteran teachers. Decisions feel arbitrary, and there is a sense that parent voices are being ignored. The school’s direction feels headed the wrong way, and the lack of receptiveness from the front office makes it difficult to feel confident in the current leadership. Hopefully a change will be made soon for the sake of the students. I'm still giving the school good rating because there really are some great teachers there. It's the admin that could use a lot of improvement

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Classroom management exceeds expectations. Kids are engaged, excited, and challenged. Teachers support learners of all levels and work hard to make lessons engaging and inclusive of other subjects.

I was worried my grand daughter would be held back after we moved to Texas from Oregon. She hated school and was not doing well. She was entering 3rd grade at beginning first grade level. I spoke with the principle, Ms. Patureau and she came in and actually tested my grand daughter herself. She advised that she believed my grand daughter had learning disabilities. The schools in Oregon never even tested her. She recommended more testing and NOT holding her back. After the testing was completed, we went to the school for a meeting to receive the results. I was blown away! When we arrived, there were 11 teachers present to talk about what they tested her for, how they tested her, what the results meant and most importantly, their plan for moving forward to help her succeed. She was diagnosed with dyslexia and dysgraphia. Unbelievable engagement and effort by the exceptional staff at Veterans Hill Elementary. After one year, she tested at mid 2nd grade level, after two years, she is only slightly behind. Additionally, she now loves school and she loves her teachers! She also participates in extra curricular activities like choir, chess club and girl scouts. I am so grateful, thank you to all the staff at Veterans Hill!

hello former student here. I went to this school 3rd through 5th grade it was for the most part the best school I've been to. I personally think that they could put better effort into creating a more emotionally safe environment when I went there I was excused because I wasn't as rich as most of the other kids in there, but with it being new very clean, GREAT teachers, I feel it's an amazing school.