Crystal Hill Elementary School

Both of our children have had a wonderful experience at Forest Park. The teachers are incredible and they truly care about each and every student. There is a wonderful community atmosphere, and the school truly feels like family. There are so many ways to become involved as a family from the school garden to the many events hosted throughout the year. It truly is an amazing place.

Wonderful place for your child to learn. Parents and teachers are involved. Admin is supportive. My child has succeeded at this school. She looks forward to going and says that she feels safe.

It you go to this school, don't take violin lessons here. The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra provides violin lessons and the teachers there are bad. They don't teach fundamentals of violin playing at all. There aren't any expectations from the teachers. The other teachers at the school are okay, nothing special. The principal doesn't care about anything here.

This school is racist, classist, and ableist. There's nothing anyone will do about it. If you just moved here and are wondering about the schools, do whatever you can to get into a different one or homeschool. The teachers are encouraged to bully students who are different from their white suprememacist ideals.

This school has closed without notice. The staff were incompetent, inept and the facilities were poor and poorly maintained. The students will be better off in any other area school. They had several health and sanitation related issues and has lost most of the good teachers a few years ago do to politics and policy. Read white, christian, right-wing & privileged, pretending to be Montessori.

My son is in his 4th year at Miss Selma's. This school is a special place. From the Leadership to the Teachers to the Office Staff this school is a fantastic place for children to learn and grow. Every child is treated with fairness and a commitment to his or her education. Every child is challenged academically but there is a well-round approach to educating each child with opportunities for participation in Art, Music, foreign language, PE - all the things that make for great education. Character building is big part of school and each child is expected to treat their school and each other with respect. I pray every day that my son will be able to finish out his elementary education at Miss Selma's. It is truly a treasure for our state.

Don’t waste $13k on this school. It is run by unqualified parents who dominate the board and use it as their personal power trip. The head of school doesn’t even have a degree in education - and several other staff have zero education training but are hired because of whom they know (or married) on the board. The middle school offers no electives or extracurricular activities and teachers have clear favorites that are selected for everything. My child’s math scores increased 20 points after transferring to public school and said child finally stopped complaining about going to school.