St Barnabas Elementary School

at Barnard I would say that the teachers try their hardest to teach these students and make them a smart as they can be from what I seen when I came in the room.Its the children ,not all just some. And some of the students and only a staff member, when she would write the children up she would not hear the children story or try to argue with them. Other then that some children can be disrespectful and rude.

This is a really great school. The staff is professional and caring. The facility is impressive and very clean. My grandson has been a student at UECA for 2 years and is performing above grade level. He loves his school and is excited about learning

Don’t send your kids here. The Principal does not care about the quality of education the kids are getting. My daughter’s teacher went on maternity leave, they did not have a teacher in place instead put a unqualified teacher aide in the class. Because this teacher was not qualified, they had 4th grade teacher teaching 3rd math and ELA. Neither the aide or 4th grade teacher have degrees. The 4th grade teacher was constantly rude to parents and posted a inappropriate TikTok video of the students. The work being sent home was all over the place and it was unorganized. Parents complained and nothing was done. My daughter ended the school year not covering all of 3rd grade math components. They took away the music and art teacher, and barely taught religion. When paying tuition….this is not quality of education you want for your child.

St John Fisher has many wonderful attributes. The principal is great and in tune with students and staff. Staff we have encountered have been friendly and caring. This is definitely a 'local' community school, meaning that many or most students are from the immediate area surrounding the school. I think many school families have old ties to the school and each other and it seems to show when it comes to parental and volunteer involvement. This would be the negative or minus one star. While I wouldn't use the word favoritism, it is difficult to describe what it's like as a parent. Many parents feel the disconnect and inability to easily get involved, and have thus given up. This is a shame and I was really hoping for something different as a school experience, as making the investment in Catholic education for us was making a whole family investment of being involved with our child's schooling and community. Overall we feel SJF is a great school, that is lacking in inclusion from the family and parental perspective. I have noticed comments about lacking in Catholic values, I don't believe that is necessarily the case. One and one, I have had only one experience with a person at the school being awful, basically, and everyone else has been wonderful....