J. A. Phillips Elementary School

I fell this school is overcrowded and lacks adequate leadership. The skill and maturity level of the teachers varies-which is to be expected. I'm not sure if the issues are the fault of the school or just education in Webster Parish in general. There is almost no offer of any physical activity as even the playground is not offered at least a quarter of the school days. They also do not handle parents concerns very well, in my opinion. Instead of tackling the problem in a team approach, the faculty seems to devert attention away from the problem and begin to attack the child having the issue. This has happened to me and several other parents. This goes on to the point of the administration at the school seeming to bully the child with the issue to avoid dealing with the real issue. It is the most unfriendly and unprofessional school that I have been involved with personally and professionally, in my opinion. That says a lot coming from someone who has dealt with Bossier, Caddo, and Webster Parish schools professionally for the past 12 years.

I do not like the way some students get treated

Teachers will yell at children for talking I can understand if you tell them 1 or 2 times and they don’t become quiet but they yell the first time.One specific 5th grade teacher gives negatives for no reason my niece was talking with everyone else in class and she got in trouble and a few other students seem like the teacher picks and chooses to give negatives.

This is the first school that i attended when i moved from Dallas,Texas in 1970 and i learned a lot that has kept me from during wrong thimg