Fairfield South Elementary School

I dont believe this school cares about a childs needs. Read the reviews on Google. They lack a caring, supportive, and a nurturing environment. Children should feel loved, safe, and wanted. They will tell you they will work with your child if they need additional help, that is not true. There was no plan to help my child succeed. Their solution was to take the easy way out, and get him out of their program because he needed more attention. Teacher-The role of a teacher is to inspire, motivate, encourage and educate learners. Techers can have a lasting effect on our children good or bad. It is truly sad that there are individuals who lack these skills working in an educational environment.

Fantastic school! Christian values are highly emphasized, and my kids have really grown over the years to be more responsible and loving than I think they would have in public school. The academic program and grading scale is very challenging, but it sets the kids up for success in high school. They work with students who have IEPs, and contract with Hamilton County Educational Services Center for specialists in things like speech therapy. They have an awesome STEM program, and there are lots of extracurriculars to choose from - sports, music, drama... And, they compete against several other schools in the area in sports, public speaking, and academics. The teachers come out to visit every student's home over the summer to get to know them better and talk about what to expect in the upcoming year. Everyone there makes you feel like you are a part of one big family. We couldn't be happier there!

We found this school may years ago when our oldest was about to go into second grade. They had been attending public school and we felt that the teachers there were devoting more time to other students that might not have had as much support at home. We felt our child would get more attention in this type of environment. We were amazed that a small school had as many resources as they do. They have a reading and math specialist. They have Spanish class that starts in kindergarten. They have a really nice STEM lab and a computer lab. Being such a small school give a real family feel. There is only 1 class per grade so by the time your student graduates you are very familiar with all the students in the class and the parents. The downfall to that is, mostly in math, students learn at different speeds. They move everyone along at the same pace when some students excel in a subject and other struggle and could use a slower pace. Although not as obvious with the younger students, it is a disadvantage for the older students. They have taken some steps to remediate that in recent years, including dividing up in math class, and I hope they continue to expand that.

My son has gone to Linden from Kindergarten until the present. He is a gifted child, extremely intelligent. They recognized it early and have accommodated accordingly with more challenging work than the typical student in his grade, always keeping in touch with us with great communication. Every teacher he has had, along with the administrative staff have always been great at communicating and coming up with plans to help him achieve his potential and not become bored or dejected about school.I've also, up to this point, noticed they have a good balance of school and home. They don't send him home with homework, but it does occasionally happen and it's usually leading up to an important test. That's one thing I always stress to teachers; let them be kids too. There's no need to be at school for 7 hours a day, only to come home and have to do more school work every night. Kids need to have free time and play.I have nothing but good things to say about Linden Elementary and it's staff. They've been amazing.