Freedom Elementary

Our PTO organization is the best in the city. Teachers maintain open communication with parents. Students are encouraged to participate in after school clubs and sports. Leadership in this school is second to none; Mrs. Short has done amazing things at Pioneer Park. Overall, this is a good place to be.

They teach the kids that it is acceptable to allow others to treat you poorly while not being allowed to stick up for yourself. Bullying is not only allowed, but ENCOURAGED at this school. If you teach your kid not to bully as well as not allowing others to bully them, they will be mistreated by the staff as the problem. They think it is ok to not teach the kids because on average all children are 6 months or more behind schedule anyways. Instead of helping the children, they are misleading them. My child has had bad experience after bad experience while only trying to learn and not be bullied. This school has made him hate going daily because of the way he has been treated. Only one teacher he has had there has helped him and she came from another school when it was shut down. If she followed him yearly, maybe things would be different. Maybe the school needs to take some recommendations from her. The principal will not call you back to resolve issues, and if by chance you get in touch with her, she will state she is looking into something and still do nothing to help better a situation.

I think it's a power trip since the last principal left...my kids are always coming home explaining bullying and how they tell the teachers and nothing gets done ..you report first then their truth is manipulated into a lie, or scare tactic ..and being that "you can't know how the other child was handled" you just never know what to believe ..I use to be big on disciplinary actions at home but when you have teachers who are always on an ego trip and then the assistant principal whose always antagonizing, I now pick my children up to hear their side ...because they leave everything out but what the child did..I don't understand how you're calling me sending 2 kindergarten kids home for passing licks on a playground and that's what kids do.but fell to mention you slamming you hand down on the desk while talking to her I'm glad she laughed at you because that was very ignorant!! Mine won't be manipulated, or scared to hit if they're being hit first ..maybe when you train your staff to listen and not ignore because she went straight to the teacher and she felled to do the right thing then maybe you'll have me on your team other than that Pat Henry Elementary needs to get it together can't keep teachers or administration staff ..