Byars Dowdy Elementary School

My daughter was struggling to read and came into first grade with some challenges. They caught her up in reading. Her teacher Mrs. Morrison is the best! She came to my daughters ballet performance. There was an issue with a few kids in my older daughters class being difficult. The teachers did an average job of helping my daughter feel comfortable.

I have had repeated issues of my child. Getting bullied and then getting in trouble because teachers didn't want to investigate. Teachers who punish not based on rules, but what they feel. There is little to no communication. Have decided homeschool, route, it's better both for the education. Mental health and safety of my child.

I have had several horrible experiences with this school constantly. The teacher refused to allow my children to use the restroom and several children. If you send your child here make sure they are getting adequate restroom breaks.A teacher also told her classroom "girls to stay away from the boys." My daughter said "My brother is scared of girls." The teacher replied saying "When he becomes a teenager that he is going to be all up on the girls." My daughters read books for a donation event and for the simple fact they did not bring in money. They had to stay inside and be forced to read while the other children got to go outside have popsicles and play outdoors. FYI (we have only one income coming in right now limited on family/ friends).My daughter gets called short and gets asked constantly "Why are you short?" The teachers send the children home with multiple different fraction problems and with very little guidance on how to solve the problems. From (adding mixed fractions, subtracting mixed fractions, Multiplying mixed fractions, and on top of it asked to simplify the problems.)I asked my daughter if her teacher showed her how to do the math problem and her response was "she showed us how to do one and had us do the rest on our own." My daughter says that the teacher has them work together to solve the problem. My daughter shouldn't be asking another student to constantly how to solve problems. My daughter said "this is the way a classmate told her how to do it." (The classmate showed her a wrong way to do it and I had to correct her.)I am highly encouraged to find another school route next year or may even homeschool again. Anything is better than this.I would NEVER RECOMMENED this school. If you want a piece of trash school where teachers care more about money rather than their students. Than sure put your kids in this trashcan of a school.

If you have recently been zoned for this school, trying your absolute hardest to get zoned for another Wilson County school. As a former student, this has been the worst school i’ve been to in all of my life (i’ve been to 5). They hire anyone that comes in for an interview. I personally have no good experiences or good memories of this place and i’m sure thousands of other kids could say the same.

I am not a native of Lebanon, therefore I have had a great deal of anxiety about choosing a Pre-K Program for my daughter. My Husband and I looked at several Private Schools in Lebanon and ultimately we decided that Cedars Preparatory Academy was the best choice for us based on many factors: We LOVE the Principal, Mary Beard!!! ALL of the Teachers have morals and values that align with my family's. The cost of tuition is comparable to many daycares in the area. We are very impressed with the cirriculum for Pre-K. My daugher has been at Cedar's for 6 Months and she has progressed from having a very limited vocabulary to speaking in full articulate sentences. Everyday she comes home to show me a new Art Project or tell me new words that she has learned in Spanish, or sings a Bible Song that she learned. Being at Cedar's has given my daugher experiences that she could not have gotten at any other school. We are very pleased with the school, her teacher, and the Principal.