Black Elementary School

I watched my straight A, kind hearted student decline for two years at this school. When I first enrolled her in first grade, she was happy and eager to learn. I had to pull her out by 3rd grade. There is a severe lack of diversity among the staff. Trust me if you have black children DO NOT enroll them in this school! You can feel the unwelcoming vibe as soon as you walk in. When I picked my 6 year old up from her very first day there in first grade, she asked me as soon as she got in the car, “ mommy am I black? Now where would a six year old get that from? I watched her confidence slowly decline, and by 3rd grade I had had enough. Please don’t make the same mistake I did. Now she’s thriving and back to straight A’s at Canyon Pointe Elementary. Totally different culture and vibe at this school and more diversity amongst the staff. Trust me it matters.

Our son is quiet and respectful and multiple occasions the principal and staff accused him of things during lunch just because he was there eating lunch with others who no behaved. When we asked about if they had proof our son was involved they said no and offered no apology for accusing him without solid evidence. He is also a minority so we feel he was being picked on for not being the right skin color for the area. Very saddening. Do better. We would still recommend the school because besides the false allegations our son excelled in class and enjoyed his time there but please treat all ethnicities the same as you treat the majority, it’ll make people fee safer to move here and send their kids to a school that aren’t racist towards innocent children.

Farney elementary has been an exciting and fun place to work and be. I have had the pleasure of working here as well as have my daughter be a 1st grader at Farney. Her first grade teacher was phenomenal, attentive, sweet, loving, kind, and knowledgeable. My daughter work up every morning, excited to go to school and did not want miss any days, sick or not. As an employee of Farney, I have experienced love and compassion for the staff, students, and parents. I enjoy working here as well as have developed deep family relationships with lots of staff members. Farney really is a family.

The staff is so judgmental they whisper instead of helping and attitudes are poor it makes parents feel uncomfortable I actually wanted to take my kids out of this school how I am treated when I go into the office

Wonderful school. They have high academic expectations and a wonderful warm environment.