Sampson Elementary School

We absolutely love Lamkin Elementary! From day one, we’ve been so impressed with how well the school communicates. We always know what’s going on and feel truly connected. The teachers are caring, patient, and genuinely invested in their students’ success. The staff overall is knowledgeable, professional, and always approachable, which makes such a difference. They also celebrate their students all the time!The administration is incredibly supportive, visible, and they genuinely care about both students and staff. You can feel the positive energy the moment you walk through the doors. They’re now a Capturing Kids’ Hearts Showcase School, too! Our kids absolutely love going to school every day!We feel so lucky to be part of a school community that values learning, kindness, communication, and teaching the whole child as much as this one does. Thank you, Lamkin!

anti-pedagogical behavior by principal and assistants, they should not be able to work with children. They kicked my son out of school like an animal, they didn't give us any explanation and the principal's assistant took his supplies without any excuse.

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 nice, but they have no understanding of how to execute 504 plans for students with learning disabilities. Their communication with parents of children on 504 plans is nonexistent. Teachers do not provide proper accommodations to the students. Teachers expect the students to handle all communication to their parents as if they are adults. Things get lost in translation then the school blames the student and parents. Also they blame the state for not providing enough support for special needs students. Which might hold some truth, but there is no reason not to communicate with parents.

I visited the school to discuss with the teacher solely to try and figure out the sudden loss of interest my daughter has in her classroom. I was curious to know if she (the teacher) had noticed anything unusual in her classroom that could have made my daughter feel uncomfortable.However, instead of feeling concerned what could be bothering my daughter in class. The teacher attacked me verbally and began to raise her voice. I immediately assumed she had said something to my daughter, and she felt guilty. This is why she’s raising her voice to me. My heart raced, and I felt like I was about to faint. I felt trapped as the assistant principal sat there, silent and smugly waiting for me to retaliate. Now, why would I do something like that? It would only worsen the situation. I was trying to help my daughter, not worsen the matter!Initially, the teacher informed me that the substitute teacher had told her that my daughter was talking excessively. I found this to be entirely false.Later, she contradicted herself, which confirmed my theory. She stated that my daughter was always quiet and rarely raised her hand.This revelation came after her lengthy explanation of various issues affecting her life, including surgery, a family death, assisting a child with an accident. and another issue that morning.Feeling utterly defeated, I wondered what else I could do to help my child feel better in this classroom. She then started providing a self-character reference as if the meeting was about her. (My guess is that these words were meant to the assistant principal sitting next to her because I couldn’t understand why they were being said to me. I went there to discuss my daughter, not her.)It was evident that I was making no progress in this parent-teacher conference. I left feeling completely uncomfortable with the teacher. She was on the defensive when I asked why my daughter had suddenly lost interest in her class. I can only imagine her response when the children do have questions, especially considering all the personal issues she’s dealing with.Yes, I was quite uneasy about leaving. My daughter will be sitting in her classroom shortly after I leave and every day until school ends. Needless to say, I will be worried every day as I drop her off at school. We’ll just have to continue praying throughout the day that my daughter is okay. That was the most unusual parent-teacher conference I’ve ever attended.

We love this school. Our children look forward to coming to school every day. The teachers are caring and attentive to our kid's specific learning needs. We love that they are not confined to a classroom all day but enjoy that their teachers hold class or reading time outdoors on beautiful days. Not only that, the community here is the best. All families here agree that we want the best for our children.