Farmers Branch Elementary School

Me encanta que todo el personal es muy amable y el día viernes puedo disfrutar el almuerzo con min2 hijos

I’m honestly very disappointed with my niece’s experience at this school. She is only 4 years old, and instead of being supported and guided, my sister received phone calls almost every single day about her behavior. It felt excessive and unnecessary for a child that young.The teacher struggled to manage her and didn’t seem to use effective classroom strategies or age-appropriate consequences. There was very little effort to turn situations into teaching moments everything immediately escalated to calling home, even for minor things like putting her watch in her mouth. She’s 4. That’s normal behavior that should be redirected, not treated like a major issue.It also felt like unrealistic expectations were placed on her, as if she was expected to behave like a much older child instead of being given grace to learn and grow.What was most frustrating was the lack of support for our family. At one point, they told her she couldn’t ride the bus, which forced my sister who doesn’t even have a car to scramble and figure out transportation last minute. That was incredibly unfair and showed a lack of consideration.Overall, the school did not provide the patience, structure, or support that young children need. I would not recommend this school based on our experience.

Not a good experience with this school at all. Aside from the fact that the school is not very diverse, they don’t have the experience, teacher tenure, nor accessibility to programs experienced teachers to help the students accelerate. Instead of offering support, intervention and effective tools to students with trouble learning, (which if you look at the data is more than half of the school and they fall below state level on most, if not all categories) they offer a patternless, inefficient “small group” within the same classroom as the teachers that have been ineffective. When that doesn’t work the response is typically “they child isn’t responding to our EXCELLENT interventions so there MUST be some sort learning disability can we test your child”?Instead of recognizing the fact that the entire school is falling behind in several different areas and that major adjustments need to be made with staffing and resources, they would rather leave the students behind which leads to low test scores, low progression and retention. Until the person(s) in charge advocate for the children and give them the resources and support they need to make improvements, this school and MOST IMPORTANTLY the students will continue to fall behind. Get your child out before it’s too late.

I am extremely happy with the school.

Great school! Highly recommend. The teachers really care.