W J Turner Elementary School

Hate this school! Don't send your kids here!! Hopefully my son get accepted to fwisd school of choice program next year. My son teacher yells at him and he afraid to go to school! Teacher said that he cannot ask question if he does not know how to do the work he is suppose to work independently . He is a 1st grade student. Hate this school

This is an amazing example of a neighborhood school. Joy James Academy is part of the Leader in Me community. Students have a voice and are true leaders within the school and community. Parents, teachers and community members work together as a team!

Won’t include details in fear of retaliation. My child attended here last school year (2023-2024). Our experience was really overwhelmingly bad. The bus was often broken down leaving kids stranded at school. They would call and say that I should have been at the school 20 minutes ago (how was I supposed to know?) they then threatened to call CPS on me because the bus broke down and they didn’t notify me to pick up my child. The principal was also extremely condescending towards me, asking me questions about my marriage whenever my child would be late (usually doctor’s appointments). I did not feel supported as a parent and I often felt like my child was targeted because he wasn’t receiving enough support at school. Even though we have IEPs and 504s in place. My child is also disabled, so he did have a special class he went to. This is in no way an attack on his teachers. They were amazing. This is a review about the office staff and primarily the principal. No one that unprofessional should be in charge of hundreds of students and staff members.

My friends son has been bullied by the same boys for a year and the school hasnt done anything about it. Its a crime to let a child feel unsafe at school and irresponsible of the school to sweep this under the rug.