Copeland Elementary School

I love this school very much. The principal, teachers, and staff are so friendly and care too much about my kids and parents. Special Education here is the best with the teacher of the year. I refer my friends to this school and they love it too. Highly recommend to everybody.

My child attended Fiest for three years before we decided to withdraw them. Unfortunately, our experience was marked by poor communication from the school. Information was often provided at the last possible moment, if at all, and teachers rarely communicated with us regarding lessons when we inquired.During the first year, the teacher went on leave, and a permanent substitute was assigned to the classroom. We were not given any means to communicate with this new employee. School work wasn't sent home until the last two weeks of school.In the second year, the teacher was a recent graduate. Our child frequently complained about the teacher crying and yelling at students. Despite raising our concerns, no action was taken. The third year was the best of the three, but even then, we were never informed about ways to help our child succeed when we prompted the teachers.Throughout all three years, the teachers seemed more focused on managing misbehaving children rather than supporting students who were eager to learn. I believe this issue is partly due to CFISD's inadequate disciplinary measures. They tend to use group punishments instead of addressing the actual problem children, which undermines the incentive for well-behaved students to continue their good behavior and academic efforts.If you are merely seeking childcare and are not concerned about your child's academic progress, this school may suffice. However, if you are looking for a solid educational foundation for your child's future, I would recommend looking elsewhere.

This staff does not actually care about your child's education. They will let you down. We have a straight A student that is not being challenged academically, is member of choir, student government, you name it, they are in it. But guess what? My student is not in Gifted or Horizons, even though we have been pursuing it for the past three years. Want to know what happens? The staff tells you they don't know about the testing or how to sign up. No literature is sent home, no reminders in your child's folder. Nothing. Then you hear from your kid they saw testing was being done, and they weren't on the list. Annoyed, you call the school and they feign ignorance. Then, the second go around, they point to a tiny message in one thread from the principal on an app, that they use as justification for notification. So let's get this straight, they sent messages for star testing, dpms, quizzes, field trip reminders, but cannot be bothered to send any info about the gifted and horizons program. Calling the principal, and the counseloe does not help.This school clearly does not want children in that program. Parents, if you don't monitor your children's education very carefully, this school will take advantage, and do the bare minimum. We will be addressing this with the school board. If we get no relief there, we will most likely be removing and home schooling, while we engage with a lawyer to make this right, and to save our students from being targeted and unfairly treated.

The level of inappropriate activity in the classroom is shocking and includes teachers bullying one another, teachers bullying students, teachers name-calling students during class, and teachers flipping tables in anger while students are present in the classroom. Staff does not want parents to know what goes on in the classroom or to be involved in the school at all. This school has a highly toxic vibe between management staff (Principal and Vice Principals) and teachers where good teachers don't feel comfortable speaking out. This toxic vibe extends to the relationship between staff and parents as well. Management staff (Principal and Vice Principals) are perfectly willing to blatantly lie about issues to save face. The school hides behind denial and lies and, when parents pursue formal grievance, they hide behind district grievance rules which are time sensitive and not obvious to parents. The school district itself has so many complaints laid against it that they simply sweep issues under the rug rather than attempt to deal with the known issues. This school is a good example of why homeschooling has become so prevalent. I recommend transferring to another local elementary school until the current management staff, at the very least, has changed.

Most of the stuff there they don’t care about you or your time they don’t know anything and always has a excuse for miscommunication they have I don’t want my kid come to this school