McNamara Elementary School

My son just started thus school year in pre k.... Im not happy with his progress Im looking for alternatives

Will be looking for a different school very soon. It's more than evident people are here to protect their job and reputation, not the children.

They are working through their issues and ultimately you just need to decide if you want your family along for the ride. We had heard mixed reviews about Herod, but when they launched the Pre -K program this year we figured we would give it a shot. Pros:1. VERY involved PTO that cares about the school and wants the best for the students. They are very welcoming and involved. 2. The students do learn things in class. Our child came home the first week telling us their favorite shape was a rhombus! We definitely didn't teach them that. Cons:1. Teachers seem to be treading water. My understanding is that the language immersion teacher was fired the day before school started and they had an aid teaching this class. This meant one less aid helping with the other classes and put the teachers in a real bind. Despite touting their app that made communicating with teachers easy, our teaching did not even have a profile set up in the app until the second week of school and never answered messages on it. 2. This school seems focused on equity at the expense of the educational experience. Our child came home with bruises on their neck and when we inquired about what happened (several messages unanswered and only after we made it clear we would be reaching out to the principal did we get a response) we were told that the class has three students with severe behavioral issues and they essentially couldn't pay attention to what the other children were doing so they had no idea what happened. This was enough for us to pull our child. Upon coming in to complete the withdrawal form not a single admin asked about our experience. Just seemed like business as usual (which I am willing to bet it is). If you have the resources to go somewhere else I would encourage you to do so.

Don't know where to start. It is very overwhelming when it comes to helping other teachers and staff when you have a useless principal like Akala. Akala promotes bullying between teachers. She allows it to an extreme, imagine the children, just today i experience in the morning how a mother was not allow to enter , she was actually bringing the teachers treats per request, mind this she brought treats not to long ago as well and was allow to enter. I mean i know she worked at school before and quit for many reason that the school hides under the rug. HISD it's unbelievable how you let a principle have personal problems with an ex-worker / parent. Akala very unprofessional, always running from a problem, she is good at that. I hope all parent comes together and do something about it. PROPS TO THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THEY DO SHOW A DIFFERENCES.

I have never felt stronger about anything in my life. This school needs to be investigated. They are not and should not be able to educate our children. I was so very disappointed in our experience with this school and the horrible people involved. This place is a joke.