Woodard Elementary School

Both my kids attend Lamkin Elementary. They love it here. I have been able to partner with most of the teachers to ensure my kids had everything they needed in terms of support. Both my kids are GT and my oldest scored 100 percentile on STAAR (my youngest hasn't taken it yet). Which proves the teachers here are doing great. My kids are happy and well adjusted.

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 so judgmental they whisper instead of helping and attitudes are poor it makes parents feel uncomfortable I actually wanted to take my kids out of this school how I am treated when I go into the office

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.

I’ve had a great first year of kinder with my first daughter. She has enjoyed learning from her teacher, and I’ve seen her growth. Personally, I think everything starts at home. As long as parents are working together with teachers kids will do great in any school. The staff has always been welcoming and helpful. Love our elementary.

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.