Byrd Unit

This school is awful. This is my first child’s first year of school (kindergarten) and it was worse than I ever could’ve imagined. I hated it just from the registration experience but kept waiting to see something different. The whole first month was something every week. My daughter stated a teacher said she felt warm but the teacher let her decide if she went to the nurse. She came home with a fever. We have reduced lunches but she wasn’t allowed to have a chocolate milk. She’d lost her report card. (Assume another student took it home because we always get other kids papers.) The nurse refused to give antibiotics because she didn’t follow protocol and the principal ignored my emailed concerns. This isn’t even it BUT the cherry on top of it all was my daughter fell at recess, was sent to the nurse yet sat at school for 4 hours with a broken arm and PAIN in which the sub teacher and nurse were both informed of. NOBODY CONTACTED ME. The principal had nothing but excuses for the nurse. I wanted to pull my daughter from the district but she wants to stay because she loves her friends and teacher. She will not be returning and I’d advise every parent to do whatever you can to keep your child out of this school district. I’ve had good experiences with her homeroom teacher and the assistant principal but other than that, it’s all been the worst nightmare.

My son has not improved behaviorally or academically after transferring from Willis ISD. In fact his grades have lowered and his discipline has gotten worse. We have tried to improve this at home as well but he seems to get away with a lot during the school day which we have spoke to the staff about many times. We are not only thinking about changing schools but possibly homeschooling as this campus last report showed C’s all across the board and shows scoring under the well below average here on this site as well.

Excellent teachers and great curriculum. Very positive enevironment.