Freiheit Elementary School

I worked at Freiheit for about 3 years. I wish I knew about this site years ago because I think it is very helpful. This school has so much potential and has parents and teachers that really care, however, in my opinion the school district has failed to support the school as needed. They have placed too many special programs in the school and have ignored many requests for help. It is common for classes to have to evacuate into the hallway due to a student acting out violently. I saw students attack other students (hit, kick, choke.....etc). Parents were not notified when their children's class was evacuated and they also were not always contacted when their student was attacked which I found disturbing. My advice to parents would be to listen to their children and ask questions. Until parents speak out nothing will change. Also, instead focusing on the 3rd grade and up they should give much more support to kinder and first grade so the students are not so behind when they get to the 3rd grade. The teachers are micro managed and stuck in too many meetings. They have new leadership this year and I hope she is allowed to make the necessary changes. Prior leadership did not support the staff or parents (very unapproachable). The well being of "all" students needs to be prioritized instead of catering to chronically disruptive and violent students. Many of the students with special needs were set up to fail by insisting on inclusion even if that is not what is best for them and/or their peers. I saw classrooms torn apart, staff assaulted/injured and students cry because they were scared of the student next to them. All students deserve a safe environment in which to learn. Every teacher should have an aid in a Title 1 school in order to give the students the best chance to succeed and schools schools should stop the practice of passing students that have not learned what they need (no fault of theirs) in order to start the next grade.

Freiheit Elementary is a great school. The teachers are highly involved and interested in students and are highly responsive to parents. My child felt cared for while attending this school and preferred it over the private school he attended previously.

I live on a county line which took my son to a school 1.7 miles away, Clear Springs Elementary. It was a nice school, new to the also new Avery Springs neighborhood. My son liked it very much but the teachers didn't have the teaching skills for his special needs. My son is A.D.H.D type 3. They transferred him to Freiheit Elementary and I couldn't be more happy, it's half the distance too! The staff at Freiheit are wonderful with my son. They all work together to do what is best for my son and it shows in his school work, grades and his behavior. If a teaching technique doesn't work, then they keep trying with different ones until they find out what works for my little man. If you want your child to go to a school where the staff are truly caring, and are experienced, then I highly recommend this school. I would also like to take the time to especially acknowledge Mr. David Nielson, and the wonderful work that he does. When my son told me that he wanted to be a teacher just like Mr. Nielson, I knew we struck gold ;-)