Stephen F Austin Elementary School

There is a teacher that I had the pleasure of meeting her name is Mrs. Curtis. She is new to school but her overwhelming personality brings such a radiant disposition not just to the school, but to the students and staff. Her skills in her field will hopefully bring an abundance of knowledge to help assist in her area expertise. Thank you, Mrs. Curtis, Hope you have plenty years here at Pecan Grove

The teachers are typically pretty good even though every now and then their is a bad teacher! But the administration is awful! They are extremely rude to parents and the children and even go as far as to scream at both parents and children! They absolutely refuse to follow legally binding agreements that are in the best interest of the children! They discriminate against children with learning disabilities! And they have zero problems with lying to a parents face! Not a good environment for children because the staff have super poor attitudes about doing what they are being paid to do!

My daughters attend this school since 2020 and it’s been amazing! There is not one negative thing I vacant say. My kids are thriving and are loving school.

I will say that when my child started in 2023, we had a different Principle and staff. After she left, most of the amazing teachers went too. I was initially excited for FBISD but with the incoming Principle, I feel like disorganization soon followed. My child has a non- certified teacher who is struggling with certain classes that said teacher teaches and the principle has been made aware of things that have been said, but nothing has changed. I would love for the kids to be able to be kids at elementary school. Every time I have lunch with my child, there is no talking in the lunchroom. One of the staff told me that they disrupt the music room??? That, my friend is a poorly planned layout. They are overcrowded and I feel lie that is the reason they want kids to not be rowdy. There are better fixes: maybe open the field before school at drop off time for the kids to expend some energy [prior to class starting and then again at the end of the day. These are free fixes that make a huge difference. It feels like our principle is in over her head and she has a lot of new educators, just adding to the issue.

Malala Elementary is WONDERFUL. We miss it so much. Both my son and daughter attended. The teachers, counselors, staff, everyone - kind and caring and genuine. Amazing community - better than even some private schools.