Five Palms Elementary School

This school has serious issues that impact both students and families. Communication between staff and parents is often inconsistent, and concerns regarding grades and student behavior are not always addressed transparently. Discipline procedures appear ineffective, which creates an environment where learning is frequently disrupted.Student achievement does not seem to be a priority, and there is little evidence of meaningful academic growth or accountability. Family engagement is extremely limited, and parents are often made to feel unwelcome or excluded from the school community.Leadership is another major concern. Administrative decisions lack transparency, and many parents feel their concerns are dismissed rather than addressed honestly. The Special Education department also appears to struggle with high staff turnover, making it difficult to maintain consistency and support for students.Overall, the school culture reflects low accountability, weak communication, and limited trust between families and administration.

When I went to pick up my son the teacher gave him 5 dollars

This school was the worse. First they did a whole bullying investigation on my 6 year old without my knowledge. How do you investigate a child. I found out when a letter was mailed to my home. Secondly I was out of the county on a work trip. They call to tell me my child did something on Friday. Remind you it’s Tuesday. And he can’t catch the school bus home. I had a teen watching my children who don’t drive. My thing is if my children are doing something wrong why not contact me so I can correct the issue or involve me in what’s going on with my children. My son teacher said she advocates for him a lot because he was the only black child in her class. I feel as if my children were being singled out because of their race. I’m involved deeply in my children education and life. So for me to be left out of things made me very upset. This the only neighborhood school. The worse. I sent my kids to idea and everything from homework to issues as well as my son being in special education got addressed immediately. The staff here are horrible

I just wanted to let you know that it is very bad February 2, 2026 right now. I wanna go leave my son at school. You have the sewer 18 wheeler taking out the sewer at this hour in the morning. Kids are walking by smelling all that bad waist that comes out of the tubes y’all should do it at night or after school when nobody’s there Please be caution thank you.

My children have gone to almost every elementary within a 5 mile radius of Sky Harbor. This is the first school they’ve loved to go to school to every single day. They haven’t been bullied like they have at every other school. They have a ton of family engagement events and lots of clubs for the kids to partake in. The community is so strong in this school and I absolutely love it. I transfer my kids yearly from their home campus to this campus. I can’t say enough about the teachers at this school. They’re so great with the kids and meeting them where they are daily. Even the principal is on the ground and knows the students. Last year my daughter’s teacher taught economics by selling crafts to students, the community and parents. They used the profits to buy the entire class snow cones on field day so no student was left out. The special needs and ARDs are respected and they keep you updated with emails and phone calls regularly. I haven’t experienced that with other schools either.