Redland Oaks Elementary School

Happy with my child's 1st grade experience this year. Teacher has communicated regularly and my son is thriving. He comes home excited to tell me about what he has learned.

I hate to post a bad review of this school, hopefully in the future it will change, and I can update it but for now it's accurate. I learned of a child in my daughter's kindergarten class who at the beginning of the year was having difficult behavior (kicking, hitting the teacher). I thought it was merely an isolated incident. Unfortunately, I didn't find out the extent until last week when this same student threw a chair in class which grazed my daughter on the side of her head. I received a call from the nurse and of course asked her teacher about it later. I reached out to other parents who have children in the same grade, some in her class, others in another teacher's class and that's when I found out this student has been terrorizing and abusing the children all through the school year. He has hit & kicked other children, stabbed the teacher with a pencil and yet is allowed to remain in class. Granted there was another principal who has since been removed but even with our recent meeting with the acting principal the attitude seems to be the same. They have confirmed the district has sent specialists to help. I have had lunch with my daughter and can confirm there are additional people around him now although I am still at a lack of words that there were no consequences for his behavior. I was also made aware (via other parents) that a second student in one of the other kindergarten classes exhibits the same behavior and is apparently related to the child in my daughter's class. I cannot confirm if he is also receiving assistance from other faculty although when I went to have lunch with my daughter, I personally saw him get away from a teacher, knock down a flagpole & then go behind some children & raise his hand to hit them. He was stopped prior to being able to although to me as a parent that is completely unacceptable behavior and how this child is still allowed to be in school is beyond me. Since there was no empathy or support from the leadership at the school we have started looking into options so that our daughter will not attend next year. I hope by posting this review it helps other parents to know what is happening at Longs Creek. I was in the dark until an incident happened, and it seems it will obviously take a child being seriously injured before they bother taking true action.

The Dyslexia teacher told my daughter that she is in the class because she cannot read as good as the other kids. The counselor told us that my son did not need to be tested for GT because we came from a different demographic. My daughter’s classroom teacher refused to tutor her before the STAAR test. The principal agreed with this behavior. Never again. It’s sad that education has come to this. We have to do better.

Steubing Ranch Elementary is an amazing school with a wonderful, knowledgeable staff that caters to many different types of students. Their dual language program fosters a love for reading in both English and Spanish for my young daughter. The teachers are kind, patient, and use the newest technologies and resources to teach many different types of learners. Administrative staff is supportive of parents, their staff and especially their students.