Barcroft Elementary School

Great school, I actually switched my child's school to be a part of Randolph elementary. It has been a great experience. My son loves it, and everyone makes you feel welcomed and comfortable. My son is in Kindergarten, he has learned so much.

We have had a terrible experience at Barrett. The administration is weak and ineffective. They have some serious behavior issues and parent involvement is minimal.

The name of this school is now Alice west fleet. It moved here five? or so years ago in to a brand new building and changed its previous name Patrick Henry to Alice West Fleet. I think it is because the name is not changed here that there are no reviews after 2017. My son has been going to this school for just over a year. I find the teachers are good, they are dedicated, experienced, supportive and engaged with parents, at least in our experience. The administrators are also welcoming and responsive to parent inquiries and concerns. However I found they are not strong in addressing kids bullying. Even though, they responded to concerns from a few parents, they didn’t take strong action so the problem was not fully resolved. I am afraid if such problem persist the school is not well equipped to address it decisively. The advanced academics (gifted) program also seems less challenging and engaging to students enrolled in the gifted program. Over all though, the school environment is welcoming and the education is good with a well diverse student community. In fact I feel the 5/10 rating it is given here I doesn’t do it justice.

Unfortunately, my son experienced an unfortunate incident and no action was taken. Furthermore, to make matters worse, they accused my young child of lying. Additionally, there is a severe lack of supervision during lunchtime, with no teachers present, and the communication with parents is extremely poor. Even though I’d diverse there is no comunicación with the parent what so ever. Bad school, if I could give zero I would.

I can not express how horrible for a kid to be in this school Discrimination , Bullying, disrespect and very lady stuff 2023 special need student was beaten and teacher was jailed My son with Autism was detained in a room for months because he cry they did not even bother to inform us Principal useless teacher behaving like teens Education level even below and no one take responsibility We sold our home to move from that school It was a nightmare for our kids and family Please do not take your kid there or you have to follow daily before they destroy his ability of learning I hold FCPS responsible for that behavior because they never act to correct things and make them right We pay taxes to create a jail for children instead of a school

I am about to graduate from this school, and I can say that I have never been so excited to leave the school. A lot of students at this school get bullied, and have gone to all of the principals, but no one has done anything about the situations going on. Not to mention that the staff refuse to take any constructive criticism whatsoever. The bathrooms are very unsanitary and are very outdated. The teachers assigned too much work, and it causes overstimulation and exhaustion. The dress code is incredibly sexist, especially for the girls. It is run like the 1920s. The library is in the church, and isn't very much of a 'library'. Middle school students are highly mistreated, especially eighth graders. I do not recommend this school.