Tambark Creek Elementary School

Horrible school. They have the worst communication with families. They use ParentVue to communicate about everything. You will get 100 post about things you don’t care about and zero posts about things like yearbooks and bell schedule changed, you know important things. Office staff are rude. I once tried to bring snacks to my kid’s class and the office lady wouldn’t even let me sign in to take them to class. These were snacks the teacher asked for and here’s the office staff gatekeeping me out of the classroom. It’s clear the school is out of money from the dirty carpet, hazardous parking lot full of pot holes, and lack of creative art. Classrooms are full of kids who bully other children. Teachers can’t control their students or manage to send proper communications home. We should have pursued a private school.

We are having good experience with both of our kids so far.Infrastructure is good.There is an improvement needed for teachers to encourage every student to participate in extra curricular activities.Most of the times students/parents are not aware of any extra school activities or sports which takes place.

I don't think the mental and emotional well being of students is a priority at SFE. Group punishment is often used during recess. Lunch time isn't enough for kids to sit and finish their meal. The district and school administration pushed against parent requests and OSPI recommendations to extend lunch.

In the 4 years my kid was at this school, she was having a bless. Even now she is at middle school and going to high school next year, she would still remember her teachers from Cedar wood and talks about them all the time. Every year she had an amazing teacher and especially at grade 3, I don't want to name name, but her grade 3 teacher was my kid's all time favor. All those teachers know their stuff and are very patient. We are very happy that we have lived in that neighborhood, with all those amazing teachers!

I will never recommend this school compare with other schools in Everett school district. One of 5th grade teacher join from other school where she was principal and disappeared from that school without any notice or explanation to parents. She is trying to run this school with racism between some favorite students and other students. She doesn’t come from empathy background and always try to find mistakes from other kids.