Fields Road Elementary

My son has an AWESOME 2nd grade teacher, Ms. Beth Molnar! After coming from another MCPS school that didn't provide a good curriculum or one on one attention, my son is so happy now! I see the difference in his attitude, his work, his enthusiasm to go to school everyday. He loves his school and his teachers. Fields Road teaches the kids more than just "book" education. They teach them how to be good citizens, good people and honorable people.

Fields Road Elementary School is an excellent school with a wonderful staff and awesome teachers. There is a genuine care for the students as well as a positive interest in the curriculum. The support of the staff and community is what makes this such a positive, well-rounded, and fun school.

Teachers and administration are enthusiastic, involved and vested in the students success. Love the class sizes and the array of school activities offered, including free classes taught by volunteer teachers.

Awesome school, staff, students and administration!

Amazing teacher, supportive administration and active PTA. This diverse school offers students the opportunity to not only learn academically, but also from each other. My children have both had a positive experience and there is the right balance of projects and homework.

Fields Road is the quintessential neighborhood elementary school with excellent teachers that care about each and every kid. We have loved our 5 years here! Class sizes are smaller than most schools and the school teachers the curriculum, of course, be also teaches good citizenship. Visit the school to be super impressed with what you see. Great new principal last year, too!

Fields Road is a hidden gem. Class sizes are small for the MCPS system in the lower grades, 16:1 - 20:1, the teachers really care and are amazing with the kids, and the administration is great and engaged. The teachers and staff listen to the parents and genuinely have the interest of our children at heart.

My child's classroom experience has been great, and we adore the staff. Yes, my child got bullied and pinched by a classmate in Kindergarten, but learning how to deal with difficult people is an important life skill to have. I rate my experience at FRES 2 stars because there are NO quality control practices in place in the media center for the library books. Be forewarned that the media center staff do not take tattered books out of circulation (by design perhaps to increase library funds?). They will allow your child to borrow a book that looks like it went through a tree shredder. If your child was the last one to touch a book that was already in horrible condition and the pages fall off the binding when she returns it, then she will be suspended from borrowing more books, a letter will be sent home, your child will have a miserable rest of the day, and you will have to pay for the original value of the book. Don't get me wrong; if my child were one to destroy and desecrate library books, then I welcome the fines. It's only fair. However, my kids respect books and are avid readers. Yet we were fined and my child humiliated because media center staff have dismissed any responsibility to check the condition of the books upon return, when re-shelved, and at time of checkout. As added bonuses, the fine came out of our school fundraising budget, so FRES missed out on some funds from us that year, and my child skipped some fundraising social events. My lesson from all of this is to look over the condition of the books the day my child brings them home and immediately return them to the media center if the condition is questionable/ not acceptable. My wish is for the media center to establish improved fundraising strategies and have a better quality control system in place for books.