Memorial Parkway Elementary

I was fairly unimpressed with the parent/school communication at MPE, or maybe I should say lack thereof. The teachers were caring, but I never felt like I knew what was really going on with my child, and didn’t feel the main staff was overly concerned about it. In particular there were lost/wrongly-documented communications sent from our end which resulted in untimely problems for us that we didn’t need. I’ve since heard they are working on these issues but it’s too little, too late for us.

I suppose that the ranking would be based on what your expectations are but for us, we have been disappointed. The academic environment is satisfactory though many teachers are young. There is also a high turn-over rate for teachers. Being Texas, they tend to teach to the TAKS test which leaves many students with too much time on their hands. Communication with the school's administrators is nearly non-existent as they rarely return calls. The districts zero-tolerance policy is enforced subjectively. What gets old is the school's administration cow-towing to the non-English speaking parents. There is much more effort to communicate in dual languages than to communicate at all. The school has the capability of communicating by email blasts but chooses not to do so because there's a large percentage of parents that do not provide an email address. Instead, the communications are lost in a sea of xeroxed worksheets and are up to the student to make sure that they are delivered home. We all know that no matter how diligent the parent, sometimes kids don't deliver vital information. One final complaint, is that information is sent out frequently with very little advance notice for events. Working parents are not able to attend because they have little notice to round up babysitters for the younger kids. Academically, the school is fine though could be MUCH more proactive about challenging kids that show potential.