Austin Elementary School

They have done a good job and we are glad we have Austin Elementary. They consistently work with our children to get the most out of them.

My son is in the fifth grade and has attended Austin since kindergarten. The teachers, administration, and support staff are all awesome and encouraging to our students. The students love the Austin staff, parents love Austin staff! Great, great school!

We just moved to Coppell from Dallas and we are blown away by the schools here. Lots of communication from the teachers and administration. The teachers attend the school events outside of school hours. The academics are top notch and they also weave in hands on learning on Fridays with different subjects and themes. Appropriate recess time is given for kids to exercise and get release some energy and very few behavior issues. A great sense of community with the parents and PTO. We love the Coppell area as well, small town feel and still very close to Dallas.

Second year at Austin, during first grade, my son began coming home with consistently sub par marks for behavior. He was written up for talking, walking and touching. Relying on his teachers skills, my son was punished accordingly and things got increasingly worse. Finally, I approached both his teacher and the ISD about gifted testing my child because he is always bored. I have been supplementing his learning during school because he is not learning up to his potential. Both the ISD and the school suggested that I take my son to the doctor, because he doesn't meet the test criteria for gifted testing. Needless to say I did not go request that a doctor drug my son. Shortly after, the teacher attended a seminar, and suddenly all of the bad marks magically stopped. My son's self-esteem was immediately repaired. This week he came home from school with food poisoning, which the school denies any responsibility for. And because I admitted he threw up, they wouldn't allow him to attend the next day. I had to stay home with my son who was fine while I received two notices that my son was getting an unexcused absence. I don't even have space to cover the incessant solicitation of money.