Tom R Ellisor Elementary School

Completely awful. This school has been a nightmare since the first grade when they very much tried to tell me to put my child on medication. My son loves his school and has consistently begged me to keep him enrolled there so I have tried really hard to make it work for his sake but these administrators have no idea how to handle a child that is not a little sheep. They have no idea how to handle a child who has a hard time sitting still for long periods of time. Their answer is medication so clearly they have not done any research on the effects that have been found on medicating children with drugs that are equal to methamphetamine. Do not take your child here unless he or she is perfect and can sit in the classroom perfectly and never challenge authority or stick up for themselves. This school is awful. It also smells horrible and I have seen cockroaches in the hallways and lunchroom but they must be too busy making sure the children are conforming to notice.

This school WAS a great school that I was proud to send my son to 10 years ago. Since then, Leadership changes and the rampant building of apartment complexes have ruined the once tight-knit atmosphere that used to exist.If you are contemplating a move and are considering this school for your children as a deal breaker, don't do it! There are many better school districts in the area.

Last school year seemed a bit of a challenge. New rules for rules sake rather than for good reasons. The car rider line is terrible, particularly for morning drop off. Seems no logical reason to shorten the time between drop off and assembly but makes it hard to get the kids in on time. No walk up makes afternoon pickup more time consuming for no real reason.If new rules are in place at least they should be for a good reason and make things better rather than worse.Pto are great.

This school WAS amazing, this is no longer the case. Which breaks my heart because I loved this school. As of this year the principle switched to another school and two massive apartment complexes opened in their zone over the summer. Now the school is getting overcrowded and the teachers seem stressed and are getting petty and defensive. The administration seems to be looking for excuses to lower the population by quietly chasing off parents with justifications that were never viewed as issues before this year.