Harry Mckillop Elementary School

Love Melissa and Melissa schools! I have one in Middle School and one in High School. Small town feel with great academics!

Overcrowded schools. 25 kids in each kindergarten class, a huge turnover rate, teachers look MISERABLE.This school system has gone downhill fast!More and more parents are pulling their kids out.Now the elementary school has pods, while the neighboring communities continue to over build. The school system cannot keep up!Their entire focus is teaching the STAAR testing. If you have kids that bully, physically abuse other kids, constantly disrupt the class- the school system does nothing except allow them to take a walk with the vice principal. SO DISAPPOINTED in Melissa ISD!

I honestly don't get all the positive reviews. Maybe the others don't expect communication about individual student performance. Maybe they don't expect good teachers to stay. Maybe they don't expect their student to learn much other than how to take a test. Maybe they don't mind if their student needing extra help gets plunked in front of a computer program. Maybe they don't mind an overcrowded under resourced school. The community is growing rapidly and there is just one elementary school. Where is the money going? Fish rots at the head.Our student is getting pulled from this train wreck that will simply pass along students needing extra attention and help. Multiple requests and meetings suggest we're not really a, "teaching team" as pitched at each orientation. If you like the community, fine. But plan to educate your children elsewhere. They won't get much in this school.

I can't say enough good things about this school! We moved from Fort Worth ISD (which was decent) but Melissa is GREAT! My son is in Mrs. Dockery's class and my daughter in Mrs. Kusano's class. They come home from school almost daily telling me how much they LOVE their new school! The teachers are so informative, even send out weekly emails letting you know what to chat about with your kids when they get home to help reinforce what they learned during the day! Like I said, I couldn't be happier! We are looking forward to many more happy years at McKillop Elementary! P.S. The office staff is just as GREAT as the teachers! I haven't had to speak with them much but whenever I do they are always very informative, kind and helpful!