Dr E T Boon Elementary School

1050 Comanche Drive

School District

Allen Independent
Grade

PK, K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on March 29, 2024

Incredible school that helped make our children’s childhood magical.
Submitted by parent on May 25, 2021

I'm really not impressed by this school. Administration and teachers feel they know everything and concerns fall on deaf ears. If your kids are ahead of grade level, they'll be bored out of their mind. My child could read fluently entering the school, and yet had to endure the entire year learning sounds of the alphabet and doing preschool level work. The school only cares about children meeting state standards (which are really low). Teacher basically stopped "teaching" the entire last month of school, leaving students to chat amongst themselves all day. If you're looking for a quality educational system for students that are advanced, I would look elsewhere. This school is extremely overrated.
Submitted by parent on May 23, 2021

My daughter went here for 5 years and regards Boon as the reason for all her greatest memories and friendships. Teachers are like family, active involved parent volunteers, parents along the way have been great. Twin Creeks neighborhood is a gem, best decision we could have ever made moving to Boon.
Submitted by parent on May 31, 2019

It's a great school with new facility. If you live in Twin Creek, this is fantasy school for your kids.
Submitted by parent on February 23, 2019

Boon is a village filled with caring staff and volunteers who all help to educate and nurture each and every child who walks through the doors!
Submitted by parent on September 09, 2015

My son started kindergarten this year. It's not even a week and bad notes have started coming. He is a 5 year old for god's sake. He does not wan't to go to school anymore because he is scared his teacher will give him bad notes.
Submitted by parent on January 09, 2014

We moved to Texas from CA and landed in Allen for we saw that Boon has 10 school rating and best test scores.Boon is such a amazing school ,wonderful school.When you enter the school you feel so welcomed, warmth ,cheerful. The staff always has happy, cheerful faces,Principal is always there in the morning or after school to help you , maintain security.Now they have set up a new security.You feel so safe to send your kid to such a school. My daughter was in this school for 1 1/2 year.They take so much effort in making sure every kid excel in this grades.Kids gets after school tuition if required.When you see The home work binders, reading logs, home work packets ,you see that they are doing so much work at school. When we have to move from Allen ,it felt so bad to me and my daughter.We loved the school so much.Love Mrs Drew.She is the best teacher.
Submitted by parent on August 21, 2013

y kids went to this school for a little while. Some of the teachers that I came in contact with were very nice. The principal however, is a very RUDE , STUCK UP SNOB, who only has her job because her daddy built the school! She talks to people anyway she wants, and has No concern for other peoples feelings. They treat You completely different if you don't make the typical 5 figures the other parents make. All in all, its basically a school for spoiled over privileged kids!!!!!!
Submitted by parent on January 15, 2013

My family relocated here from Chicago (blind) & so I had to do my research for over 1 year on the schools in N. Dallas. After reading just about every review in just about all the ISD's of N. Dallas I had our new location pinpointed to a zip. That zip code landed my family here in Allen. The best part was not the fantastic area, neat, clean city & that year round vacation feel, but Boon. I refused to sign my lease until I visited Boon to see if the reviews were factual. When my family walked in to the school we were blown away by the security measures & the warmth we felt coming in. Boon is AMAZING words really cannot provide you with a sense of what my family felt coming into this school it is just something you have to experience yourself. My daughter has been at Boon for now 2 years & I know it is going to be difficult for us all when we relocate to another Allen school, b/c the next school will have HUGE shoes to fill compared to Boon, but I know my family will NEVER leave the Allen ISD because our experience with Boon. Apartment life is not for us for much longer, time to find a home that a 2 income home can afford on the other side of Allen. But Boon will always be #1!
Submitted by parent on August 12, 2012

We have found the teachers at this school to be nice and caring. However if you are a working mom...forget it. The SAHMs are clicky and talk down to working moms. It is very funny to me that someone says Boon serves some of the lowest income kids in Allen.... If you don't live in Twin Creeks then you are considered less than. I have even heard parents and teachers refer to some kids as "apartment kids". So sure they service some lower income families here, but not without labels and not without excluding them from social events. I actually had one mother tell me after a rezoning meeting "Congrats you guys get to stay at OUR school". I am a home owner, I pay taxes just like everyone else. We moved and we miss the teachers and high quality education, but do not miss the terrible elitist parents at this school. There is no diversity or adversity and I do think the Principal could strive to make a difference here but doesn't.
Submitted by parent on August 06, 2012

Academically, this school has done extremely well. No one can argue that. It has quite a diverse student population; but if you visit the school's website you would NEVER think the there is such a diverse student population. With such a diverse student population (race, socioeconomic, etc. background), you would think there would be a diverse staff. NOPE! NOT ONE African-Amercian, Indian, Asian, etc. teacher in the entire school. This has to be resolved. I can't imagine such as disparity in this school. INSANE! Diversity has to be embraced there. This is what builds great teams... a collection of individuals with varying experiences, backgrounds, and cultures. I am sure there are many African-American, Hispanic, Asian, Indian, etc. well qualified teachers. I know the self-esteem of the majority student body has to be suffering. I am just speaking as a concerned African-American parent. It just makes sense to have diversity everywhere and not just with the students that are being taught.
Submitted by parent on July 17, 2012

It's very concerning the lack of diversity amongst the staff. Is there a reason for this?
Submitted by parent on April 27, 2011

Out of the great schools in Allen, Boon is the best. There is a great support structure for the children and parents. If your child is challenged with topics or grades the teachers and volunteers will bend over backwards to support your child in their time of need. We find no elitestism here at all and my child has been at Boon since the doors opened. We have all fought hard to support Tammy and she is regarded as one of the best principals in Allen for a reason. You will also not find a more support staff from the office, nurse, SSI, special needs etc... There is no other school I would rather have my child attend. Boon's boundaries include some of the lowest income children in Allen and they receive the same support and nuturing as the other children.