Glenn Harmon Elementary School

5700 Petra Drive

School District

Mansfield Independent
Grade

K-4
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:11
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by other on December 14, 2022

The subs are absolutely rude!! Today my sister had an sub (male) and he called the class dumb instead of handling the situation calmly. Please think twice before enrolling your child to this school!!
Submitted by parent on September 17, 2020

Overall, Me and my children love Harmon and they loved my family.
Submitted by parent on July 25, 2019

Awful! If you want your child in a learning environment free of distractions, do not send there here! I witnessed children throwing chairs, having fits every day I went to visit. The administration puts on a front as if they want to foster open, transparent relationships with parents & the community yet if their policies are questions they go mute!
Submitted by parent on August 26, 2017

Folks, Glenn Harmon is a 3 for a reason. Just on the other side of Cooper a few blocks away is Charlotte Anderson Elementary. Charlotte Anderson is a 9. My kids went to Glenn Harmon last year when Charlotte Anderson was torn down and rebuilt. Those two schools are night and day. We are so glad to get out of Glenn Harmon and return to Charlotte Anderson. The best thing is that it costs nothing to transfer your kids to Charlotte Anderson.
Submitted by other on September 19, 2016

Every staff member is exemplary. From the principal to the custodian, they give their all and genuinely care for their students.
Submitted by teacher on August 23, 2016

I am proud and happy to work at this school. The staff is excellent and are focused on helping each child find success. The facilities are brand new and the campus are beautiful! We have great kids attending at Glenn Harmon. Things are looking up!
Submitted by parent on May 03, 2016

My brothers and sister went to Glenn Harmon growing up and now my son has attended there for kindergarten and first grade. In August 2016 they are going to have a brand new beautiful school building. I love the teachers! They are really something else. They are fun loving and usually are always dressed up on spirit days. They go the extra mile and help those who are struggling and those that are ahead. The children have blocks of time each week that they are placed in groups of children at the same stage in learning so they can work in a small groups on reading, math, or whatever issue they are having. If they are ahead they are put in a similar group called think tanks and are given special projects. I feel they are also very invested in bringing technology into learning which is something I really appreciated in todays education system. I love this school. (Just a side note to all parents,)Many of the negative reviews are very old and about an old principle and staff. There has been a new principle at Glenn Harmon since my son has attended and he's a wonderful! I have interacted with him multiple times.
Submitted by parent on March 20, 2014

My son has been going to this school since 2nd grade. He is in 4 th now. The teachers have been EXCELLENT. I have not one complaint about the education he has received at Glen Harmon. We will be moving out of Arlington when the school year is over and my son is sad to leave his school. The teachers and staff were wonderful and caring.
Submitted by other on June 17, 2013

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Submitted by parent on March 08, 2013

Ok, I have 2 daughters that went to this school. They are 9 years apart in age. When we moved into this school, my oldest daughter was in 2nd grade and coming from Arlington ISD. She could barely read on a Kindergarden level although we worked with her at home. Her teacher (unfortunatly does not work there anymore) help her every day after school until she was reading on level! From there 3rd-4th grade, her teachers were AMAZING!! When my youngest daughter started going there, she loved it so much she didn't want to go to 5th grade! She only had problems with her 2nd grade teacher. That so called "teacher" has no business teaching our children...other than that, the staff is wonderful. My daughter still has contact with her favorite 3rd grade teacher on a regular basis!! I never really had any issues with anything at this school except the so called 2nd grade teacher. I love the fact the children wear uniforms!!
Submitted by parent on January 28, 2013

Ok, I have experience with Glenn Harmon as my child attended there until I pulled him out. If you compare this school to the other Elementary School a half mile away...literally...you'll be blown away by how much better the other school is...Night and Day...its unbeleivably better than Glen Harmon. Makes me wonder why two schools with the same budget are so different. The teachers compared to the teachers at the other school do nothing for the students...minimal support from the teachers and almost no support from parents...but a half mile away...Oh man...you can't miss the differences even by just driving by...don't beleive me? take the challenge. Drive by Glenn Harmon, then Drive by Charlotte Anderson. The Principle at Charlotte Anderson has done a fabulous job for the community while I don't know what they are doing at Glenn Harmon...besides collecting a paycheck.
Submitted by other on February 20, 2012

I went to this school from 1-4 grade, overall the school is great, i can't compalin. As the staff goes, i had some pretty good teachers. Not all the teachers are great, but you're going to have that at EVERY school. My little sister went there from preK to 2nd grade, and her teachers sucked. My mom had alot of meetings with the teachers up there.
Submitted by parent on May 09, 2011

Extremely disappointed that this school is even listed as an great school. This school enables teachers to bully and treat children unfairly. I have been up there several times to talk to principal, which excuses upon excuses were given as to why she could not talk to me. Each time I was given the assistant principal, which she just would state that she would have to talk to the principal about the issues. So I made an appointment, so that the excuses would not be given. I reported at my appointed time, when I stated I had an appointment to speak to the principal then again I heard nothing but excuses. I went ahead and spoke to the assistant again she stated that she would have to talk to the principal. I was only asking for my daughter to be switched to a different teacher, because the 'teacher' was threating her with ISS if she didn't finish an assignment. My daughter has a.d.d. so she needs to be given instructions so she can understand what it is that she is supposed to do. The 'teacher' calls her lazy, she just doesn't want to learn. When she can't finish the work, she takes her recess away from her. 'Teacher' ignores her hand up for help. 3rd grade teacher.