Slater Elementary School

4472 North Emerson Avenue

School District

Fresno Unified
Grade

K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:21
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on February 25, 2023

To much negativity in this school and bulling going on. If you care for your children being in a healthy environment then I do not recommend this Slater elementary.
Submitted by parent on March 19, 2018

It's disappointing that staff don't take the time to listen to kids needs, they need to be more patient, with today's society kids need to be heard
Submitted by teacher on May 16, 2017

I was a student at Slater back in the 80s, so as a substitute teacher, I was excited to work at Slater. There isn't enough parking so I had to park a block away and walk. Then the office staff was less than friendly. I make it to the room and the teacher is there and in the 5 minutes of changing "shifts," she has to escort a student out of the room for behavior. The entire time I was in this classroom, children were disrespectful, fighting, hitting, throwing things, yelling, running around the room, leaving the room. I had to have several kids removed by office staff, for the students just to be sent back. There were racial comments and attacks being made. There are no consequences for this behavior. As a substitute teacher, if a class is difficult and permanent teachers witness this, they usually step in. Not a single adult spoke to me the entire time I was there, except for the liason that had to search these children down and bring them back to me. It's terribly sad to see what used to be a decent school turn into this.
Submitted by parent on May 22, 2014

This school is a big disappoint! That pretty much sums it up in my opinion. Any parent who cares about the education of their child, do your homework first. My first interaction with the office staff is how I determined that I didn't not like this school. Rude, rude, rude, I never heard from the teacher, she never tested consistently, she was out of class most of the year. Never again. Read the reviews!
Submitted by parent on February 19, 2013

First of all the principal and vice principle are a joke.. The kids are disrespectful and rude kids are always fighting..in my kids second grade class room a student brought some kind of object to do harm to a fellow student I was in wow a second grader my kids did not feel safe at this school there is no funding for the kids therefore there is no kind of field tripsfor the kids. I am very disappointed very low performing school! If you are looking for a good school Slater is not the school for your kids do not enroll them here you will not be satisfied .
Submitted by parent on May 16, 2012

In only half a semester at Slater. Both my kids have seen fighting almost everyday. My bf and I have also noticed many confrontations between students and teachers ignoring what is happening right in front of them. For example, one afternoon we went to pick my son up from school at 2:05 when we noticed a student laying on the floor. Their also was 2 staff members nearby. One of them was less than 20 feet away from where the student was laying. She and the other staff member walked by the student on the floor then into the office and didn't even notice him on the floor, until I checked on him and noticed he was injured badly from the arm and face. It turned out that he was beaten up by several students (only several feet from the teachers). When we reported to the office and the staff member that was nearest to the boy, she didn't even ask if he was okay, but instead wanted to leave in a hurry. Another incident involved the school program where 2 students "jumped" another. We will not be taking our kids to this school next year, because the staff acts as if they are only there to collect a check and have no compassion or direction on how react to the kids.