Turner Elementary School

5218 East Clay Avenue

School District

Fresno Unified
Grade

K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:20
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on February 14, 2018

Awful!!! The principal is the worst!!! If you love your kids and care about their education, stay clear of this school!
Submitted by other on June 11, 2015

I gave this school this rating because the school did not give our hard working 2014-2015 6th graders a ceremony for promotion. Kids need to see how proud the school is for their hard work & for the school to dismiss such a great achievement & milestone in their young lives is beyond me. I hope the coming years they change this. I'd like to add that I spoke with the vice principal along with other parents that we would help out with anything needed to have a small ceremony & still nothing was done.
Submitted by parent on April 21, 2014

My daughter is in Kindergarten and we are fairly new to the community. My daughter's teacher is Mrs. Luce Todd and she is wonderful. I've attended two open house and just love how Mrs. Luce teach my child Fallon is learning new things each day and her reading is improving every day.
Submitted by other on September 14, 2013

The vice principal is not up to par and not very people-oriented. She comes off as rude and uncaring, especially when it comes to greeting parents. I wish Turner had a better vice principal.
Submitted by parent on August 29, 2013

After viewing the most recent test scores, I see I underestimated Turner and it's teachers. I'm proud that the school's overall API is improving! I feel like a jerk for being hard on my son's last year 5th grade teacher. As a parent, I'm going to do my best to work as an effective team with my children's teachers and Mr. Gettman in order to make sure my boys work to their full potential. My son likes every single teacher he has ever had at Turner, and I can say they have all taught him a lot. Teach Linda, Ms. Cha, Mrs. Lavesque, Mrs. Maddox, Mr. Cha, Mr. Morrison and now Mrs, Engel have all made a big impact on my son's education. No one is perfect, but the these teachers at Turner have worked their buns off to ensure my child the best education possible. I have the same good feeling for my Kindergarten as well. My 6th grader is looking forward to playing on the flag football team and doing well in his class this year. I like Turner, Teachers, the principal and the staff. The school is doing the best with what they have to work with. If you have a problem with that, be more involved!
Submitted by parent on August 14, 2013

My 6th grader has Ms. Engels this year and my kindergartener has Mrs. Vang! I couldn't be more ecstatic about this. The background of both teachers are great, and I'm excited my children will be in the classrooms of some of the best teachers at Turner. I've heard great things about both teachers. I will do my part as a parent to make sure my children stay respectful, study hard and take on leadership roles this year. Way to go Turner! I love the office administrators by the way....they are amazing!
Submitted by parent on August 13, 2013

I'm nervous about this school year, because it hasn't always went well in the past. I really hope and pray that this year is an outstanding year for all the children. Turner hasn't always been so parent/student friendly, but effort has been forth- somewhat- in the past. I just hope this year is the golden year for all-parents, students, teachers and administrators, alike. I really want my kids to get a good education like any parent would. They are excited about the new school year and the office staff are superb, so we look forward to great things. God bless Turner's new year, may it be blessed and fruitful for all.
Submitted by teacher on July 18, 2012

Truner like every other school has it problems i will admit. The school system as a whole is broken in California. Not all of the staff is bad. We have some wonderful teachers that really care and give extra time an there own money so that your children can have the best experiences while at Turner because we know as staff how under funded not only our school but alot of other schools are as well. We have strict rules about parents coming on campus these rules are put in place for safety reasons if you want to call it "unfriendly" thats fine. As soon as anyone steps on that campus during class time we want to make sure it is ok for them to be there and they are not there to harm anyone. We just want to keep every child in school safe. Everyone has worked there many years and we have grown to care about all the kids. I know i have and even over the summer i miss them terribly. Im proud to be a tiger!!
Submitted by parent on May 16, 2012

Turner elementary has the worst administration that I have seen in years. The teachers aren't involved with the students. And the staff does not encouraged parent involvement. My son who is now in the fifth grade has been jumped by students on 3 different occasions. There was never won a parent to parent conference scheduled between the other students par ents and myself concerning these matters. When a teacher is question about the academic progress of your child they tend to take it out on your child by grading them harder.
Submitted by other on November 11, 2011

i attended turner for 4 through 6 grade and it was a great year.mrs. engel my fifth and sixth grade teacher helped me a lot. if it werent for her id be an under achiever but im not im an 7th grade honor roll fort miller middle school student thank you a great deal mrs.engel, mrs.pang, mrs.gallordo, and staff at turner!!