Fred L Wilson Elementary

1401 Pine Street

School District

Kannapolis City
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:13
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by other on July 18, 2024

this school was not the best for me
Submitted by parent on January 19, 2023

Our family has a special needs child and this school was a huge disappointment and has set her back where she needs therapy now that she is older.
Submitted by parent on December 31, 2020

Morale has really dropped, and the children are falling behind. What is worse is that the special needs children are just going back to the time of passing them along to the next year's teacher. They are not performing at the level set as a goal at all and there is also no room for flexibility as education requires. My youngest needed some basic needs to be met to help them feel safe, and it would be nice for about 2 or 3 days. Teachers "professional public school teachers especially" should NEVER yell and terriffy their students feeling it is the only way they have to teach and care for their students. CEC is all I can think of to keep staff from lying and attacking good parents because the teachers don't know what a "special needs" child really really is and not in a slather of movies they watched in a SPED 101 class. My child is not like rainman, but sometimes she can be but add some beautiful mind. Parent's aren't the bad guy, y'all did not help
Submitted by parent on May 15, 2019

I would recommend FLW 110%! We live out of district and transfer in. It’s an amazing school with an amazing family atmosphere. As for the “grade” of the school, all the schools in the local area receive low scores, but FLW works, if you as the parent are involved. Not only do they foster learning in your child, but they help build character and spirit. All staff want your child to learn, grow and thrive... socially, intellectually and in a healthy manner. They care for the WHOLE child.
Submitted by other on March 30, 2017

I am trying to get more recent feed back. I am moving to the area and all reviews are old. It seems by the numbers this school was good but in the past 4-5 years has plumited. Anyone have reasoning
Submitted by other on June 10, 2016

Both of my kids attended FLW. My son, a struggling reader, is now on grade level at KMS. This is thanks to his amazing elementary school. My daughter thrived at FLW every day. She cried when she graduated yesterday because she loves her teacher so much. The staff and administration have given my children love and knowledge. I could not recommend a school more! We are so sad to leave!
Submitted by parent on September 28, 2013

This is a good school, the new principal is very nice and the teachers are great but one of the assistant teacher tends to yell at the children, which I don't approve of, especially when my 1st grader comes home in tears not understanding what he was suppose to do. I know kids can be a hand full but they need to find other ways to get them to behave and listen then scaring them half to death. My child don't want to go to school now because of it.
Submitted by parent on September 08, 2013

This school is amazing. All the staff and teachers make an effort to not only learn every child's name, but also get to know each child. My child has had very attentive teachers that are working hard to get her where she needs to be. Every effort is made to reach the goal of an excellent education for each student. They have tightened their security measures and have responded well to any suggestions from parents. I think they have done well adjusting to even more funding and staff limitations set from higher up. Public education needs to be a priority in this country so great schools like this can keep producing excellent students.
Submitted by parent on August 31, 2011

I use to think this was a great school but yesterday proved me wrong. My 6 yr old has always wait on me to come get her, had no problem last year but the lack of knowledge would have got her kidnapped. The teacher let her leave with a group of kids that walked home. For 10 mins, they had no idea where my child was. This had me terrified and very angry that very little concern was shown. The principle is more involved with having a perfect school. Any parents thinking of moving to this area..Write in BOLD letters what transportation your child-children will be..I would hate for this to happen to another parent. It was a heart breaking experience and not even a simple apology was gave.