Adrian Burnett Elementary School

4521 Brown Gap Road

School District

Knox County
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:13
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on May 07, 2018

I LOVE the school and the staff so far. We are going to 2nd grade and have had zero problems.
Submitted by other on July 16, 2017

I went to this school when I was kindergarten all the way to 3rd grade. My experience here was quite unpleasant. All of my teachers were great except for my 2nd grade one. She was very mean to me and made sure to embarrass me in front of the whole class. She even told my mom that I lifted my shirt up in front of a boy, which was definitely not true. Luckily, she had to leave in the middle of the year due to pregnancy. It wasn't just her, either. The people in the office were very rude as well. I am in high school now, so obviously this happened a long time ago, but I've heard from multiple people that the staff is still very rude and that the school is just complete trash. If I had children, I would not send them to this school.
Submitted by parent on October 28, 2014

Two sons of mine attended this school. Several troublesome things happened while they were there. First...my second grader was sent on the school bus home without my permission. Just by chance, someone was there or my 7 year old would of been left alone outside. Second... the office personal is very unfriendly and will ask the children things that office personal should not be inquiring about. Very disappointed in this school.
Submitted by parent on February 20, 2014

THIS SCHOOL IS A JOKE! DON'T PUT YOUR KIDS IN THIS SCHOOL. THIS IS THE FIRST AN LAST YEAR MY CHILD WILL ATTEND ADRIAN BURNETT, IN HALLS. DON'T TRUST THE OFFICE STAFF OR THE PRINCIPAL!
Submitted by parent on December 18, 2013

Overall this school is unstable. My son is in the 1st grade and in one year the Principle and Vice Principle both changed. My son also has special needs and I am very involved. I started with an overview of his history and needs from day one. This year the Teacher did not respect my requests and made no action until a meeting with the Principle 2 months into the school year. The Principle 100% agreed with the information and requests we discussed. The next week after testing i was informed that he tested 1% above where he needed to be for my intervention requests. He currently is failing and his behavior is also affected. It is very sad even with all of my effort to work with this school, seeking help from a learning center, putting him on medications and seeking behavior therapy that my son has been denied help and an education. There also have been instances where I was less than please such as the day he had to urinate on himself because the teacher ignored his raised hand and didn t let him go to the restroom; this was verified per the teacher. I will not deny there are some excellent teachers within the school. This could be a good venue for a child without needs.
Submitted by parent on August 13, 2013

Our daughter was switched from Amherst Elementary last year to Adrian Burnett due to a move. This was her Kindergarten year. She was at Amherst for about a month. Within that time period, the teacher had already sent home notes on things to work on as well kept us informed weekly via email and the online classroom page. She switched to Adrian Burnett and the first 2 weeks there was bored out of her mind because she was so far ahead from being at Amherst. The teacher and administration did not keep up the website and did not thoroughly keep us informed. We had to probe regularly to make sure we knew what was going on at all times. The school building is not great and from our experience neither is the administration. She is in first grade now, so hopefully the teacher will be better...
Submitted by parent on April 17, 2013

3 Stars for the Teachers! 1 Star for the Administration :( This school has a mass principle turnover it seems. This tends to make one wonder why. They were a wonderful school back in the 90's when my sister attended, but has gone steadily down hill unfortunately. Most of the teachers are the saving grace for the entire school. Some teachers are absolutely terrible! The Review from 9/17/08 is spot on.
Submitted by parent on January 14, 2011

I have found some outragous acts going on at this school. If your child talks in the morning breakfast time they will be told to go dump their trays and to go to class!!! I have had a teacher snatch a pencil out of my sons hand just because he was doodleing at the bottom of his page when he finished his work. I immediately removed him from this class. I have seen my children denied the right to go to the nurses office when sick because the teacher decided that in her opinion they were ok. I had to call about that. My children have been refused the right to go to the bathroom, due to the class being in a group punishment,The list goes on and on. The administration there has done everything in there power to cover up things that go on. There are some terrible teachers and people at this school. But among these are also some wonderfull ones!!! But very few. I will be removing all of my chiildren from this school in the very near future due to many serious problems at this school. Some of these teachers do not deserve the privelige of being around innocent and wonderful children!!
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