Shaw Elementary School

707 PURPLE SAGE TRL

School District

Mesquite Independent
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on September 20, 2022

The principal and teachers are so rude. The teachers do not teach our kids anymore, they sit them in front of their chrome books all day and expect them to have good testing scores. Chrome books are now teaching while teachers sit on their phones. Sad
Submitted by parent on November 05, 2021

Love this school. They are supportive, love my kids, and truly cares for them.
Submitted by parent on June 18, 2018

Wonderful. Kids are made to believe in themselves, despite the life experiences they may have.
Submitted by parent on June 11, 2018

Excellent. Schools, cities, families and churches come together to raise great kids here. If you are looking for a social clique, this isn't it, but the opportunities for kids to learn through sports, music, proximity to educational resources and museums in Dallas, permanent green space in Samuell Farm and within the neighborhood, an actually diverse community, and especially people who care are all present here.
Submitted by parent on May 22, 2018

It really has been a phenomenal experience for our first year of school. My teachers current teacher has already started talking about her ideas for my daughter's next year of school. I was given a word list, reading list, and example of homework material for first grade. Also, the teacher has already begun telling the first grade teachers about my daughters academic abilities and recommended accelerated in school programs for my daughter
Submitted by parent on May 09, 2018

My daughter and I love this school. She learned and grew so much this year.
Submitted by parent on January 25, 2018

I´ve seen the staff looking for better strategies to improve reading and writing skills
Submitted by parent on August 18, 2015

All three of my children have attended this school, I wish that I could afford a different school. The teachers are ok, but the principle is horrible!!! She only cares about ratings not the students. She is rude to the teachers. My son came home crying and refused to go back, I had to homeschool him until middle school. They do not promote art at all, my daughter was upset that she doesn't get to attend art in first and second grade.
Submitted by parent on May 14, 2015

In this school never never organized right now is about to finish school and I think is the only school who doesn't know when is graduation dates ? Almost two weeks to end the school year I now a lot of people are asking and the principle she doesn't care about it how hard is to pick a day and time for graduations and go from there My husband works out the city and he needs to ask permission to come for his daughter graduation with time and now they don't know . I came and talk with the principal and she send someone to tell me she is busy ?
Submitted by parent on August 20, 2014

I would give this school zero stars. My child was in kindergarten and this teacher did not want to take the time to teach my child. So she sat my child in the corner, facing the wall, and so my child could not see the board to learn. The teacher also never informed us of this. So when we showed up to kindergarten graduation we were shocked. Overall an unpleasant experience and we wont be back next year. I would think we want kids to stay in school and not discourage kids at such a young age.
Submitted by parent on March 04, 2012

This place is wacky. Everyday my daughter bring home some type of conduct report, saying she was talking, or being disruptive, here recently she and another kid were passing notes, trying not to talk and yet got cited. Those teachers are too petty and need to take culture diversity classes, or something. Top-administrators aren't moved by horrible stats on schools in MISD as they seek to deal with childrens of color. MISD harasses minorities students all the time, and Shaw isn't any difference. My daughter is a straight A-B student, but she hates going there because she fear her teacher. Check out this website!! exposed.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/shocking-stats-on-how-mesquite-isd-treats-students/
Submitted by parent on October 25, 2011

This is an excellent school. I went there as a child and so did my son. This school is the best your going to get with out moving to Plano which brings another type of problems. The school is tough in education. They expect your children to learn. I see others getting upset about the office people getting mad about strangers in the hallway, I think that I would be up set if they didn't. Yes they are about the testing but most schools are, but they also promote good grades as well. My youngest will be attending this school as well in a few years. I hope that he does fear the principal a bit it will keep him out of trouble. My oldest was dyslexic and it took the teachers here about 3 weeks to figure it out when no other school could. Plus my oldest son had really bad speech problems and they worked with him a lot. Major improvement in one year. You really can't go wrong here.
Submitted by parent on October 29, 2010

i am new to this school. although it is early in the school year, i am extremely disappointed in this school. my child came home during the 2nd/3rd week of school and said the PE coach got mad one day, threw his hands up in the air, said he was done and walked out of the gym leaving the kids there by themselves. my child's reading and handwriting have completely regressed and she says she forgets how to do things she could over the summer. i my nights working very hard with her to improve but yet she gets frustrated and tells me she cant do things and doesn't remember. i have spoken to the teacher several times but she says this is normal and kids forget over the summer. at this point, she should be back on track. i am extremely frustrated!
Submitted by other on August 22, 2010

I went to Visit a teacher to help her on teacher work day. I was in the work room when I was approached by the AP, which I didn't know it was the AP. In an impolite manner she asked who am I and who am I helping? She stated that she can't have strange people walking around the building because it scares people. I told her who I was with and she stormed out yelling that teacher's name. The AP gave a public scolding to the teacher stating that her helpers should be with her at all times which I think she could have done in a professional manner. Although there were other helpers in the work room who were unaccompanied and nothing was said to them. The teacher pointed out the inconsistency to the AP and the AP replied "don t call me out on that!" and walked off rolling her eyes and stating that she can t stand her, referring to the teacher which was totally unprofessional from an educational leader.
Submitted by parent on July 23, 2007

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