Safford K-8 School

200 East 13th Street

School District

Tucson Unified District
Grade

K-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on March 18, 2022

The administration of Safford speaks of equity. There is none. Students who do the same infractions do not receive the same consequences and this is known by all the students. A student walked into a classroom and shouted that he was going to beat the hell out of students in the class. The students he threatened were terrified. He was still on campus the following school day. Other students get in arguments and are suspended for multiple days.Teachers are not treated equitably. Some teachers are forced to follow strict policies and procedures and disciplined if they fail to do so while other teachers are allowed to not follow those policies and procedures with no consequences whatsoever.The administration of Safford speaks of students being safe and cared for. They are not safe. Students are jumped regularly in the hallways and beaten up severely. Several have gone to the hospital this year.Students with IEPs in middle school grades do not receive their services at this school and those who seek to correct this issue are threatened in order to silence them.The district leadership is aware of these issues and fully supports the administration.I do not recommend sending your children to this school.
Submitted by principal on February 11, 2022

Safford is located in the Historic Armory Park Neighborhood, just across from the Children's Museum in the beautiful downtown Tucson area. This year is a transformational and exciting year, with new administration, new teachers, new programs and exciting changes. We have a gorgeous community garden, in-door herb garden and great in-door/out-door connections. We are putting a strong emphasis on back to basics education, with a focus on project based learning.Come take a look, and be a member of the Safford Community - and join us in developing an active and engaged school community, where each student is given support, encouragement and structure. Coming back from the past few Covid years have really thrown our community for a loop. We are working hard to make the transition back to learning in school, and also support our families and students in feeling healthy, safe, secure and loved.Dr. Katherine Kuhn, Principal
Submitted by parent on May 30, 2021

the prinicpal that is working as of now is kinda bad and it doesnt seem like anyone likes her
Submitted by teacher on May 29, 2021

I love Safford, the kids who go to Safford are amazing people, people who have lived through much trauma in their lives. And Safford has an assistant principal that gets that, the kids know who he is and that he caresSadly, Safford currently has a principal who does not care about the students and their families, nor the majority of the teachersMost kids don't even know who she is and almost none of them would say that she cares about themIn this incredibly difficult year, the principal's plan was to offer zero support to students.Her plan was to let them work independently, with no support, on most of their workKnowing that our students are dealing with trauma or have been through trauma, and need more support to succeed, several teachers have done their utmost to try to help the studentsAnd the current principal has responded by making it nearly impossible for teachers to provide students with the support they needIn fact, the current principal has pursued disciplinary action for those teachers who chose to try to help the students to the best of their ability beyond class time, calling the actions of those individuals very inappropriateAdditionally, certain teachers choose to humiliate their students in front of their peers and the current principal supports those teachers, doing nothing to safeguard the dignity of the students attending the school she has been entrusted with leadingOne student who has endured through great loss was humiliated in a teacher's classroom, and the principal chose to do nothing about that incidentThe principal chose to ignore the guardian's repeated reasonable request to have her child placed elsewhere during that class time and made it clear that as principal she did not care in the slightest bit about safeguarding the dignity of that studentThis principal only cares about the dignity of one person at Safford, a teacherThis teacher has nearly all leadership roles, a walkie-talkie, and free reign to tell anyone what to do including the assistant principal, with the principal's full support.It is believed by many teachers, students, and parents that this is a result of the teacher giving the principal favors behind closed doors, during what they call "private meetings"The good news is that this principal is leaving at the end of June, and a new principal (one who has ethics and cares about kids) is coming to SaffordSummary: Great kids, great Assistant Principal, and a great principal coming soon
Submitted by parent on July 20, 2014

IB Curriculum, Excellent Teachers, PSPE, Spanish and Arabic Language Education, GATE, Beautiful Historic Buildings, Caring Administration, Central Location, Numerous After School Clubs, Athletics, and High Academic Expectations