Public | K-6 | 463 students |
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Beware, this school does not flag children for learning differences in the kind., first or second grades. Elementary schools have an affirmative duty to tell parents that they have reason to believe a student may need special help and to suggest an evaluation. Fox does not do this. This has been the culture of the school for many years. The names and birthdays of the children change..however, the negligence continues...I do not recommend this school.
Sadly, Fox has gone downhill in the past few years that our kids have been there. Some of the teachers are strong, but there is only so much they can do when the classes have grown so big. Sadly, I don't think things will get much better. The community will weaken due to the move away from school boundaries. Those in Hallmark and Skymont should be fine, but those down the hill will be scattered between the expanded Nesbit and perhaps the other schools. The planned expansion will take away much of our lovely fields. Chris M. is very personable, but I wish he were more aggressive in advocating for Fox at the District level and pushing out many of the teachers that have been there for 30+ years and lack zip. The aftercare (aka Calamity Corner) is horrific.
If you have a preschool child w/special needs and have to deal w/the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District, do NOT enroll your child in Fox's morning special day class. The teacher lacks integrity-she says one thing and does another. She will smile in your face and reassure you that your child is in good hands but it's not true. Friends of ours sent their child to this program and had the most negative experience with this teacher. If we experienced what they experienced, we would have pulled our child out also. This teacher showed a lack of concern for their child's health/well-being and showed a lack of respect/consideration for the child's parents' concerns. Instead of apologizing to these parents, she defended/justified her actions-unbelievable! The worst part is that when these parents expressed their concerns w/the Director of Special Educ, this director defended/justified this teacher's behavior! The director made patronizing remarks to the parents such as, "I'm sorry that you feel that way but WE FEEL...blah, blah, blah". Basically, she didn't care how the parents felt and had no concern for "their concerns"-b/c of this, we are not sending our child there either.
This is a really good school with dedicated teachers. The PTA is very active and the parents are very involved. They have a garden that was just built with the help of parents. My child is new to the school and I have been very impressed with the warm welcome! I would highly reccomend it.
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