Fields Road Elementary School, Gaithersburg | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

My child’s classroom experience has been great, and we adore the staff. Yes, my child got bullied and pinched by a classmate in Kindergarten, but learning how to deal with difficult people is an important life skill to have. I rate my experience at FRES 1 star because there are NO quality control practices in place in the media center for the library books. Be forewarned that the media center staff do not take tattered books out of circulation (by design perhaps to increase library funds?). They will allow your child to borrow a book that looks like it went through a tree shredder. If your child was the last one to touch a book that was already in horrible condition and the pages fall off the binding when she returns it, then she will be suspended from borrowing more books, a letter will be sent home, your child will have a miserable rest of the day, and you will have to pay for the original value of the book. Don’t get me wrong; if my child were one to destroy and desecrate library books, then I welcome the fines. It’s only fair. However, my kids respect books and are avid readers. Yet we were fined and my child humiliated because media center staff have dismissed any responsibility to check the condition of the books upon return, when re-shelved, and at time of checkout. As added bonuses, the fine came out of our school fundraising budget, so FRES missed out on some funds from us that year, and my child skipped some fundraising social events. My lesson from all of this is to look over the condition of the books the day my child brings them home and immediately return them to the media center if the condition is questionable/ not acceptable. My wish is for the media center to establish improved fundraising strategies and have a better quality control system in place for books.

My daughter she’s on Pre-K class..Her teacher’s are awesome especially Ms. Doxzen!! They doing a very very great job..Usually now online and in person class is very tough to the student & for the teachers but they did it..For me, they are one of the best teacher ever and my daughter really loves it and she learned a lot..
Thank you teachers for being patience for all the kids..????

the food is not good I have trown up more than once I have had good and bad teachers over all i rate it a 2 1/2 there was way to much drama and I was bullied and sweared at a bunch