Franklin Elementary School

Terrible school. Don’t move into this area unless you’re going to send your kids to private school. A few good teachers but TERRIBLE staff & leadership, to the point of deceitful. Constantly patting themselves on the back while asking for $$$$ money while providing minimal effort or education. Can’t go to a function over there without being asked to donate $. No STEAM whatsoever (other than a science «club» led by parent volunteers.

Great school as the above review said they are crazy about you living in the school borders… BUT I have to say this school has been amazing to my kids. We moved here a year ago and am so happy we did! The entire Staff truly cares about the kids. The after school crest program is more than I could have ever asked for!!! The crest sports programs are great! The teachers give 110% all in all this is a great school!!!

i felt the need to write about the inhumane way SMMUSD treated my daughter today. In the beginning of the year we moved to Los Angeles and didn’t inform the school with the assumption that if you work in santa monica your kid can at least remain until the end of the year at their previous home school. Well, Franklin is expelling my 9 year old 8 weeks before the end of the year like she is a dirty disposable rag. A sadistic excuse of a human being, spent the day at my previous address harassing my neighbors and terrorizing the family that moved into my unit. She banged on their doors and was stalking me outside the complex. She started this witch hunt at noon and only at 8:12PM she left me a threatening message which made me promptly call her back. To my surprise what i found on the other side of the line, was a condescending woman who seemed to enjoy doing what she was doing. Let me explain that throughout this whole ordeal nobody from SMMUSD had the decency to call me to ask if i had moved. They assumed that i was trying to fake a living situation that would allow my kid to stay at Franklin. i asked her why she didn’t call me earlier and she could not answer me. One phone call would have prevented this shameful display of SMALL AUTHORITY TERROR. we tried to file a permission for her to stay at the school until june BUT THE PRINCIPAL would not grant it. The sad thing is that i personally know of a handful of people who really fake a living situation but fly under the radar because of larger donations. Clearly, neither SMMUSD nor FRANKLIN focus on children’s well being. that is the last of their priority. You do not do this to a little girl who’s been at that school since kindergarten. SHAME ON THEM!