Westside K-8 School

"This school year has been horrible. My son has had so many teachers and the year isn't over. 7 Math teachers, 3 Reading teachers, 4 AVID teachers. That's not a stable environment for students to learn. I just recently saw the news regarding Sam Nelsen and his daughter. My child has also had an issue with this "bully". He also has known Bianca for a few years. I understand the other child is autistic (my oldest son and nephew are also). There has to be some type of discipline or guidelines set in place. I know from experience this child rarely gets any consequences for his actions. I am appalled at the way Mr. Nelsen was treated. It says he was scaring other parents and kids, but it doesn't look that way. Although I wasn't there, it had to be traumatizing for Bianca to see her dad being arrested ( I personally know how that feels also). I pray and wish for the best for him and his daughter. (SN: I rated the school 2 stars because even though it's hard to believe some of the staff are actually very helpful.)"

"This school is extremely unorganized. The office staff is horrible as well as the records department. I have been waiting 2 weeks for them to send my daughters transfer papers. They never return you call and they are completely oblivious when it comes to helping the students and parents. My child stood outside 5x waiting on school bus that NEVER came. As a result I had to leave work in order to take her. Picking up your child from a school function is the worst experience EVER due to lack of organizational skills. I waited almost 2 hours in front of the school in traffic while they pulled each student out of a dance one by one screaming their names for parent pick up. Education wise I give them 4 stars. But some of the teachers and office staff ESPECIALLY the spanish woman at the front desk need to be replaced."

"My child has attended the school for the past four years, so far I have been satisfied with the curriculum and the teachers and staff. In the last recent years the school has had changes on their faculty and administration staff. I have seen some very good deans and administrators leave for other schools; which leads to any responsible parent to wonder if there is a revolving door. For students who have seen Miss Molly in the main office as a constant and ever present part of the administration staff, is a very good thing. She seems to keep things in order, train new staff and obviously knows every aspect of the campus. This year we are not satisfied with the third-grade teachers assigned for our child but we are hoping that the year ends quickly so we can transition to some other more adept and highly trained individual. Overall we are satisfied. With the growing single-family homes around and location, the school will soon need to expand with new construction to benefit size of classes, the need for more staff and facilities."

"The office staff has worked very well and very hard to assist me with anything I need as a parent. Teachers are fantastic with communication in several forms. My daughter loves all of her teachers. (Which I didn't think was possible!) extra curricular activities and fantastic. I feel the school is safe and secure. Drop off and pick up, although difficult to an extent is much better than most schools. I couldn't be happier."

"This new principal is awesome! I hear the school has had some bumpy roads over the last couple of years but I truly believe they have a great team of teachers and administration there now. My sons love it there and I have become more involved myself. The amount of parental support during my sons last concert was amazing to me. We packed the house! It would be great to see more parents volunteer as well."