Alta Vista Elementary School

Posted May 21, 2009

I'm very pleased with the level of education that my daughter, a 4th grade student, is getting at Alta Vista. I believe that the teachers are dedicated and excellent. Alta Vista does have a high level of parents involvement which is great! My daughter is very happy to go to school every morning. Even though she does well in school, I still am happy to sit down and read with her.
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Posted May 7, 2009

I am sorry to say that as a parent of a Special day class student (my child is not in mainstream), I am disappointed with this school. The Special Day class teachers are very nice and I believe they are doing their best (don't get me wrong), but my son is in the 4th grade and still cannot read well even though he is in Speical Day Class for the majority of the day and is only mainstreamed a few times per week. We have to pay a tutor twice a week $50.00 per session (=$100.00 per week) to move things along. I wish I had found a better school to take my child to when he was in 2nd grade.
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Posted March 31, 2006

This school has an excellent reputation as one of the best schools in the Union School District. The school has a high level of parent participation and the home and school club raise many thousands of dollars in supplemental funds each year. This is a good school by California standards. The parent involvement makes up for many shortcomings. However, some of these same involved parents operate as a clique, dominating the H&S club, site council and allocating funds and reponsibilities to the inner circle. The majority of the teachers are excellent and work under somwhat difficult conditions due to lack of support by the district and district policies. The test scores w.r.t other Union schools have slipped and the school seems to have no plan in place. The leadership is too accepting of mediocrity.
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Posted January 11, 2006

We have been very pleased with the education our children have received at Alta Vista. We have had wonderful teachers who are dedicated and work very hard to provide a good education for all of their students.
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