18011 N 17th Pl
Phoenix, AZ 85022

My foster daughter has struggled in school most of her life due to moving frequently and attending numerous schools. Even with the Covid 19 Pandemic, these teachers and principal and office staff and counselors have been communicative and accessible. Teachers offered extra tutoring opportunities and we’re understanding. I have been impressed. After attending 15+ schools, she will be graduating this May. I cannot thank Mr. Luna, Ms. Seitzberg, Mr. Regan, Ms. Leto, Ms. Sedor, Mr. Adams, Mr. Skowron, Bethany Reynolds and Principal Molzhon enough. You are amazing. Thank you for all that you do.

This school gives me an uneasy feeling. There are just too many sour faces amongst the staff for comfort and it seems as though concerns of bullying are taken with a grain of salt. I always become wary when my intuition starts to speak to me, especially when dealing with such delicate variables, because my intuition is often accurate. Hoping for the best, sensing the worst.

Vista Verde is a great school. I recommend this school.

Student drop off is a joke. One of office staff is so rude I can t believe she still has a job. The front office staff is in charge of the kids that get sent to the principal. I ve witnessed a child standing up instead of sitting down. Who knows how long he was made to stand. The make your day program is teaching the kids to be tattle tails. If a student says a kid has done something then the kid gets into trouble for it, no matter if staff saw or heard what happened. I watched a teacher embarrass a student. Student was almost in tears. The parent had to take the child to a counselor due to the situation and bearing the $$. The lunch lady is rude and even ruder to the kids. She is known for making snide comments. One morning dropping my child off in the parking lot, a teacher read me the riot act. She acted like a lunatic. This was done in front of my kid. She told me I couldn t use the parking lot. Funny part is that there s spots for parents to park in the lot. I ve watched her with her students and she s not very kind at all. The AIMS scores are just above 50% passing. I chalk it up to bad teaching and low morale of the students. I wouldn t send my dog to Echo Mountain.