Desert Valley Elementary School

Many years ago, on my son's first day of kindergarten, he was riding the school bus home from Marshall Ranch when an older kid beat him up on the bus, and the bus driver just laughed. We went back to the school which told us they would not discipline the driver for not stopping the beatdown, because "bus drivers are hard to find". I will never forget or forgive Marshall Ranch, ever.

Desert palms is an horrible school but I will never put my child in this school ever AGAIN! My daughter was bullied for half of her time there. She would come home everyday and cry she would lash out on me and her father just because of all the bullying. The school never did anything to help her feel better. A Teacher once ran out of a class just to chase two students then left my child alone in the class with serval students. Sports are okay but my daughter never got to play softball because no one would coach. Another incident that happened was when a student threatened to bring a gun to school and shoot my daughter and her friend my daughter was not involved but just because she was in the friend group she got a threat too. they suspended that student for about 3 days. The assistant principal is rude he always has a bad attitude My daughters social studies teacher was the best and most understandable Shout out to Ms. sovich. Also Mr. gross my other daughters old math teacher was great!

1. The class size on this rating is COMPLETELY WRONG. They have about 30 to 35, sometimes even 40 students in 1 classroom, per 1 teacher. It is ridiculously over packed and parents have to get waivers to get them into a better school that is less crowded.2. The teachers here do nothing to keep the students entertained in class. They have them sit down and take notes. There are no science projects, no having the KIDS get up and move around to help do interactive math problems. They do not keep the classroom fun which could explain why there's always so many students failing. All they do is take notes.3. The bullying is outrageous. The amount of children that think it is ok to bully here and no teachers intervene is wild. I mean last year a group of boys had started an entire fight club! It took my student telling me about it and then me telling the principal about it to get it under control. Students would make fun of my son for his father being sick with cancer and teachers never did anything about it. They DO NOT rally behind their students and its disgusting.4. They have no patience. Now that could be due to how overpacked the classrooms are but DO NOT TAKE IT OUT ON THE KIDS. It is not their fault that they are stuck in a classroom that is too large. It is the schools and the school districts.Overall this school is terrible. I have never been so disgusted with a school and how they handle things in my life until we came across Kachina. Hopefully the new principal actually takes what parents say with pride and becomes a solution versus adding to the problem.

Both of my kids have attended Copperwood since kindergarten. My son had no problems and was able to promote and move on to HS. My daughter on the other hand has had problems left and right for the past 2 years. THE BULLYING IS SO BAD!!! They also SUPPORT the bully’s and do not care for the victims. My daughter has been physically and mentally attacked by one girl and her group of friends. We had to make a police report and the assistant principal put a “no contact” order in for my daughter and this girl which is a TOTAL JOKE! She’s still aloud to talk to her, call her names, and mentally abuse my daughter without any repercussions. My daughter is so scared to go to school. She does not feel safe at all. Do yourself a favor and find another school!!

This school use to be great. I have 3 kids, 2 went from start to finish, my 3rd is almost done and it can not come soon enough. The teachers struggle with support. There is no training for teachers in special education. The ladies in the front reception are great, but otherwise it's gone so down hill. There is no consequences from admin if you bully other kids. So much infact they will bully you personally as a parent. Sadly there isnt much around this area for schooling options so best of luck if you buy a house in the area. Peoria unified as a whole is a disaster.

This school will have your child signing contacts without parents consent and won’t tell parents until after the fact. I had to take my children out of this school and get a variance to put them into school elsewhere. I do not recommend this school. If I could give ZERO stars I would.