Valencia Newcomer School

Very bad school to go to. A lot of teachers and staff members are mean and bully the children. Please don’t bring your kids here. I even heard from other teachers from high school saying this middle school is horrible for kids to go. They have a hard time dealing with the students from Palo Verde. Look at the reviews before sending your kids. It’s a very bad place. Also it’s always about money. Everyday cost to do anything. Which that isn’t an issue but they sure don’t give you a heads up. Teachers and principals are mean and don’t care what parents say. They are horrible with communication. But so quick to suspend your kids for no reason.

Roadrunner Elementary is such a great school and the staff are close knit and strive to make sure that the students have everything that they need.

My son transferred to this school during a rough point in our lives. He received support from the school staff beyond what I would expect as a parent. They reach out to me to and communicate about any issues that are out-of-pocket for my son. He has excelled in his education since we moved and he attended Barcelona.

I have taught at this school for close to ten years. I am pleased with the progress we had made with family and community connections. We have struggled with state test scores but our scores have improved. The teachers are dedicated to the students and it shows because the students are here every day.

This school has been the worst nightmare for 2 and a half years for my son and myself. He was denigrated by the teachers since his first year, one of his teachers told me that "he did not belong there". December 2019 was the last month he attended Ss. Simon & Jude, because another student attacked him for 2 days in a row and nobody saw anything, what a coincidence? But he chews gum in class and the whole school sees him and receives several behavior reports. He had to go to the emergency room, he had an injury to the fibula because the boy jumped on his leg while my son was on the floor. The next day, on Wednesday, I went to school and reported the incident. The first thing the principal asked me was, what do you wanted us to do? And I told her to do whatever she wanted. Obviously they weren't going to do anything since the kid’s mom works at the school. I told the principal, tomorrow will be his last day here. I will not risk the safety of my son, because the same student who attacked my son threatened to break his other leg. The principal continued to bring up the issue of my son's grades, when the most important thing was to resolve the situation that my son was attacked by another student and was sent to the emergency room and everything happened during lunch break, which supposedly there is supervision and during the transition from one class to another. On his last day of school (Thursday) his 7th grade teacher / classroom told him that "he was lying about what happened on his leg, that he had nothing" and also mentioned that" he was the cause of all the problems at school "and the principal thinks she has the "best educators", how can a teacher be so evil to a child? My son is attending a new school. His attitude has changed a lot, I see him happier, and his grades have improved a lot. We haven't had any problems, no complaints of any kind. I REGRET SENDING HIM THERE!!! SINCE THE DAY OF THE INSIDENT, HE'S BEEN ON CONSTANT AND SEVERE PAIN AND NOW HE HAS TO UNDERGO A PROCEDURE.