Desert Knolls Elementary School

I don't like how they don't order enough yearbooks for their students. So now some kids have to be sad because they didn't get one. But who sells yearbooks in person and before school starts anyways? Most of us parents can't come before school.

The office staff is horrible. No compassion for the children. Or the parents for that matter. The principal is not very active in stopping bullying. The teachers are very good. The proctor's and crossing guards are great. But the face of the school is the office staff and they are horrible.

Some of the school teachers are good, some are not so good, but the school principal is an extremely incompetent and rude person.

I love this school. I had 4 kids at the school two graduated from there, I still have two attending Sixth st prep school even though I live 20m away from there and still drive them to school every day. That's how much I love it ! and think my kids do great there. My daughter at second grade was reading at 5th grade level.

I’m so disappointed in Rio Vista. I’ve had my son enrolled at this school since kindergarten and he is now in second grade. Every year he is moved around to 2 different teachers because the classrooms are overpopulated with 2 grade level of kids. For example… First grade teacher has half a classroom with kindergartners and the other half is first graders. That also happened the beginning of his second grade year. Of course, no one communicates to let us parents know what’s going on, just “oh Johnny or Susie are going to Mrs. So and So’s class now, 3 weeks after school started.” There’s teachers here who don’t care if your child is progressing and then there are teachers who aren’t helping your child progress but will tell you that your child has fallen behind. How are we supposed to know if you don’t guide us or tell us as soon as you notice a problem. Why wait until the school year is almost over? The principal has a nonchalant attitude about everything and don’t ask for her to review camera footage if there was an issue on the playground, because she will most certainly tell you she won’t be doing it. I’m so disappointed in this school. My son has started to hate going to school and is only in second grade. He cries because he thinks his teacher doesn’t like him and says he feels dumb. My heart hurts for any other kids that feel like this and I will definitely be pulling my child from Rio Vista.

•The school does not provide real support for students.•The 7th-grade math teacher was not helpful at all.•I pulled my children out because this school is not what everyone thinks it is.•The waitlist is a joke — it’s not worth waiting for a school that treats families this way.•Parents, do yourself a favor and always believe what your children tell you about this school.