Love In Deed

Oak Valley is amazing!!! The board is great, admin is great, teachers are great, students are great, and parents are great. We all get involved and it brings the entire school together as one big family. The school has made huge changes and amazing progress which I credit Mrs. Pilgrim and her rockstar team. When she came on board things started moving forward at an incredible pace (she really gets stuff done!). The board has been great with managing and supporting! This is what happens when you let teachers teach, let admin handle the way things need to be ran, and the board managing without micro-managing or ever letting politics get in the way. The majority of our students are transfer students from city schools which speaks volumes to how great this school is! Before moving to this district we lived in town and our kids attended a city school. The city schools have great teachers, but it seems like they are being held back or weighed down by rules and criteria. Oak Valley does not seem to have that type of push/pull. Oak Valley truly is All In from home, to classroom, to office, to board!

I rate this school a 9 out of 10

Tulare City School District has given me less faith and pride in my community than I would ever have imagined possible prior to having school-aged children. While asking teachers throughout the district what they can be sure of concerning Tulare City Schools, each one has stated that it is a game of politics. I have come to believe them. The district administrators seem to be driven by money and power. Teachers are overworked and resources scarce as a result. Higher salaries for teachers supplement sufficient working conditions, leaving my children to pay the ultimate price. How is this leveling the playing field? My children are losing out on an education which builds 'confidence' and 'creativity' because teachers feel they need to cut corners in order to get through the day. Education serves as the foundation and building blocks of the community. I'm not so sure what our community is building anymore.

So far I haven't had a bad experience with this school, my oldest loves it there and we have been lucky enough that she has had amazing teachers that help her succeed.

All of my three kids have gone to this school. We all love it and miss it very much. I love all of he Wilson teachers and their attention to all of their kids at school. I would have loved for my kids to stay there but I tried another school in Tulare and I did not like it at all. They are in Visalia now but I they are coming back. See you next school year Wilson. God Bless you all the time!!!!

My children come here and they love it. I love the staff is very friendly and caring with each and every student.

I love this school great staff the front office is always so patient and helpful very nice not rude at all my children love there teachers they are always excited of going to school the principle is very nice as well if have any type of situation she will right way fix it. I been in this school since 2004 taking my brothers to pleasant elementary and now my children. All in all I'm very pleased with this school.