Lorna J Kesterson Elementary School

These people want their money above anything else. I've had problems with all 3 of my kids not getting into preschool all 3 years. I've had problems with my oldest with bullying, a student threatened to stab other students, went to stab my son and threatened to kill a 2nd grader and often exhibited violence but it was my kid that ended up in trouble. My daughter was bullied here. Their enrichment classes and preschool are also NOT determined by "lottery" it is by teacher and PTO preference. They give parents who have been picking up kids for the past 5 years problems for picking up their kids and also clap back and say that you cannot drop your kid off at 8:25am for breakfast. This is not a 4 star school it has gone downhill and Selma F Bartlett would be rolling in her grave seeing as to how this school is being managed now

I had the worst experience here with my child in special needs first year this year at this school first day of school fight breaks out in the middle of the school campus with all the students present and not one staff member intervened to stop them until the police got called then second incident there PE teacher was arrested for taking inappropriate photos of a special needs student who was non verbal when the incident accrued we didn’t get any information if our student was involved or around that person they notified us of this incident at 4:30pm after school hours so we couldn’t get any information after asking the next day and reaching out to staff and his teacher I still didn’t get any information till days laters to find out my son was around the individual from the principal days later then the last incident my son was assaulted by another student who isn’t in the special needs and much older there nurse called and proceeded to tell me my son fell off the play ground I could here my son saying no he was pushed after pushing for more information is when I found out my son was battered by a 5th grade student not one adult present for the incident including his aid who was supposed to be there right next to him they tried telling me my son tripped this student without doing any investigation me knowing my son doesn’t even know what tripping is or how to do it with him being special needs knew wasn’t true and they tried to down play it and lied until I should up the school waited 2 hrs to find out what happened the principal didn’t know I was the mother of the injured student in the lobby he proceeded to question the involved students right in front of me as the student tried tell him what happened he stopped him mid sentence and said he didn’t care about what happened he just wants to know if it was accident or not they didn’t care about what happened to my son especially since he was new that year and this student who did the injury had been there since kindergarten they completely dismissed my son after fighting to change schools his last day only one staff member actually said good bye to my son the front office lady ,his teacher the principal not the vice principal came out to say anything to my son on his last day In There care they don’t care about there students they just wanna cover things up don’t send your special needs kids there all they care about is there school not getting in trouble not our kids

This school is a hidden gem in the heart of Green Valley. We have been here for 4 years now and every year gets better. If you are interested in private school at a fraction of the cost of other private schools, you've found that choice! Low student to teacher ration, and large classrooms. The teachers and staff nurture all of the kids at a developmentally appropriate rate, and my kids are thriving here. Bonus- there are super fun events throughout the school year!

I took my kindergartener out of this school after realizing she was expected to do homework every night and it took a minimum of an hour sitting with her and teaching her to complete it. One day she was home sick and when she returned to school the following day was given a packet of homework of all the work from the day she missed and expected to return it to school after one evening or would face grade deductions. KINDERGARTEN. When I wrote a letter to the teacher explaining that this was not in the best interest of my child’s mental health and we would be completing the work in increments of time to allow for time with family and to not stress my child out so much she shuts down I was basically told “well that’s our policy so she’ll be docked points for each day it’s not returned.” The insane pressure and damage to a 5 year olds self esteem because all they care about is their academic scores was beyond inappropriate and unhealthy. I refused to keep my child in a school that had displayed zero care for her social/mental well being. Save your children from this environment. We need healthy families who spend time together and children who have well rounded life experiences. No kindergarten should be crying at the dinner table over homework. KINDERGARTEN.