William J Winkley Elementary School

Both our kids are attending CCMason for past 2 years. We were apprehensive of the school in the beginning given the ratings but our fears quickly vanished. The teachers are absolutely wonderful and genuinely care about the kids. Highly recommend this school for anyone looking for nourishing environment that fosters growth mindset.

Wonderful staff! They welcome parents to attend their kids during lunch time any day. They also have a very unique policy that if a child is in preK then the parent is allowed to walk that child right to the classroom the whole year every single day. No other school allows it. This was a major criteria for us. They dont stress much about late time also which is nice. Kids are very happy their and love their teachers.

My son has been at Knowles since first grade. Previously, we were at a charter school, but I felt like he wasn't getting his needs met with such large classes. We decided to tour our zoned school(Knowles), and were pleasantly surprised. Initially, I had reservations due to the school's scores, but we absolutely love our school. My son is in dual language, and it has been incredible. We've been blessed to have wonderful teachers every single year. In addition, he's had teachers help him one-on-one in order to improve his Spanish and get on grade level. The communication from the campus is great, although I'm still getting used to Parent Square. The class sizes are really good, and I feel like his needs are met. I also love that he has two teachers for different subjects, as it's teaching him to work with different personalities. He's also had wonderful friends and no behavioral problems in the classes. Overall, we're super pleased. All of his specials teachers are great as well, and especially his Quest teacher, Ms. Minardi. We appreciate our principal and the office staff. They're easy to work with and communicative in the past when any issues have arisen.

I have three children who have attended Pleasant Hill. This is our 8th year of having at least one child there. Overall Pleasant Hill is great. Two of my children have received extra services and testing for disabilities and I’ve been very happy with the staff and how they’ve helped my students with these hurdles. Very happy to be at Pleasant Hill.

Good luck if you get bullied, sexually harassed, or physically assaulted by other students or teachers at this school. Nobody will believe you or do anything except say that they're "investigating the situation" and then say they're "so sorry for your perception of what happened". And because you raised an issue and wanted help for a problem? You're their new favorite problem to pick at, because how dare you try to make them help you? That's not their job. At least, not here.Oh, and now? If you so much as raise your voice, they threaten to send you to LEO where there's a cop instead of handling the situation like a professional educator. You'll be a target. Are some of the teachers/counselors nice? Sure. But the best part of it all? If you are behind and failing miserably at any subject, they'll gladly let you slip through the cracks and keep on passing you without so much as letting your parent know until it's WAY too late. Nobody at this school cares about you or your education. And it's just getting worse.