Hurley Ranch Elementary School

Hurley Ranch is a great place to work and a wonderful place for children. Hurley has quarterly events for students and parents, they provide before school tutoring and an afterschool program, they have monthly assemblies, Principal s List breakfasts every quarter and a PTO that goes above and beyond for the kids. Students work together with parents and teachers to create Student Action Plans specific to each student s needs. The office staff is friendly and knowledgeable and the Administration is always visible. Hurley Staff members are open to ideas or suggestions and go out of their way to help whenever and wherever needed.
--Submitted by a teacher

I just have to say that I love the front office staff! They are so warm and friendly and take great pride in making sure the students and parents feel welcomed. Both the principal and assistant principal always seem to do what is best for the students and their education. I definitely would recommend this school.
--Submitted by a parent

I look forward to the day I can move out of this neighborhood and in to one that has schools that care about the education of our childrens future.
--Submitted by a parent

This School is a great school i enjoyed it for my daughter , unfortunatley she had to move to another school for Jr. High , but she loved this school, The principal is great always wanting to help and the office staff bring a fun ,warm and inviting feeling when you come in , and the Teachers are great I always look forward to the exciting events they have for students, this is one school that sure does try to live by its motto home of the stars.
--Submitted by a parent

I love this school from the office staff to the teachers everyone there is awesome. My son has learned so much.
--Submitted by a parent

My daughter is in 5th grade at this school, about to finish her second year here. The school she came from was awful; there were serious bullying problems that the school never resolved until I pulled her out before the end of the year. However, since starting at Hurley Ranch, my daughter has flourished! She's had great teachers, the resource teachers really care, and the principal is wonderful. The front desk staff is a little 'stand-offish' but I have no complaints overall. As a matter of fact, my husband and I are separating and I'm looking for a home in the same area only so my daughter can continue attending this school.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is horrible!!! I was waiting to see how the school year would go for my children before coming to any conclusions. The teachers in the higher grades have no idea on how to control their pupils. I went into my child's class one day, it was like walking into a zoo. Wild!! I actually felt sorry for his teacher. Not to mention the front office staff. Talk about rude impersonable people. Their noses are so high up in the air you would actually think they own it.
--Submitted by a parent

I'm not sure why so many parents are complaining about this school. I guess that the unhappy ones are the first to point the finger. I've seen other parents yelling at teachers and staff in front of the kids, and trying to find blame in the staff for their child's behavior. As a parent, watching these other parents not making their children be responsible for themselves is what makes these kids even worse! Overall, this school has an awesome front office staff, principal, and the most devoted teachers I've seen. Yes, they don't have a lot of funding (like the rest of the state), but they buy things out of their own pockets, and encourage donations. We are all here to make sure the kids succeed: parents and teachers need to start working together instead of playing the 'blame game!' Great school!
--Submitted by a parent

I am very happy with this school. The staff/teachers/adminstration are a wonderful group of people. They all take the time to help the students with anything that they need. The teachers make themselves available if you have any concerns and the principal and asst. principal are also there if you have any other concerns. There needs to be more parent involvement in the school to help enrich the learning process.
--Submitted by a parent

I am throughly disappointed in this school. There are obviously money issues and I feel sorry for the staff/teachers/administrators that are trying to work under the current conditions as it seems it is an impossible obsticle to overcome. But who wants to see their child's education suffer because of that? Basically, there are some good caring teachers, but the school is ridiculously overcrowded and underfunded. I have had issues with a teacher ignoring my requests for a meeting and/or a phone conversation on my son's progress for over 2 weeks. Not until the vice-principal was contacted did this teacher have the courtesy to call. She said she was too busy to even use the bathroom during school days, much less to call. When I volunteered to help in the class, she declined, citing 'confidentiality issues'. This school seems to be a sad, scary drop-off/daycare for forgotten kids.
--Submitted by a parent