Ynez Elementary School

as a parent i expect more from this school... the principal is very unprofessional.. im constantly having problems with my daughters teacher and nothing ever gets done when i report it.. im sick of this school already and how they handle things that are being presented to them.. very bad school...
--Submitted by a parent

Principal lacks leadership skills and involvement or communication with parents. Teachers are good. School overcrowded. Lunch not good says students.
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I go to college myself and we all got taught different ways to do a fraction problem. When trying to help my child do his work, he said that's not how the teacher do it. I have to work it out the same method that the teacher felt is the best way to teach them. But that takes out the involvement and the extra help that the parent can provide. The answer comes out the same, why can't the student choose any method that he might be more comfortable with. Not all students learn the same. Some student learn better by verbal and some by visible. He get a big fat ZERO for not following their method. If my child become a teacher, should he teach the same way his teacher is teaching? Some teacher at Ynez are demanding in their teaching styles. I give them a big fat zero for their rating if that is allowed. The school is not up to date wtih the world. As long as the answer is correct without cheating, I say the child gets the point. Teachers are more irritating than the students. "You need to do it my way." Give me a break.
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I'm now 41, but when i was in 8th grade there.. there was a teacher which alot of students liked.. Mr. Johnson (i think i spelled it correctly?).. was a nice teacher, but he made fun of me in front of the whole classroom and said i was different from them because of some bad habits (mostly jesters) that I had at that time.. Overall, most of the teachers there at that time were helpful to each of us, but there were certain teachers that were biased. I don't know what criteria the hiring policy for those teachers were back then, but Mr. Johnson was a very biased person in my opinion (being of ethnicity also), that lowered my standards on him even more to this day. Even though there are good teachers at Ynez elementary school now, he leaves a bad scar in my life growing up there and I will not allow my kids to go there to this day because of the emotional hurt I had when I went there. Again, the teachers now are probably very good, but at that time, as a parent, I would have questioned the hiring process on teachers back then.
--Submitted by a parent

fair school, too much emphaisis on academics, no or none after school activities. too much home work given everynight. student carries about 30-40 pounds of school materials everyday. school does not provide lockers. field trips?

this is almost the best school in the Alhambra district GO YNEZ EAGLES YAY :D

the only negative thing i have to say about this school isthat some of the teachers have racial profiling and discrimination against students based on their race since there is a high population of asian community. this is very discouraging for the child to the point they dont want to go to school.
--Submitted by a parent

this school has excellent academics, but the focus is merely on academics. the prinicipal is okay, but the vice principal is excellent. kids receive too much homework, and never have time for anything else. the upper grades should have lockers and extracurricular programs.
--Submitted by a parent

With all respect, education should incorporate the free allocation of ideas among students and instructors. A school should provide utmost resources for their students. This school lacks interaction among students with their instructors. My child had alleged that some of the instructors at Ynez racial profiling and discrimination against students based on their race, gender, and ethnicity. Also alleged were the lack of teachers' interaction with students. I know Ynez can do better and hope they would improve in efforts to prepare students toward rigorous endeavors to come.
--Submitted by a parent

A good school with a lot of homework which can help student get ready for high school.
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