Del Paso Manor Elementary School

I love DPM! My son attend grades 4-6, and then my daughter started Kindergarten the following year. The new/current principal does an excellent job of integrating the RL kids and the neighborhood kids. She is very dedicated and is truly a breathe of fresh air the school needed! The PTA is excellent and has done such a tremendous job bringing students, faculty and families together! I highly recommend this school to any parent looking for a superb environment to place their children into.
--Submitted by a parent

We love DPM. My kids have enjoyed school so much more since they transferred to DPM this school year. Their old school was so dysfunctional. DPM is very well run. The teachers are all very approachable and the new principal gets an A for her approach to running a school. I always talk to people I know about DPM and encourage them to send their children to this school.
--Submitted by a parent

Enthusiastic teachers, excellent opportunities to explore science
--Submitted by a parent

Having the Rapid Learner program complicates things for this school. Only a fraction of families are making decisions for the whole of the school. We decided to leave after Kindergarten and first grade when our daughter didn't get into Rapid Learner because it is like two schools, the haves and the have nots. I hope the new principal can do a better job of integrating these kids since they both have much to offer the other. We are happy with our new choice, but leaving was an agonizing decicion.
--Submitted by a parent

Many good things are happening at DPM. We have a tremendously hard working PTA organization. We have excellent test scores in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. We are a caring group of teachers working extremely hard to make this the best educational environment that we can with little district support. We have some outstanding, well educated, and insightful teachers.
--Submitted by a teacher

The school itself is unkept - though the occassional attempt is made by staff. The quality of teachers is unfortunate - though there are one or two bright spots on the teaching staff. Overall my son's 5 years at this school were nothing what I had hoped for and the education he came away with was well below average.
--Submitted by a parent

My 2 daughers went to DPM ,this year we moved and can't stay there.I very happy with their educational level that they have now .We immigrated 5 years ago tho US and my children went to school without any English words.My husband and I are thankfull teachers and principal for their job. Refering to discipline.I think that not the teachers or principal should discipline our kids.All their behavior in school is the result of the discipline education at home.
--Submitted by a parent

This bullying problem has been twisted and helped along by the teachers as well as the teachers at this school. Instead of bringing in the parents to meet and discuse the problem before the principle, they are kept in the dark, seems like the principle is signing alot of referrals this year. You should ask to examine the number of disciplinary forms she has signed this year and previous years. Parents are not let known of the problem untill it is to late and the action has taken place. Not all the reasons are written in on the forms she signs only how she sees it. Ask to come in and speak to her if need make an apppointment. Make sure you are heard and don't hesitate to bring up your thoughts, your children are the reason she has a job, and thier welfare is her responsibility.
--Submitted by a parent

I have 2 kids attending DPM. This is a great school and the teacher are exceptional!! The only bad thing of the school is the principal. She does nothing for discipline, letting the same kids get away with bullying. I don't think the school does enough to educate children on the harmful effects of bullying. I know I teach my kids not to bully others, but if the principal does not have the backs of the teachers, the kids know they can get away with anything. The prior principal was more involved with children safety. However, the teachers are great and helpful.
--Submitted by a parent

My oldest went to DPM 1992-1998 and now I have my 3 youngest attending in K, 1st & 2nd grade RL. I'm proud of our school and wouldn't change it for the world. Thank you DPM!
--Submitted by a parent