Jonas E Salk Elementary School

Salk is a great school with excellent leadership from the principal and school administration. The teachers we have dealt with (six in total over two kids thus far) have ranged from excellent to average, but never below average. Parent involvement is frustratingly low - too many parents seem to look at school as a daycare. After school activities that rely on parent involvement have suffered in recent years. The neighborhood is nice but older, however this school is about a block away from a middle school and sometimes the middle school students can be a bit unrefined and use coarse language around the younger children. The middle school kids are not allowed on the grade school campus unless they are picking up a sibling - this rule is strictly enforced. Almost all of the interaction between middle and elementary students is from students who are walkers.
--Submitted by a parent

The teachers and the staff are pretty good, and there are alot of after school activities and childcare and bus service. however, the classes are maxed out to capacity for the student/teacher ratio. The Neighborhood around the school is ok. I have had some problems with older teens hanging out cussing listening to nasty rap music and have even had some fights and some theivery from these older kids.
--Submitted by a parent

this school is been a very good place for my children to learn and grow up at .the teachers and staff have always been educators and friends to my children. they are very personable to both students and parents.my kids seem to learn at a good rate and recieve help from school activetes.the only problem with school is kids grow up and have to leave and graduate to a higher school.
--Submitted by raymond cheehy, a parent