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47-368 Monroe St.

Indio, CA 92201

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Desert Sands Unified School District

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Posted January 31, 2012

This school is a big part on our community not only with the best teachers but students as well I am proud to be part of this school.
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Posted May 9, 2011

Worst traffic problems / parking issues of any school I have EVER seen in my lifetime, specially during drop off at 9am and pick-up 2:55pm. No one is around to monitor this traffic. The principal just seems to look the other way. Teachers are mainly concerned with testing... lots and lots of testing. Yet my child used to thrive much better at his previous school, and things only went downhill after he started Dr. Carreon. My child's teacher is not very communicative, and I don't always have access to her. Not the most ideal situation.
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Posted December 16, 2010

Considering they say they have zero tolerance for bad behavior, I had to on several occassions speak to the teacher about my son being harrassed by a boy in his class. Eventually I went to speak to the principal because the harrassment got so bad I didn't understand why the teacher was allowing it. Upon speaking to the the principaI I was APPALLED to hear that she would NOT accept that this was happening! She acknowledged that my son was a student with no behavior problems, but yet she was determined to not accept that another students bad behavior was being permitted. Come to find out the student who was harrassing my son already had a record of bad behavior & finally did get in trouble for harrassing my son. I still don't understand how it is he got in trouble but yet the principal would not accept the problem? Maybe she refused to accept that their zero tolerance was not as they would like to pretend & harrassment really is going on in her school? Maybe if the adults there focused on the children & weren't so stressed out about test scores, things would improve. I pulled my children out of that school as I did not feel that safety was their #1 priority.
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Posted October 10, 2010

I finally got my kid out of this school. This school never sends home graded school/homework. Teachers have no contol over their classrooms. It is common practice to always send the child home no matter how small the infraction. They will insist the problem is your child and they need to see a psychologist.My child is at a new school & is doing better than ever. Graded papers come home, no complaints from teachers or principal, no need for a psychologist or special ed., and guess what my child made student of the month. For years I was made to feel like the problem was my child. But once I took my child out of Dr. Carreon my child thrived & blossomed into the most awesome kid. Good luck to all who decides to go there. I truly hope you don't have the same bad experience that my family had.
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2goodparents January 30, 2012
You get what your tax dollars pay for! Excellent school for the money in my opinion.
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tia2grandma January 25, 2012
Check to see if students with disabilities are a priority because otherwise the state doesn't pay for that child to go to School if they don't have a disability your child has to be put on a waiting list for pre-k! if their not
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LAMommy1 January 9, 2012
1.Go on a tour of a school tour 2. Talk to the director (and the teacher your child will have) about what the students day like. 3. Watch school in session 4. Look out for red flags: neglected children at play, lazy, non engaging teachers
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