Alamos Elementary School

Posted August 15, 2009

I am very suspicious of most of the good reviews. I have had 2 children attend Alamos from the first day it opened. I have been an active volunteer in their classrooms and have served on the PTA. Throughout the entire existence of the school, the administration staff has been terribly self-serving. The principal thinks that she's the only one who knows what your child needs and that parents don't have any credibility when it comes to determining the best interest of their child. The only thing she wants from parents is their money. She wants to give it all to the library and not to any field trips because they 'take away from academic time' (so much for learning outside a classroom). The teachers are the best part of the school. Most of them are great (if you get a bad one, good luck, the principal won't change it).
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Posted August 5, 2009

Alamos Elementary has been a wonderful experience for our daughter for the last four years. She has developed a true passion for learning and also understands the importance of a good education. All of her teachers have been exceptional! The principal is very supportive of students and staff. She follows the districts rules and regulations and is very consistent. Her expectations are high but not unrealistic. Alamos keeps getting better and better as the years go on! Five STARS all the way around!
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Posted January 8, 2009

My daughter has been going to Alamos since K and now she is in 3rd grade. I have to say the front office is not very helpful nor friendly. (I can't seem to understand why they would work at a school when they have little or no people skills?) The principal does what is in the school's best interest. The amount of homework given is worst then high school. My daughter is burnt out and only in 3rd grade. Yes, the school's test scores are high, but they are treating our kids as though they were in college. I feel my daughter is eventually going to start hating going to school as other kids already do. The schools needs to remember that they are in elementary not in college.
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Posted September 27, 2008

My son had difficulties adjusting, and the problem was simply that he was too immature for his grade. I wanted to have him repeat a grade, but the principal refused. I thought that she was dogmatic and unyielding. I put him in a private school(one grade behind) and he has done very well since then (3 years ago). I considered the principal to be condescending in her attitude toward me. This is an attitude I rarely encounter. Maybe if she knew that I am an MIT graduate with a doctorate degree, she might have listened more carefully to my opinion. The solution to my son's problem really was to hold him back.
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