Forest Vista Elementary School

I have a 3rd grader and will have my second one enroll in K this year. I love everything about Forest Vista.. Excellent school in terms of academics, socials and extra-curricular activities. Awesome teachers who go out of their way to help a kid. The counselor is excellent and has really helped my introvert child gain confidence in class activities. Love the principal and the office staff !!
—Submitted by a parent

Love the school.. My kids are in 2nd grade and K and I am glad they go to FVES. The teachers are excellent and very supportive. The PTA is strong with great people. I love the extra-curricular activities they offer. Overall I am very pleased. Principal is very caring and approachable.
—Submitted by a parent

From the teachers and staff to the huge amount of volunteers, Forest Vista is full of positive/caring people (some who have been there for many years) who go out of their way for our kiddos and who love what they do.
—Submitted by a parent

My daughter attended FVE from K-5. We have always had a great experience there. The teachers are dedicated and go above and beyond for the students. I was most impressed when Dr. Schott came to the school as principal. Every morning he would be outside, rain or shine, opening car doors to make sure the students got safely inside. He is also always in the hall saying hello to students and parents, not behind his desk with the door closed. Now, how many principals do that? My daughter also had an a exceptionally great 5th grade year and made an easy transition to middle school. We continue to enjoy FVE now that my son is there.
—Submitted by a parent

I had two children attend FVE - and had wonderful experiences! We were involved in everything from LEAP to chime choir - and they thoroughly enjoyed it all! All classroom learning was exceptional. They also have a wonderful PTA and volunteer base.
—Submitted by a parent

We moved here two and a half years ago from another state and It was very difficult for my daughter to make the transition. We are very happy with Forest Vista's staff and student body. Both my daughters are doing well.
—Submitted by a parent

The students, parents, teachers, and administrators all work together to achieve excellence. The faculty has very little turnover and look forward to coming to work each and every day. The specials teachers are outstanding and develop a love of the arts in every child from kindergarten through fifth grade. Numerous parent volunteers help keep our school running smoothly. Forest Vista is an outstanding place to work and learn!
—Submitted by a teacher

the principal and front office are very nice. teachers very slow to warm up. the school is great academically, but not a lot offered for the working parent.
—Submitted by a parent

Principal and Assistant Principal are professional and very friendly but the front office personnel is the most unfriendly group of people. Academics are Excellent. I just have noticed lately that a kindergarten teacher has a favorite student, maybe that child needs extra attention, but it is obvious that the teacher is extra special with that kid.
—Submitted by a parent

We got a new principal last year and he has been great. There's now a balance of teacher and parent voices. We have been at FV since 2001 and have been very blessed to have teachers who care. My son also has Special Ed. and FV has a great team of teachers who are dedicated to their jobs and to the students who need special services. There are always good points and bad points but the good outweigh the bad.
—Submitted by a parent

All three of my children have attended Forest Vista and have like the teachers, staff and PTA. Great building design and condition. Great dedicated teachers.
—Submitted by a parent

Love this school and so do my kids. There's not much turnover in the faculty because the principle is supportive of them. All the teachers we have had are willing to work with us to provide the best education for our kids. The specials teachers are great and my kids can tell you about different artists, drama terms and concepts and music. Good all around education. We'll miss this school when the kids go on to mid-school.
—Submitted by a parent

Overall it is a good school. Should become better as there will be a new principal in 2007. There are a couple of teachers who have no business working with children. Many families have had terrible experiences with one of the first grade teachers. Hopefully, the new principal will make some positive changes.
—Submitted by a parent

My experience with this school has been all positive. My kindergarten child struggled initially, but the teacher was attentive and communicated a plan of action and his grades are now near perfect. Several of my neighbors children also attend this school and all I hear are positive reports about the effectiveness of the school. The school is surrounded by upper income neighborhoods with many stay at home moms who volunteer to help with classes. There appears to be a very strong PTA
—Submitted by Matt Davis, a parent

My child attended this school for about 2 weeks. The teachers were awful! In 2 weeks time, the teachers never had the time to talk to me. She was new to the school and I wanted to meet her teacher and pass on her records from her old school but the teacher was actually snooty and rude to me. I found out she took cell phone calls during classtime. Afterschool, when I picked my daughter up, her last day there, a teacher suddenly, out of the blue, blew up at her screaming on the top of her lungs and was in extreme anger. The teacher did not know I was her mother and was standing right there. I asked the teacher what the problem was and the teacher calmed down enough to tell me she was mistaken. I transferred my daughter to privateschool the nextday.
—Submitted by a parent

My daughter transferred from a different school district to forest vista and so far I am not impressed with this district. She is a little behind and the teacher has not done anything to help her get caught up. She just keeps throwing more and more work on her.
—Submitted by a parent

My son went to kindergarten at Forest Vista in 2004-2005. The 'specials' are really great; the level of the art class was very impressive. I was disappointed with the large class size, and the distribution of ages among the kindergarten classes. My son ended up being 6 months younger than almost everyone else in his class, where another class 'had all the young ones'. I was also disappointed with the principal's reluctance to discuss letting my son repeat kindergarten; his teacher said he 'was doing okay' academically, but was behind developmentally (summer birthday) and she thought he'd have trouble in first grade. My impression was that the principal was more concerned meeting ratios (the K classes next year were projected to be full) than with what would be best for the individual students. I talked with one other parent who wanted her daughter to repeat K, and she had similar experiences.
—Submitted by a parent

This is a great school for my granddaughters. They are both accellerated students in the leap program and have had excellent opportunities by attending this outstanding school.
—Submitted by a parent