I've found it quite challenging to get in touch with certain members of the Student Support Services team. Despite sending multiple follow-up emails and leaving voicemails, I have not received any responses. Phone calls also tend to go unanswered, and I have not received any callbacks. I hope communication can be improved to better support students and parents. read more

Bad and soulless district staff and management at the HQ/HR offices, no compassion or reaching out to staff or applicants. No human face or connection and barely there. Recently, the teachers almost went on strike because of the mediocre pay and increases as well as having to shell out for healthcare. read more

Rude and unprofessional Hr The older lady, tries to exert her authority And insults people. She whispers and gossips. read more

Every one is on pandemic mode, have been trying to get an intra district transfer for 2 months, all you get is voice mails and if you are lucky they call you back. If you're lucky. Terrible service read more

Avoid this district at all costs. If I could put a 0 I would. They treat their staff like shit as if they are replaceable and with no emotions. I actually lost money working there for a month because they withheld pay and then threatened me if I break contract to report me to the next employer. I really hope there is accountability because you can't treat people like trash and get mad when they leave and try to ruin their life. I'm willing to expose them by the way if they successfully ruin my chances of a new job. read more

Lack of compassion, lack of communication! No understanding whatsoever. They protected their non trained principal and change principals every year. You can tell by the schools how much they truly invest! These schools look like jail facilities! It's a sad day everyday for the kids read more

Would give five stars if i was reviewing a horror show I worked for them but my services were no longer needed after 5 long years of sweat and blood the fun thing is that I had to call 2 months after I stopped receiving jobs to find out they no longer needed my services there was no communication between myself and hr (they didn't try) I paid union dues and still was let go without a word and was lied to the entire time would never work for them again I wouldn't even bring my kids to this district because I know just how terrible they are they'd rather build brand new buildings instead of giving their custodians proper cleaning supplies one school I worked for they didn't even have a budget for that year but they were able to order hundreds of laptops if your thinking of sending your kid to them or working for them I'd suggest you think again read more

As a graduate of Fremont Unified School District, having the pleasure of attending Forest Park Elementary for Kindergarten, Ardenwood Elementary for grades 1st thru 6th, Thornton Junior High for middle school and finally American High School for High School, it has been one heck of a long ride. Ardenwood Elementary, one of the largest Elementary School's in the district, along with Forest Park Elementary. Ardenwood was named a California Distinguished School in 2010. The school had an experienced principal, Mrs. Rugg, who has been a proud Dragon for 18 years, but sadly just recently retired. The school also has an experienced faculty and very, involved and supportive parents. Even though many of the previous teachers when I attended Ardenwood retired, Ardenwood is still a great school! The Ardenwood PTSA hosts various different events throughout the school year such as a Spooktacular Halloween Carnival, Dragon Dash (Run-A-Thon to Raise Money), Winter Festival, Movie Night, Red Ribbon Week, Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week and more! The students, staff, teachers, parents, and community members all work together to show that it's the best elementary school in the district and that "WE LOVE ARDENWOOD ELEMENTARY!". Go Dragons!! Thornton Junior High School, is one of the Junior High School's in the district and was the one I attended. It was alright, the campus really needs a make over though. It's like ugly and the buildings are like all over the place and not close to each other. When I was there, the Principal was Ms. Hamilton and the VP was Mr,. Hicks. although, now Mr. Hicks is the Principal, Hamilton is finally gone!!! she was mean, and I'm glad she's gone even though I don't even attend Thornton anymore. The teachers are alright, some are extremely easy and some are extremely difficult. Go Thunderbolts!!!! Now, American High School, is a whole different story LOL. Many things have changed throughout American, between multiple different Principals, Administrators, Teachers, and Staff. The school itself is pretty good, with many good teachers and of course some bad ones, haha. It's a great school to send your child. Most people praise about Mission San Jose high School but really...just send them to American and they'll do just the same lol. Be sure to follow American High on Twitter @EagleNationAHS, @AHSBoosters, @Eagle_Era, @StudentStore76. Subscribe to them on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/EagleNationNow (Everything ASB related) http://www.youtube.com/AmericanHSFremont (Everything from your Counselors) Class of 2013, we did, we made it big!!!! Overall, the Fremont Unified School District is pretty good with multiple well known schools. read more

Fremont Unified School District - Fremont Unified School District, Fremont, CA. - Elementary Schools Near Me - Fremont, California

When I stopped by the district office recently for training, I was pleasantly surprised by the ease and efficiency of the sign in process, the friendliness/helpfulness I was received with by the HR staff and the time saved by the expedited processes in place. I really appreciate the staff for making my trip a breeze!! Now instead of dreading going to the district, I really look forward to it!! read more

Fremont Unified School District - Elementary Schools Near Me - Fremont, California

No. Just no. With the recent events going on in California, the air quality has been absolutely detrimental, in the 200's. Everyone in the Bay has been recommended to stay inside and breathe as little smoke as possible. Several schools around the Bay cancelled school days upon hearing the news, including colleges. But FUSD? Nope! They need that money! 3-4 days on closed school is just too big of a hit for them, never mind the health of the students! I've been told that they don't even bother to care that the students are inside during brunch and lunch, thus breathing in all the smoke. I've talked to current students about skipping school for their health. Nope, they say though they want to, they can't miss too much school, or else they'll fall behind. What kind of mindset is this??! What values have these schools been implementing? It disgusts me. As an alumna of a FUSD school, I'm more than disappointed that earning revenue from attendance is more important than the health of your students. FUSD and board, once again, you disgust me. read more

FUSD can do better in many ways. Here's why. They seem to do well on TV interviews and media coverage. They also seem to do good on accepting overflows. But FUSD and some of its schools, continue to make Fremont parents feel at mercy and muted, due to worry of failing or loosing property values. Parents continue to work super hard to get value of their prepaid tax dollars and high premium homes. FUSD/schools seems to give short notices in many ways, they expect parents to drop everything work on their commands. They also seem to intentionally bucketize students for their personal gains or credentials. The words respect, inspiration and fairness doesn't exist in their dictionary. This page is not claimed by FUSD, itself says something.. read more

I went there to get my son's English evaluation because he is not a native English speaker. You enter the office, if you are coming from Fremont Bart, you can take bus 239 or 210 to arrive here. You should enter from the main entrance where you checkin and tell your purpose of visit, the receptionist will then direct you to the room number. We checked in to the room and a lady asked us to wait for almost 10 minutes and then took my son to another room for test. The test was between 15 to 20 minutes long with reading, writing and listening. All in all great experience. read more

The HR department is full of cruel and unemotional women. They will build you up and then tear you down and then shun you with no reasons. Boo HR at FUSD. read more

The gal who helped enroll me Dharrivie was so rude. She consistently doesn't listen to what I say. She treated me as if I was a liar. She couldn't grasp that Oregon was the state I was looking for the vaccine record for. She emailed me twice saying I checked the Washington and California registry. I must have told her Oregon 3 times. She's rude. Rude. Rude. read more

The reality is that this school district isn't that bad. It's not particularly good either. What makes it stand out are the students and their parents. They've created a self fulfilling prophecy. Parents choose to come to this district because of the higher API scores and better reputation. (Look at the property prices for houses that are within the Weibel, Hopkins, MSJHS) Parents who are willing to do that are willing to shell out for tutors, extracurriculars and to spend late nights to make sure that their child does well. It doesn't matter how badly the school prepares them, all that extra support almost guarantees the good standardized test scores which bolster that schools reputation. A note for parents, fight tooth and nail to get your kids into honors and GATE classes. It's a divide that separates your children from a good education and a state-mandated minimum. The justification is that if you cared more, your kid would be in an honors class. And as such, there is more effort by the administration to provide a decent education to the honors children lest they face the wrath of an angry parent. My major gripe is with the complaints about overcrowding and underfunding. If you were to look up the salaries of these teachers and administrators, this becomes one massive joke. We could easily freeze these already ridiculously high salaries and hire a few more teachers but then the teachers would be up in arms, protesting on the local news. http://www.mercurynews.com/salaries/bay-area/2010 for salary info I could go on for hours about the school district, the teachers' union and tenure(not just for professors!!), but in the end they're marginally better than the alternative. read more

Worst place to go for enrolling your children! It sucks that i have to go through this shit hole for me to be able to enroll my son! Gave them 2 type of proof of address but still did not accept it, trust me. I gave them PG&E and lease agreement from my landlord but still they did not accept it. I have a feeling they were just being btchy! All the employee have attitude problem! After dealing with them i hope for them to burn in hell! I fuckin hate these assholes! Pissed me off everytime i come here! No apology will be accepted from this assholes! Karma will get you bitches. read more

One of the better USD's in the state and west of the rockies. Weibel elementary school---the district's highest-ranking elementary school in the state, and one of the better schools in the Western US. American High is one of the best high-schools in the state, and in WUS standings. Kennedy is also pretty high in the standings too. read more

I honestly have never been in a situation with such rude people in my life. I recently moved to the Fremont area and this is my first time ever enrolling my child in school (kindergarten) and I thought as a city this place would be more welcoming more supportive and helpful and especially guide you with the right resources. I left this place so hurt so upset and with so much anxiety due to how they mistreated me. If 90% of the staff here are parents they should have more patience and be more understanding of enrolling a first time child. Just because they work at the district doesn't mean that they are better then me or any other parent there I wish I could say my experience was great but that is far from the truth. read more

I am just repeating rating I gave to Brookvale Elementary. I believe Fremont Unified School District had to resolve this problem. We have moved to Fremont few months ago June 2012. I have two boys 1st and 3rd grade. One week after school started I got a call from Brookvale Elementary that 1st grade are over loaded and I have to send my youngest to different school. We have encountered this before at different school. But difference between other school and Brookvale Elementary is other school let you know before school starts so I can find a school where I can send my two sons. But Brookvale let you know after one week after school already has been started. My 3rd grade son already made friends and didn't want to move. My wife work early in the morning and now I have to drop off my two sons at two different schools at same time. And my wife have to pick them up almost same time as well. I have talk to Brookvale principal and explain my situation and only message I got from her was many families are in same situation as you are, they are taking it as it is and so should you. Principal is implying that they have made decision and it's final we don't care about your situation. There are nothing I can do to make it difference. The person who work at the office said some parents who was same situation as I am. And they end up sending their kids to private school. I am thinking to my self "Is she saying if you don't like how we run our school tough luck send your kids to private school" one time I was so upset I was thinking just that but why should I have to spend thousands dollars because Brookvale made an error how many kids they are going to have before school starts. This is why I am giving Brookvale and Principle a one star. I would just give top tip piece of one star if I could. read more

Don't know how a school can be rated highly. Kindergarten i either 8:30-11am or 11:30-2:30pm. WTH? This is suppose to be top rated school district? Feel like I wasted $ to live here. Considering sending kid to private kindergarten for a year, then come back when they offer real full-day schedule.... read more

Im a graduate from this district and have loved every minute of it. But now my son is in Kindergarten and I have to say my first experience has been awful! He started at Mission San Jose Elementary and in the first week the teacher told me he was going to have to be held back. THE FIRST WEEK! And then she let him walk off campus TWICE IN THE FIRST MONTH!!! That teacher is probably the worst teacher i ever met. She ruined my experience as a first time kindergarten mom! Im just glad the school was willing to work with me on transferring him to Azevada. And I have to say 5 stars to Ms. Temores who has worked wonders with him! She is super sweet and I can tell she is really trying to help him. He is the youngest in the class since his birthday is the cutoff date. I wish I could have had this experience in the beginning. read more

I know I'm only attending high school right now. But this district is the worst district ever! They won't help the schools with many various problems, fired all the good teachers who actually teach and don't give anything for the school's sports. Favoring MSJHS isn't a great idea please! What about Kennedy or American or Washington, these are the ones you are avoiding! God help us all try to get some help from the district when only the students and parents are doing something. read more

I haven't even been to the district office, nor do I know where it is. However, FUSD is a good school district for Fremont residents who have children to rely on. read more

As a parent with two children in FUSD, I am fortunate that I am surrounded by parents with the same mindset to help our children excel. That is the real reason why FUSD has high test scores. Between parent and supplemental after school education, and parent financial support, FUSD cannot take all the credit. Also, having experienced trying to help FUSD in fundraising and cost saving solutions, I can tell you the employees at FUSD really don't care. They would rather feel entitled and not do anything outside their job description. Don't depend on the teachers and administrators to really support your children. They keep saying they are but their actions say otherwise. This is the same school district that has paid for their Superintendent's lodging and raising this position's salary over the years from 5-40% each year. And they asked parents to pass Measure K which passed $3.4 million. Where is the money going to? Salaries or our children? If you do move here to Fremont, make sure to live among other parents willing to work hard for your children and your school. That is the only way FUSD will hear you and elicit any positive change for your children and your school. read more

Moved back to Fremont after three years in Sacramento area. I am very disappointed in the enrollment process at Fremont unified. Poor communication with staff on the enrollment process. Overcrowded schools! Every time I talked to a staff member at student services I got a different answer. My child is not attending home school and school district does not provide bus route. The system is a mess which is shocking for such an expensive city to reside in. Only advice make an appointment online to enroll your child. read more

Staff @ the Fremont unified school district are not very friendly. When I was enrolling my child for kindergarten I had asked the lady if this was a good school district and her response was, " Well there's a lot of people moving here." ( which to me was a sarcastic response) I was just looking for a simple yes or no answer as a concerned parent. And after calling the district again after finding out our child's homeschool would be going into a lottery system .. I was just simply stating that it wasn't fair as we registered early and I get a response of, " well we would be here all day trying to figure out which students go where." Again with the sarcasm. Attitude is not needed. read more

stopped by today for my daughters TK enrollment appointment, and it was great, super fast, and the girl that helped was wonderfull, i forgot her name read more

THIS IS THE BEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE U.S.! MSJHS is rated the top school in the country. Schools get money from the improvement of the test scores. These schools are already at the top of their scores, so our schools look shabby. read more

On paper the School District looks pretty good - high test scores especially in the Mission District - but the reality is that the schools are underfunded compared to other districts like Pleasanton. The reason it scores so high is the demographics in Fremont - there are some low income schools but not many. Schools in Hayward and Oakland would be happy with the test scores of Fremont's underachievers. The high income areas have parents that value education - they are willing to pay for tutoring, extracurricular activities, and are more likely to have 2 college-educated parents in the home. Mission San Jose High School is good not because of its overcrowded, outdated facilities, its average teaching staff or its meager counseling staff; it's because of the families who support their kids. Not a good environment for non-academic students but at least you graduate Mission with good basic academic skills and the awareness that working hard does pay off. read more

The review is about the school district office staff, in particular about the staff ( all the ladies) that work at the student support services department, I have never ever seen a room full of so many rude employees. Your questions are answered with sarcasm, straight long face. Not just during the busy time of the enrollment but they are like that through out the year, I hope they read this and quit their job if they don't like to work because so many parent feels disrespected by their behavior. They behave as if they are there not to help but to grant a favor to you by enrolling your kid in the school. Don't you dare to speak the word 'TRANSFER' they hate that and over react and will tell you to go to private school if you don't like the way they work. HATE IT HATE IT , you have to spend at least close to $1 Million to get a home in Fremont and such a sub standard school district administration. read more