Staff has a bad habit of telling the innocent child to stay away from the child or children that…read morebully them. Many of the teachers scream and yell at the children in class and completely overreact to the littlest thing. I can't understand why these teachers don't go find another job if they don't like what they do. Oh wait, it's probably because they have Zero accountability at this school. I hate that this is the school my nephews attend. It's much different than when I attended Lincoln years ago. Granted there probably are some great teachers there too, but the bad ones will ruin the reputation of the entire school. Maybe the good teachers should report all the screaming and yelling that comes from the other teachers classrooms to the principal so she can send them to training or something. My nephews love the custodian Freddy. However, the bathrooms at the school are a disgrace so Freddy could probably use some more help in that department. They also love coach Perez.

Great school. My daughter has been going here since kinder. She says they have the best…read moreplaygrounds. Her teachers were. Mrs. Russell. Kinder Mrs. Christiansen first Mrs. Herspring third She has loved all her teachers so far. They take a lot of care in each child. Mrs Herspring is the best teacher ever according to my daughter.

PARENTS BEWARE! PLEASE READ PRIOR TO ENROLLING YOUR CHILD(REN):…read more Prior to enrolling my child here several years ago I did a lot of research on this schools and the districts and found only positive feedback regarding McSwain Elementary. My daughters first years here under a previous staff was beyond amazing! Sadly, within the last couple of years, this school's administrative staff and new principle: Lauren Lanum/Vice Principle: Hector Perez and especially the Superintendent Andrew Kersten have completely lost sight of safety and responsibility for the children who attend this school. My child has experienced both discrimination for medical reasons and had been bullied a total of 8 months within one school year. When dangerous situations occurred and death threats were made upon her life nothing was done to stop it even though adults in charge were notified. My child was told by those in charge to ignore the bullies. My child became so traumatized to the point of wanting to take her own life because of the constant torment. I emailed, called & visited for various administrative help about the dangers and suicidal feelings my daughter was having due to the bullying and no one batted an eye except for the school counselor Vanessa Granados. (Thank goodness for her!) The principle Lauren Lanum could care less. Both she and the superintendent Andrew Kirsten hung my child for a situation they stated they had no malicious proof of. They simply used her as an escape-goat. A Teacher who was supposed to be responsible was never held accountable because thats what the adults do here; they protect one another. The female Coach at this school: Heather Perez allowed bullying and even became involved. Parents over-heard/saw her talking negatively about my child and contacted me to let me know she was involved. When I brought up the comments to the principle she made excuses. This school is like a boys club. If you are a "favorite" you get special attention and privileges. If you are new, bullying is a huge problem. I'm not the only parents child who's been emotionally tortured at McSwain. I'm simply the one who is willing to stand up against bullying and speak my truth and experiences. All other positive posts after mine are simply to throw off the scent of the lies and deception that this school is so wonderful at performing. Guardians Beware!

I go to school there and I really like it there besides all of m past schools I have never got…read morebullied here

I went to this school from K-8, love the school, great campus too. Teachers and staff (for the most…read morepart) were fantastic my time there. I loved all of my teachers, bus drivers, campus monitors, and the office staff. Kids weren't all great but you can't expect too much with such a small community and, again, it is school after all. School doesn't have much funding, but through the grades we still went on awesome fieldtrips. Definitely recommend over our rival school Coarsegold.

The principal & vp are awesome people! None of the students have bad attitudes instead they show…read morerespect. Teachers are friendly and custodians are amazing! (keep up the good work westside!)

My son has been going to this school for a couple of yrs. He has a good teacher this year and the…read morenew principle is great. Much better then the last one. This school has to deal with alot of abused chidlren and I think they have a better staff to deal with it this time.

2nd best school in Los Banos. I got 2 girls that go there would be five stars but they're idea of…read moreorganized pick up for your child is a joke. They continue to let whoever park behind you so you can't back up when you want to leave,nobody directs traffic or have anybody on staff on the same page to get these problems worked out

3 kids here . no problems bought to my attention except a rude kinda mean(so my daughter says) yard…read moremonitor.

Great school, rude staff. One of the ladies in the front office is nothing but rude. Some teachers…read moreare bullies aswell.

Great little charter school on the north side of Hanford off the 43. They also have Calico…read morefestivals out here that is for the whole family

My niece has done pre-K and Kindergarten here. She seems to love her teachers and has no…read morecomplaints. The campus still looks new. The sisters and fathers have all been courteous and polite to me whenever I'm there to do a pick up. Nice cathedral-styled church attached. I like that they do a lot of activities, like plays and chorus, as well as all the craft fairs and carnivals (which are to raise money, but hey, the kids seem to enjoy them). I think they the teachers rotate from places around the world, so my niece had a teacher from India last year. I think it's great that she's exposed to cultural differences. It's heightened her awareness and I think fostered early tolerance for differences between people.

This is a very nice and friendly school. It has nice staff and offers a great catholic education…read more It offers great academic challenges to thrive your child.

I honestly wish that that I could rate this elementary school at ZERO stars. There is continuous…read moremiscommunication, and a extremely unprofessional attitude when it comes to the principal, Tracy Cassina She cares more about getting her "Likes" on the "Blooms" App, than she does about real concerning matters when it comes to the children. Not to mention the favoritism when it comes to students and parents. Even the communication between the principal, staff and district office is always inconsistent. The district office seems to have more realistic, and accurate information, yet the principal is always on a different page, or a page of her very own while she leaves out her own school staff, or chooses to snap at them as witnessed on multiple occasions if they try to have an opinion. It's extremely obvious that she is way in over her head with the current position she is holding as principal. Her number one priority should be the children attending the elementary school and their overall well-being whatever that may be. Yet as a parent when she is spoken to in regards to a bias situation she simply tells you straight to your face that she doesn't have time to discuss it, and you have to take it up elsewhere at a later date and time. There has been continuous situations that have arose, and each one of them have been taken just as serious as the last, which is not serious at all. I have learned that the overall approach for the School District is to ignore the parents, leave matters unaddressed, and eventually you will just shut up and go away. Leaving your child/children with whatever scraps of dignity and respect that they want to throw their way.

If you are serious about academics, send your kid to UCS. If music matters more, Liberty.read more