As a new resident of this district, I am appalled at the lack of resources and availability this district has for school aged children. Childcare in this district is dependent upon the school the child attends, which means you are required as a parent to submit a request to transfer your child to another school in most cases further from home, just to be sure you can receive before and after school care. All elementary schools offer afterschool care, but lack the necessary support to facilitate more children, so instead the children are waitlisted until whenever. Unfortunately this is now causing me to miss work and I can't imagine how many more families are coming out of the pocket or missing work because of this issue as well. It is so unsettling to move to a new city/district and not have no definitive care for my child. This district so far has made me feel somewhat regretful. When going to the registration department for school transfers, because of the influx of requests, they can't assure you anything, and unfortunately have to crowd certain schools in order to accommodate the parents requests. Although I too need this request, I can very well see why this is an issue and why certain schools are more crowded than others. This is counterproductive to providing adequate resources for this community and works against the betterment of the child. This is not a small county and more can definitely be done within this school district, especially when houses are continuously being built as if families with school aged children are not the ones buying them. It's unfair to our children and creates an unnecessary hardship on the parents. Redistricting your county is not going to fix the problem if the resources are still not there. Partner with more childcare providers who have busses and can care for school aged kids, create RUSD facilities and jobs for before and after school care programs. RUSD needs to upgrade their level of management with this issue. It seems as if it is an already known issue so I hope this is taken seriously and made a priority for our children's care. read more

This review is regarding Highland Elementary in Riverside. My son (1st grade) attended this school since august 9th, 2021. All the staff there "seemed" nice and professional. A couple of days went by, my son comes home telling us kids have been pushing him and taking his toys. My husband calls the teacher (Sweeny) to confirm. she mentioned she didn't see anything in that matter but that she will keep a closer eye on my son. We greatly appreciated it. A few days pass, we get a call from the teacher saying him and this little girl was playing. Hes a playful kid. Him and his cousin (Which is a girl play together all the time.) Again, we get a call from the principal (Dorsey) stating my son has been putting his hands on the little girl and he was switched to a different classroom. We asked if he was doing anything nasty or inappropriate. The principal stated that it wasn't inappropriate but the little girl felt uncomfortable. ok, that's fine. They said he apologized. When we called The school, we addressed The situation about my son getting bullied, they didn't do anything about it. But when my son does something innocently and is playing like a normal kid would, you switch my kid to a different class? I was offended on that. Why not switch the kids that pushed my son around? My son gets dropped off at school today and before I let him go, he says hello to the principal. All she did was waved and gave a sarcastic smile. I felt some type of way about that but I thought it was just me. My son walks on campus and we walk away. I couldn't help but notice how she was engaging with the other parents and students after they greeted her. I walked up to her and asked I can speak to her. Before I was even able to finish that phrase, she cut me off by saying to email her. Parents walk up to her asking her questions and she answered them no problem. I couldn't make a scene at the school so I walked away and went home. I'm not the type to pull a race card but my son is black and the principal is black. The whole school is practically the opposite. She is setting my son up for failure. We are switching schools ASAP. read more

The person at the front desk was incredibly rude and off-putting when I was in there last week, and this is not the first time I've had a bad experience with these people. After being told wrong information by someone over the phone, I went in to get some answers and the front desk lady was, at first, being rude to ME, and then I could tell she was kind of just frustrated that one of her employees had given out bad info. That's fine, I get it, but when your CAREER is customer service, you should be a little better at not letting things get to you, and not taking it out on the customer in front of you. read more

The woman at the front desk of the District Registration office had an attitude during my interaction with her. The second I walked in the door her terrible attitude and lack of customer service was noticeable. It seemed I was wasting her precious time when I simply asked for clarification, in order to ensure I didn't forget anything, her attitude was even more noticeable when I asked for a sheet of paper, so I could write the list of documents needed. read more

Best school district in the Inland Empire. High AP scores, facilities well maintained, administrators and teachers who truly care about their students. The campuses are clean and safe. My son loves going to school and has had no problems with his teachers or his fellow classmates. Very good RUSD! We love you and all you are doing to educate our children. Thank you! read more

I have been in the building three different times within the last 2 months and EVERY time I go in they are extremely rude to me. One of the receptionists didn't even let me finish my sentence before I was cut off. And she also told me the wrong information, which when I came in to correct it, Josie Alvarez the HR lady, was really rude to me and already talking to me like I was an idiot. She needs to tone down the attitude before she gets fired. When I tried asking her what I was missing she replied "It's all missing right here, I have nothing to work with, why would you give me this when it is missing?" Which I replied with "Well, the receptionist was telling me that I didn't need it and I tried asking her..." She cut me off and said "So? She has nothing to do with it." That got me angry and so I just wanted to leave because I can't even explain anything to them in a polite way without getting yelled at and put down. So unprofessional. read more

The head administration is rude and act like political thugs. I can name names, they treat children with mental illness as bad kids. I had to get a lawyer for them to even do as I requested with my sons doctors note. From a doctor , that they laughed about and said good luck with that. read more

I'm am by far so disappointed with this school district, I've never in my life had an issue with an school district, Roxanne S. Linares is by far very rude unprofessional and not kind at all, I called for my transcripts which I've dealt with sweet water school district and no one issue people were kind and understanding. I called Linares after ordering my transcripts online and paying for them which sweet water never charged which was 10 dollars which I was fine with and this was August 27th never received them when I went to call Linares back because I couldn't even track my transcripts she replied it happens it's life with attitude I was very disturbed she than told me if I didn't receive my transcripts by that following Friday she would issue me another 2, but after that I would have to start a new order and pay again. Why would I want to take the chance of paying another 10 dollars to have the same problem and not get my money refunded I understand it's 10 dollars but all company's refund you when you didn't receive what you paid for. To be quiet honest sweet water sent my transcripts before and I received them within 2 days no charge and coming from San Diego I'm locally 20-30 min from riverside how is that possible?! I clearly don't understand how she works in the district dealing with millions of parents and with an attitude like that. Don't order transcripts because you will deal with her and you won't get a pleasant reply. I highly suggest go in person and pay for what your going to actually receive. read more