School allows bullying and does nothing to stop it except keep allowing bullying and pushing it…read moreunder the carpet and principal loves to bully kids who is in a sdc class or has special needs

This is in reply to the last comment…read more Sorry to hear these concerns! It's true that I'm a mother, use a laptop and "eats", but my students do not suffer because of these things and I'm happy to schedule a conversation to discuss, if you are a parent. -Mrs. Lara

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.

During this time when parents need guidance and have questions to this "distance learning" there is…read moreNO ONE to answer calls and questions. We just get a mass email with limited information and told to call with questions yet no one is ever there to answer the phone regardless of the time being called. Very discouraging to the parents to be left out here with no way of getting questions answered or help in a timely manner. The only reason I gave this 2 stars is because my daughters teacher was amazing before the homeschooling. Thank you Mr. Duni for everything you did.

PLEASE don't send your children to this school. Insist on a transfer to any other school…read more My son was originally assigned to this school, and came home telling me about his teacher being stalked/threatened by her boyfriend. After a little bit of investigating, I found out that his teacher (2nd grade) was receiving cell phone calls during class time. The conversations were inappropriate for any child to hear of and the professionality of the teacher had to be questioned. Understandably, my son was worried that his teacher was going to be hurt because of what the teacher shared with the class. NO child should have to deal with this these kind of issues! To make matters worse, trying to reason with the teacher was impossible. She refused to keep her private life private. I thought that speaking with the principal would help resolve this issue, but the principal refused to assist in any way. After the principal refused to speak with the teacher, I insisted on a classroom transfer--no such luck. I was left with no other choice but to keep my son home until changes could be made. The next morning after my son was absent, I received a call from the principal, threatening me with criminal sanctions for keeping my son out of school! I had to pay a visit to the school district and file a grievance. I was immediately given a transfer to another school, but I have lost so much respect for this school district. Needless to say, Los Banos Unified will not be educating my child--EVER, nor will they ever receive my vote for increased funding. IF YOUR CHILD MUST ATTEND THIS SCHOOL AND YOU CANNOT GET A TRANSFER OR AFFORD PRIVATE SCHOOLING, BE SURE TO MAKE MANY UNANNOUNCED VISITS TO THE CLASSROOM.

I attended Volta from 2009-2012. I was in 4th grade when I first went, and my 4th grade teacher…read moreMrs. Garst was so kind to me, and she always believed in me. The principal was also one of the kindest while I was there, Mrs. Whitehurst. I had many good experiences and some very bad experiences. The view wasn't bad. It's a decent size elementary school. I thank all the people who worked there for trying to help me.

Don't enroll your kids here, better off teaching them yourself…read more... teachers don't do their jobs, they don't teach the kids they bully them and their parents until they feel like a failure for not being able to provide a tutor for my child who again doesn't learn They let bullies bully, they tell you they'll help you out and go behind your back just to do what they say Once again it's F that school. On another edition of this place is h*ll on earth Im going to start off with these letters they send out, first of all they didn't ask me if I was available, didn't call me back when I tried to tell them to shove it. I'm so tired of these letters. "YoUr SoN mIsSeD 5 wHoLe DaYs" So they say they don't get paid per attendance but freak out over 5 days. MY SON WAS SICK, they weren't in a row. I'm his mother any reason I see fit is excused, again I'm his mother, birth giver. I send him to school sometimes sick, f everyone's kids right? BUT I need the nurse to send him home. Oh but wait they can have "teacher conferences" and give our child the day off when THEY see fit instead of meeting on a Saturday I'm TIRED of this school. These letters make me wana homeschool my child.

Dont come here! This school is one of the worst schools out there. My kid went to Ms. Bell's class…read more Absolutely awful, dirty sink, a mess, wrappers and food crumbs all over the floor, smells terrible, teachers dont give a f about anything. The bathroom always smells gross and theres toilet paper all over the floor and ceiling. The teachers are disrespectful, my daughter said she heard kids play music with inappropriate words in it and Ms. Bell didn't do anything about it. My daughter didnt learn multiplication in 4th grade! She said that her teacher would just teach her for 20 minutes and thats it! The kids there are really disrespectful too and act like highschoolers when they are only 10! Again, DO NOT COME TO THIS SCHOOL!

The lunch food here is HORRIBLE. 2 of my friends got FOOD POISONING from the chicken sandwich's. I…read morerecommend bringing your own food at this point DONT TRUST THE FOOD!!

Update: although staff are nice, not impressed with teachers or safety. Pulled my daughter.read more

Let me start off by saying that Yellow Brick Road has been a wonderful preschool and daycare for…read moremy daughter.She started off when she was three years old Mrs. Sandy worked with her for one Year. My daughter loved her so much that when she left temporarily she got so sad and would ask about her every single day it felt like family .Mrs. Karen and all the staff are amazing . This summer she was moved up to the preschool age kids class with Mrs. Ronette she is a wonderful teacher my daughter has learned a lot in only two months she learned how to write her name and how to spell it and every day she comes home with beautiful daily prayers and crafts ,She even started praying at dinner time ,and now she's has the whole family doing a prayer before meals. We absolutely love this school and recommended .

This is a small town and there aren't that many child care facilities here I thought I was doing my…read morekids good by sending them to a center instead of a home daycare but after a short time at YBR they are now in a better environment with a home daycare. My first red flag should have been that they had the kids playing outside when there were advisories to stay in because of the poor air quality from the fires. I'm only going to review the experience that I had directly with this center because I often had a relative who would pick up and drop off the kids for me. The plus is that they provide transportation from the schools, they have a third party (mom and daughter) who have a van and pick kids up from the different schools and bring them to YBR for after school care. The times that I went in to the center myself, it was just my observation that none of the teachers looked happy, including the program director, Karen. That should have been my second red flag, but I thought maybe it was just early that they are tired. The thing that made me stop bringing my kids here is that their communication isn't the greatest they could improve on how they let parent's know when their kids are running low on diapers or other materials that they need to make them comfortable throughout the day. That said, my son ran out of diapers and no one called us to come bring him any he had pooped and they left him in a dirty diaper for so long that his entire bottom was red and irritated he cried when I gave him a bath because it hurt. I put my 2 weeks in right away and literally felt sick with worry the whole time they were there. After giving my 2 weeks and letting Karen know why she responded and said that they had gone out to play he must have pooped out there and when he was picked up no one checked him before leaving. That would have been believable except for how severe my sons bottom was inflamed and his BM dried and was very stuck to his butt it seemed that he was that way for a long time. In any case, if that is really what happened to him, in my opinion, and with my experiences with other child care providers, a better response would have been to apologize and let the parent know how they are going to avoid something like that happening (ie. next time we will be sure to check children before they leave or at least offer to change before leaving) instead of making excuses. I hope YBR does better I wouldn't want this happening to someone else's child.

I attended this school & now my daughter is a student here! We love the teachers and entire admin…read morestaff. This school offers so much more than an academic education, it offers a religious and moral foundation for our children. The class sizes are much smaller than public school classrooms which in turn means more one on one interaction with their teachers. I would highly recommend this school to anyone desiring a faith based education for their children

During this time when parents need guidance and have questions to this "distance learning" there is…read moreNO ONE to answer calls and questions. We just get a mass email with limited information and told to call with questions yet no one is ever there to answer the phone regardless of the time being called. Very discouraging to the parents to be left out here with no way of getting questions answered or help in a timely manner.