The best years of my life were spent here. Well, not really, but I did spend a large chunk of my…read morelife here. Not sure what there is to discuss... The Monkey Bars: Revolutionary and ahead of it's time. A carefully crafter piece of art shaped like a soda can. I used to play Batman on these bars because I was the kid with the Batman cape attached to my glow-in-the-dark Batman shirt. The White Squares: This solitary confinement proved to be the predecessor to modern-day prisons. The tight quarters (2 ft.x2ft. max) and strict silence policy made these squares unbearable. During the hot summer days, it was practically a death sentence. I would willingly take waterboarding over these horrible playground prison cells. Computer Games: Thanks "Oregon Trail" and "Number Munchers" for teaching me dysentery and prime numbers. The teachers rock! Thanks Sonoma Elementary School for all the great years!

Great school! Knowledgeable teachers ( shout out to mrs Anderson). Hate the boys and girls club…read moredirector ( he yelled at my student for no reason and when he was having an asthma attack he told him to suck it up). But in all, pretty good

The office staff is very unprofessional. The person that…read morecalls to ask when your child is sick likes to bully young mothers. Also they will call and tell you when your kid is doing something wrong. But not when your child has been hurt or is been being bullied. Unless you're in the group of parents/ kids they like. Thinking highly of transfers to modesto city schools or home school like so many parents have that I know are.

a great school. I love how they let parents be involved. very happy my kids go here. The teachers…read moreare passionate about teaching!

Me no like and it was supa dupa brininininin and all the teachers were mean and it hurt my feelingsread more

Don't get me wrong I like the elementary school but the parking to pick up is absolutely insane…read moreparents come through and double park kids coming in between cars because the parents doesn't wanna wait against the curb with the rest of the cars. Teachers are there with the walkie-talkies to get the kids, but then they get distracted by talking full conversation with parents and cars. Can we move a little faster next year? You can't do nothing in the next three weeks. I appreciate it and then outside on the Main St., Merrill you need a cross guard or someone there because they would not let cars come in or out and people across the street. It's very inconsiderate and unsafe.

My CHILDHOOD it was nice I got to experience everything but in the middle of lunch time it gets…read moreloud!!!!! But the teachers are nice and I got to play 3 times but when you get to 3rd grade or higher, you only get 2.

My son was a kindergartner at Woodrow this past year, and I have filed an administrative complaint…read moreagainst the principal JOANNA O'BRIEN and am in the process of transferring him to a new school for first grade. I didn't know what to expect for the first year that my son is in school, but I have had an awful and truly unacceptable experience at Woodrow. I saw one review claiming that Woodrow doesn't notify parents when their child is hurt at school, and I can corroborate that claim with my own experiences. One day, my son came home and told me that another child had choked him at recess. I know that adults were present and aware of what happened because my son told me that an adult talked to the child who choked him afterward; but I was never notified about it. Another day, my son came home with a black eye after another child had accidentally kicked him in the face at recess (he was walking too close to the swing set); and again, I was never notified about it. I was only told what happened when I took my son into the office and wanted answers. My son could have been seriously hurt in both of these situations, and not only was I not notified about them; but my son didn't receive any medical attention! Unfortunately, this is not the worst of my experience with Woodrow. One day, I received a phone call from Woodrow that my son had had an accident and was in the office. I went to the school, and when I got there; I asked my son what happened. He told me that he had asked his teacher to use the bathroom, and she asked him if he could "hold it". He told her that he couldn't; and she said, "I think you can," and then he wet his pants. My son was embarrassed and upset. I complained to a woman in the office, and she said that she would "let someone know". It was obvious that she had no intention of doing that, however; considering that she didn't even bother to ask who had denied my son the right to use the bathroom, even after he had told his teacher that he couldn't "hold it". I asked her, "Don't you want to know the teacher's name?" and she said, "Oh yeah," as if it was an after thought. Her indifference and lack of action made it VERY clear that Woodrow does NOTHING to keep students safe or to hold staff members accountable for incompetence or misconduct. Again, it gets WORSE! For context - Parents can drop off afternoon kindergartners as early as 10:20 am, but the bell doesn't ring until 10:27 am; so drop off time for afternoon kindergartners is between 10:20 am and 10:27 am. For the first half of the school year, I dropped my son off at 10:20 every day. One day, I had to be at work early; so I dropped my son off at 10:19, and I instructed him to sit in the office until 10:20. There were other kindergartners and their parents gathered outside the school, and I saw my son's teacher walking toward them to unlock the gate for them and let them in. I waited until my son was inside the office, and I left. After school when I picked up my son, I was reprimanded by his teacher for dropping him off 60 SECONDS early. I was told that I left him "unsupervised", despite the fact that there were kindergartners, their parents, and office staff (who he was directly supervised by for the entirety of the 60 seconds that he waited) present. After that day, I changed my work availability so that I had more time in between dropping my son off at school and work; and I started dropping him off by 10:27 every day. Unfortunately, dropping my son off by 10:27 also seemed to be a problem for his teacher, who regularly passive-aggressively projected her frustrations onto my six year old. My son told me that his teacher (the same teacher who reprimanded me for dropping him off early) made MULTIPLE statements to him over the course of the second half of the school year along the lines of, "You need to tell your mom to be on time," etc. To clarify, 10:27 IS ON TIME; and regardless, talking badly to a six year old about his parent(s) is inappropriate and unacceptable. What's even more inappropriate and unacceptable, however; is that on April 1st, my son came home and told me that his teacher had given everyone in his class "pop it" bracelets except him. When he asked his teacher, "What about me?" she responded that the bracelets "are for kids who are on time," THIS IS NOT OKAY! This behavior indicates low emotional intelligence at the LEAST and is very concerning. Dysfunctional adults are in no position to be in the presence of, much less to be responsible for children. That being said, I'll move on to the straw that broke the camel's back. I'll post the rest of my experience in pictures since I've exceeded the text limit.

Woodrow is a very inviting and wonderful school. Teachers and staff are very helpful. Dr. O'Brien…read moredoes an exceptional job as principal and school leader.