Montclair Elementary
Looking for feedback on recent experiences at Montclair Elementary. My daughter is enrolling in the Kindergarden next Fall. My two concerns:
- my daughter is fairly reserved around new kids and takes time to warm up. I am a bit worried as to how she does considering the class size the public schools.
- i see that Montclair has interim Principal. I know that their longtime principal moved to Skyline and am wondering as to what happened to the new principal who was at Montclair last year. I met her during the tour last Fall and am surprised she is already gone.
Any insight is much appreciated!
Nov 15, 2017
Parent Replies
I can't speak specifically to Montclair, but I'm pretty sure OUSD tries to keep kinder classes on the smaller side (even if it means having to max out in 4th and 5th grade). My three kids are all reserved and slow to warm up and they all did just fine in OUSD kindergarten (and well beyond!). Sorry, I don't know anything about the principal situation at Montclair...
Mom of 3 in OUSD
Our experience at MES has been a mixed bag. It's a great parent community and the PTO raises a ton of money to provide better opportunities like art, music, Spanish, etc, but the school feels pretty disorganized, is in a transitional year due to the principal situation, and the strapped budget of OUSD is apparent. The unstructured after care is not awesome either. It depends on you, your expectations, and what makes you happy, I guess. We're not wowed, but we're doing our best to contribute to the community and pitch in and get the most out of it. Kinder classes are at 25 kids and 1 teacher. It's a large school but your child will find their friends quickly...there are a lot of friends to choose from!