Walter Knott Elementary School, K-6 (Public)

My daughter has been at WK since Kinder and is in the gifted program now 3rd grade. She loves the school and has had thus far some AWESOME teachers! Of course just like every other school it has its issues but all in all the kids there are very happy. I cannot believe that our district has put our school on the chopping block for CLOSURE! THIS IS REALLY SAD! Especially since there are other schools whose enrollment is much lower. that being said where will they put our kids if the other schools are already at capacity with their LOWER enrollment. WE as parents are in shock and outraged that they would even consider this as an option. OUr kids already have lost 20-1 and in some classes have more thatn 32 kids! So how will these seemingly smaller campuses accomodate OUR student body! Our kids are very upset about

Walter Knott School has been so great to my little girl! The staff is so helpful and his teacher is amazing. Its easy to for parents involvement. I went to this school and my borthers and sisters went to this school Walter Knott is the best school ever. Thank you!

My boy is in gifted program at Walter Knott and I'm very impressed with his teacher and the school. Everything it is perfect for my kid. The teacher is a wonderful person, very involved school stuff, nothing to complain about, very nice people. I love the school and I'm glad my son has this opportunity.

So far I have been fairly impressed with this school. my son has been attending there this year only and I am impressed with how well he is learning to read,

I am a parent that in the past was very involved with the school. The Teachers are great and the office staff is wonderful. The Principal on the other hand is very distant from the students and parents at the school. Her lack of involvement seems to set the tone for students as well as parents. The School is very good with their kids but they continue to have mixed classes in almost every grade, I as a parent do not know how the students benefit from this. It is a shame that with such good Teachers that the kids have to be in mixed classes. My kids have been in Walter Knott since kindergarten and since the new Principal has come to the school it seems we lack and carnivals or special events that we once shared.

Walter Knott School has been so great to my son! The staff is so helpful and his teacher is amazing! She always has an open door policy and is very easy to speak too. This is his first year there and I want him to continue there for the rest of his Elementary Education. They have great fundraisers, activities, and parent involvement. Thank you!

I think Walter Knott is a wonderful school, the staff (not just teachers) are very friendly and always willing to help. My daughter started Kindergarten there last year (now in 1st) and I helped her teacher on a daily basis. I even went as far as working at lunch time with the kindergarten on the playground. It is not only a great place for kids to learn and grow it is also a great place to work! We have a marvelous GATE program, music man program, and meet the masters program (art). We do have an OK level of parent involvement, we could always use more! I am the Carnival chairperson and am planning a carnival for next Fall!

As a parent of one autistic child and another daughter with some learning challenges, I find that the school and teacher's hands are tied. They do the best they can or know how. Learning materials are standard and rarely break from national standards. There is nothing outstanding here, just above average (Good people trying the best they can). I fault the district for not addressing the real problems. Too many kids per teacher and 4-6 bad teachers per school in the district. Getting the district to change anything is like trying to get an act of congress. Good luck and best wishes.

There are some Walter Knott Parents that are starting to become more and more involved. This one terrific father organized a lunch time flag football league. He also created neat signs for the parking lot and around campus. We would love to have a school carnival this year and all we need is a group of parents that would like to help and organize this. Parents also help organize the sixth grade camp fundraiser which always is a big hit. The kids at Walter Knott are also super. Every presenter says that our kids are the best behaved. They have such positive character, and love to help each other out. The teachers are awesome too.

My two oldest children have attended this school for the past two years. They have had excellent teachers. One of them is in the RSP program and has made progress. As a parent, seeing the comments about needing more parents to be involved, I have to say that there aren't many opportunities for parents to do anything. I have offered to help out in my children's classrooms both years and I was turned down. I have two smaller children that I would need to bring with me. I was told that I could not bring them to help out. Only one teacher had me do home projects to help her out. At the same time, I have seen other parents with little one's helping in their children's classrooms and they bring their little one's with them. Also, there aren't many activities that go on at this school.

Knott school is a great place for kids to learn. They have recently modernized and the classrooms look great. The teachers are really dedicated to the students. The students go on many worthwhile field trips each year and learn so much about their world. There is a new principal this year and she seems to be just wonderful. She is really devoted to the students and the teachers.

As a teacher at this school I feel we offer quality academic programs and dynamic teachers to teach our students. The level of parent involvement is rather low to moderate. We have a great small group of parents who do continue to give their help and support to the staff and students. Our Principal just retired this last year so we will be under new Principal leadership.

Walter Knott is a great school but we lack parent participation. We need more parent involvement in our PTA and as room parents. Parents need to be involved in order for the students to succeed. We also need more programs like music, art and other extracurricular activities. We are losing teachers at the end of this school year due to budget cuts. Three of these teachers are great teachers. We need to find some way to keep them. Our GATE program is outstanding....keep it up.

This school is great but more parent participation is needed.

This is a fabulous and safe place for children to learn and it has great teachers. I went there for over 5 years of my life and I was always comfortable and happy in my surroundings. I loved it and am continuing to use the information I learned there in my everyday life.

This is the school I attended as well as my brother and sister. Through the years I have known it to be a decent school , and a good health schooling enviornment.