Ustach Middle School has staff members who CARE! Being able to interact with them, you can tell how…read moremuch they want their students to succeed. They provide before and after school clubs, rewards for positive behavior with the PBIS Store, school fesitivals and many more ways for students/families to connect! Not every school is perfect but this school tries to make an impact on students and families. The culture at this school is improving every year and they are making a positive impact thanks to the hard work of staff and students.

Office staff not helpful. Joanne Valencia - is the first contact in the office. My son forgot his…read morejacket, first rainy day. He asked me to bring it to the office, but he doesn't have his phone so no way I could get ahold of him. I come in and she tells me to just put it on the table with his name. The sign above the table says 'staff is not responsible for the items- and they will not call the student to let them know it's there.' I ask her to call for him because he doesn't know I brought it- she tells me he won't hear it because he's in the cafeteria, but calls anyways. Another mom comes in with a laptop- she just tells her a name and asks to make sure she gets it. Joanne calls out for this student and immediately the student comes for the laptop. (Didn't tell the mom to place it on the table with a sticky note like she told me). I didn't leave because I wanted to make sure my son got his jacket. I waited 30 minutes. Finally she called a second time and he came up immediately to get it. Had I not sat and waited I don't believe she would have helped at all. He had to be at recess for a full 30 minutes without a jacket. - and as a mom I could never do that to another kid. I find her extremely rude and unhelpful and not a good fit for the very first person point of contact in the office at the school. Had I come in for a doc appt or something they would have had him come to the office immediately. I know there are systems in place to get ahold of the kids and she just chose not to help and wasted 30+ minutes of my day.

Love Freedom! We have been there for 16 years. Great staff. Great kids. I have had amazing help…read morewith special needs kids. I would highly recommend.

The teachers seem great and quite good at what they are doing. The principal, Mrs Garza however…read moreneeds to be reevaluated. Not caring about parental concerns

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 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!

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

What a beautiful, state of the art Middle School! Great area of town & great teachers! It's located…read morein Village One, North East Modesto. Wonderful gym too.

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!

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.

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 4 year old daughter is in the Head Start / Preschool program at Everett and I am extremely…read morepleased with their care for my daughter. She comes home every day from school telling me all the new things that she learned including her alphabet, counting, sing-along songs, writing skills etc. She is always excited to go to school, and is well monitored while there with multiple teachers supervising in the classroom at all times. You can tell the teachers have a passion for children and genuinely love their job. They have flexible hours that you can adjust to fit your work or school schedule. They offer full day school and extended hours which is difficult to find for toddlers. There IS a waiting list, but it is well worth the wait! I highly recommend the program

My nephews go to this school its right around the corner from us and so far its been good.(3years…read moreand counting) We are enrolling our daughter this year and I'm excited for her. We had an option to enroll her at GVA with her other cousins but so far my sis- in - law has had some issues with them nothing major but enough for me not to feel comfortable with. When my nephews first got here (Everett elementary)they were behind in school due to my sister not taking them in Lodi, that's when we became legal guardians and enrolled them here, right away the teachers were very helpful and did everything they could to help one of my nephews catch up they split him in k/1st grade it was a lot for him but the teachers worked very hard for him. I now have two happy healthy boys and I thank the twins Ms. Vaughn and Ms. Vaughn for helping my nephew get through this rough patch.

Cfb will be our home forever. The compassion my son was shown here will never be forgotten. I will…read morebe big sad when we aren't here any longer.

Horrible school my daughter was there for 8 days and they called cps before they ever said a word…read moreto me or spoken to me. They treated me as less than and were judging a book by its cover! And the principal would act as if she know nothing about what was going on! The same thing happened at my other daughter school at Orchard elementary and both girls have nonverbal autism! This is sad and disturbing that they are treating kids this way and they are supposed to be helping them! But they are treating children evil! My daughter has a severe autism spectrum disorder and disabilities and they come off as not wanting to do the job they signed up for. Complaining she had bowel issues when I made them aware of that.