Love John Adams....Amazing school and staff. Have fun community events. The Administration goes…read moreabove and beyond to make the students feel accepted and loves.

The Principle and staff of this school allowed students and teachers to bully me for many years. I…read morehope it's changed since the 90's. I am grateful everyday for getting out of that town and that my children do not attend John Adams Elementary. They attend a school where there is a no bulling policy. The only good thing I have to say about this awful place is because of my experience there I am aware of what a good school should be and this was not it.

I went to this school from K-8, love the school, great campus too. Teachers and staff (for the most…read morepart) were fantastic my time there. I loved all of my teachers, bus drivers, campus monitors, and the office staff. Kids weren't all great but you can't expect too much with such a small community and, again, it is school after all. School doesn't have much funding, but through the grades we still went on awesome fieldtrips. Definitely recommend over our rival school Coarsegold.

PARENTS BEWARE! PLEASE READ PRIOR TO ENROLLING YOUR CHILD(REN):…read more Prior to enrolling my child here several years ago I did a lot of research on this schools and the districts and found only positive feedback regarding McSwain Elementary. My daughters first years here under a previous staff was beyond amazing! Sadly, within the last couple of years, this school's administrative staff and new principle: Lauren Lanum/Vice Principle: Hector Perez and especially the Superintendent Andrew Kersten have completely lost sight of safety and responsibility for the children who attend this school. My child has experienced both discrimination for medical reasons and had been bullied a total of 8 months within one school year. When dangerous situations occurred and death threats were made upon her life nothing was done to stop it even though adults in charge were notified. My child was told by those in charge to ignore the bullies. My child became so traumatized to the point of wanting to take her own life because of the constant torment. I emailed, called & visited for various administrative help about the dangers and suicidal feelings my daughter was having due to the bullying and no one batted an eye except for the school counselor Vanessa Granados. (Thank goodness for her!) The principle Lauren Lanum could care less. Both she and the superintendent Andrew Kirsten hung my child for a situation they stated they had no malicious proof of. They simply used her as an escape-goat. A Teacher who was supposed to be responsible was never held accountable because thats what the adults do here; they protect one another. The female Coach at this school: Heather Perez allowed bullying and even became involved. Parents over-heard/saw her talking negatively about my child and contacted me to let me know she was involved. When I brought up the comments to the principle she made excuses. This school is like a boys club. If you are a "favorite" you get special attention and privileges. If you are new, bullying is a huge problem. I'm not the only parents child who's been emotionally tortured at McSwain. I'm simply the one who is willing to stand up against bullying and speak my truth and experiences. All other positive posts after mine are simply to throw off the scent of the lies and deception that this school is so wonderful at performing. Guardians Beware!

I go to school there and I really like it there besides all of m past schools I have never got…read morebullied here

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.

2nd best school in Los Banos. I got 2 girls that go there would be five stars but they're idea of…read moreorganized pick up for your child is a joke. They continue to let whoever park behind you so you can't back up when you want to leave,nobody directs traffic or have anybody on staff on the same page to get these problems worked out

3 kids here . no problems bought to my attention except a rude kinda mean(so my daughter says) yard…read moremonitor.

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.

I absolutely love this school! Every staff member I have encountered are always cheerful. They all…read moreacknowledge you and your children. A simple hello makes all the world of difference. In my eyes, I see the staff as team who all want the same thing. They want to see their students succeed and do better then the last. Very motivating! Also, they have a zero tolerance for bullying and have a good solution to problem solving when it comes to disciplinary actions. My kids have been going here for 6 years. So far everything I've said has been consistent since my kids started kindergarten here!

The campus sure has grown since my kids went to school at Dry Creek! I was there recently for my…read moregrandson. Everyone was so nice, caring and helpful. Located on the northeast corner of Armstrong and Nees. Busses stage in the north parking lot and parent pickup/drop off was smooth.

I think parents should be informed that if they drop off water for their child, they may want to…read morepersonally take it directly to the classroom instead of leaving it at the front office. I dropped off my son's water thermos at 9:00 AM, followed instructions to leave it at the office and email his teacher immediately, and he still was not notified until after lunch that it was there. Since many students bring their own water instead of using the drinking fountains, this was very frustrating and disappointing.

My 2 children have attended this amazing school since pre school. I am so grateful for the staff…read morethat has taken tremendous care of the education of my children. The moment I walked into this school you can without a doubt feel the love and care that goes into running this School everyday. highly recommend!!

My daughter has been going there since she was in preschool. I love the fact that there is a-lot of…read moreparent involvement. They do a really good job hosting events. And like the current principal who is very involved making the school better as well

The principle of this school is wonderful! But the staff has no manors whatsoever. The kindergarten…read moreteachers yell at the students. It's terrible to witness. And they all do it. The talk down to the kids. The entire staff needs to be retrained in kindness. There is a way to teach that doesn't involve belittling children. (The lady in administration who answers the phone actually hangs up on people mid sentence). Madera Unified needs to send people out to make sure these schools are functioning under the proper guidelines.