Vinewood Elementary School

I am only writing this due to the New principal far exceeding his duties, and running out into the rain to check on my child. This morning was a tough one, and there was no way around the school bus, so I had my child walk about 200 yards to his class (which I NEVER do), which was not in my vision. I called the office and asked if they could just confirm he got there, and Jeanette told me she could not. Wow, really??? She said they are not allowed to tell callers if a child made it to class or not, but I could come down there and ask in person. Well that is really inconvenient, say if it were his father calling, due to me being out of town, and he works 2 hours away! Anyway enough ranting about their «rules».
*** I am very happy with the new principal, Mr. Tanaka, who came in this year and completely changed the way things were ran at this school. We abhorred Vinewood last year, and the previous principal was less than adequate. But Mr. Tanaka really cares about the children, and has made changes that have changed the school for the better. Hopefully he is the deciding factor in getting Vinewood’s reputation back up to excellent, as it was 8+ years ago.***
***Mr. Tanaka is an asset to this school, and I and other parents I talk too hope he stays awhile.***