Rio Seco Elementary School

I agree with Mel J.‘s review about Rio Seco. The principal is cold and unfriendly towards parents and children. My children don’t even know her because she does not interact with the students at all. She creates an unwelcome environment and a very cold feeling at this school. I have checked out other schools and seen the principal outside greeting students and parents as they arrive. I have never seen the Mrs. Simpson do this! My kids deserve better and I can’t wait till Rio Seco gets a new principal.

Rio Seco has over 900 students in grades K through 8 in santee. My granddaughter was bullied numerous times at recess, and she’s only in kindergarten. There isn’t enough supervision at recess, and there are far too many kids. I blame the school district and the principal. Yes, of course the bullying was reported. The teacher did what she could, but I don’t feel the principal and the school district are doing enough to protect the children at this school.
I volunteered to help in my granddaughter’s class, but her parents made the wise decision to pull my granddaughter out of this school and put her in a smaller school with better supervision. She is doing much better in the smaller school.
I also volunteered to help supervise at recess at Rio Seco, but the office told me they don’t need any help because they have paid help! I was amazed, because I’ve volunteered at many schools, and most schools are delighted to have extra help at recess!!! They told my daughter the same thing. Do you suppose that the school doesn’t want parents to know what really goes on at recess?
On a positive note, the staff in the Learning Center is excellent, where kids can get extra help with reading skills. They helped my granddaughter a lot. My granddaughter also had a great teacher at Rio Seco.
My daughter wanted to meet with the principal, but sadly, the principal refused, and told her to see the vice principal instead. The principal needs to get out there and meet the parents and the kids. All the times we dropped off or picked up my granddaughter at this school, we never saw the principal!

Verbally abusive teachers. There were a lot of bullies and they get away with anything. Unsupervised recess. Money missing from PTA. Look at the photo, does it reminds you of jail?

A fantastic school!