Louis E. Stocklmeir Elementary School

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  Our daughter attended kinder at Stocklmeir Elementary this year and we are not very happy with the school. Initially, some of the parents told us that the school is too large and that impacts quality - we were not sure how this would be the case but what we've learned is that this is true. The school is very impersonal due to the size of the school. The teacher in our classroom had additional duties at the school district, so we would have substitute teachers at least 1-2 days a week and this happened throughout the year. I realize the need for a teacher to get trained, but this should not impact an entire class of students. Because of all the substitute teachers, we felt that the kids in the class did not really have continuity with teachers and we kept getting mixed feedback from our daughter about the quality of the various subs and their teaching methods. Lesson learnt - find out at the beginning of the year if the teacher in your kids classroom has extended training/district duties and make sure you raise this with the school/district as this can impact students quite severely. Our classroom did at most 1-2 field trips and all other "trips" were local at the school or at the neighboring park. We talk to our friends in other schools in santa clara and cupertino and they all have real field trips. The PTA does not seem to take an active role in funding things that are meaningful for kids. I attended a couple of PTA meetings and the items requested/funded are mostly for upkeep of school facilities vs things that are meaningful for students. I feel that this is because of the size of the school and the impersonal nature of the school. Parking and dropoff is a pain as there is very limited parking and you have to dropoff your kid in the classroom vs a supervised dropoff area like some other schools.
  By Pramod M, May 03, 2017

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