William Mckinley Elementary School

2050 Aztec Lane

School District

Corona-Norco Unified
Grade

K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:24
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by principal on March 21, 2017

The Leader in Me process is amazing. It truly teaches our kids how to take responsibility for their own learning and gives many opportunities for them to learn leadership skills. The principal and the staff care for kids and our kids know it. There is just a positive feeling when you walk on campus. The single complaints here about teachers and the principal are from disgruntled parents, obviously. Over-all, the school is amazing.
Submitted by parent on February 04, 2017

First a background on our situation. My son was diagnosed with autism when he was two years old. We have done years of speech , ot , ABA therapies. At my son's previous school at a different district he was well taken care of and they respected and accommodated his IEP and his developmental physicians report and suggestions . Fast forward two years later we are now new to Mckinley we have been at this school for five months and already had multiple IEPs since the beginning with this school. They have been unable to accommodate him at all and meet his needs. My son is high functioning and requires extra support and prompting unfortunately this school has chosen to treat my son's disability as a behavior issue and are not meeting his needs whatsoever. He is getting minimal help. I do agree with another person's review about the principal Dr.Diedrich he does favor the teachers over the parents and students. We had a horrible teacher and made complaints and he had her back and defended her bad behaviors , he did not take us seriously until we went to the school district to complain. Also he did mention something along the lines that he believes that a lot of students with behavior issues are incorrectly diagnosed with autism ( completely offended by this) meanwhile my autistic son is being treated as a student with bad behavior instead of an autistic student who is having difficulty because they have not respected his disability or IEP. This is a horrible school for special needs, they have been wasting not only our time but interfering with my son's education by not giving him the help he is needing. This school has broke our trust and left such a bad taste in our mouth that we decided to not waste anymore time with them and are enrolling our son in homeschool. Note to parents: if you are having issues with this school and they are not addressing your complaints email the district.
Submitted by parent on October 26, 2015

I really like this school, my son is in the 3Rd grade and we've had a great experience. The teachers are really thoughtful with the children and parents. Teachers have a tough job with so many kids, I feel as long as parents do there part your children will be successful here.
Submitted by parent on April 13, 2015

I really like the school a lot. My son has the best teacher ever! I also like both principals. Rhey are good to my son! I encounter most of the teachers and they are very sweet. I like the school a lot!
Submitted by parent on March 22, 2015

Dr. Deitrich is not an effective leader because I have complained several times regarding my son's teacher and nothing has been resolved. It seems like he only cares about keeping the teachers happy. He definitely does not listen to parent concerns. My next stop will be the district office.
Submitted by parent on November 13, 2014

I absolutely love Mckinley! My son is in his final year and has attended since kindergarten. He has always been at the top of his class and I have the wonderful teachers to thank! Kids club offering for after school care has been a tremendous help as well. It's hard being a working mom and not getting off everyday at 3. All the kids seem nice and loving and we have never had any issues with bullying. Pta is wonderful with their involvement and organizing field trips and such. We've always loved McKinley.
Submitted by parent on April 29, 2014

I started out a skeptical this year because of last years principal, but overall Dr. Dedrict seems to be a positive principle. I love that he started "The leader in me" program and I have not seen much of a bullying problem so far, like I know there were in years past. Starting to have some school pride! I love my sons teacher this year too!
Submitted by parent on October 08, 2013

I love this school.it has a very responsible and kind staff.My son's teacher is the best.
Submitted by other on September 26, 2013

I love this school, I wish the teachers were around when my daughter was in school ( 30 years ago) Thanks Mrs Luna my niece loves going to your class everyday. And so far Dr, D is doing a good job too !
Submitted by parent on January 30, 2013

McKinley needs improvements fast! The constant feel of the school environment is let someone else take care of it. With the size of the staff and the amount of parents its ridiculous how much falls through the cracks.
Submitted by parent on January 23, 2013

My oldest daughter now 16 attended Mckinley entirely. Honor student great teachers an awesome staff. We had changes with principal's and so forth but Ms. Neumann came in and has always been great. Now my youngest daughter attends and teachers remain great and no problems. Talk with your child. My daughter is escorted at times to my truck by the principal and she does care! No one is perfect but I think she a very nice person no matter what anyone says. Also, on issues of bullying I do agree it needs to be more aggressive in actions such as suspension or kicked out! Parents get into the office and quit calling face to face will work if not then go to the district. Talk to your child!
Submitted by parent on October 25, 2012

I am very disapointed that these parents feel so negative towards the principal first of all she is very hard working. Dedicated not only to her Staff but also to the students. I would like to see the parents who are complaining have the responsibility of not only over 800 students but also staff. Parents that are the first ones to complain are the ones that are never involved. My two children go thr and i have never had a problem not only with a teacher or the principal. Stop pointing a finger and put yourself in her shoes. And if you feel so strongly about it be more involed.
Submitted by parent on October 19, 2012

My child was a student and had a horrible time in his last 2-3 years because of bullying. No support from a school that has a "no tolerance" rule. In 4th grade it was horrible and Mrs Friedl was the worst. She saw what was happening and did NOTHING!! I was promised that the bullying kids would be taken care of....but of course it wasn't! The more and more problems my child had the more excuses I heard for the guilty. Clean up the bullying problem and get better leadership and McKinley may get the great reputation it had when we started there. I must say the teacher are wonderful (except the above mentioned) and the PTA is exceptional. This school is not shy on creating entertainment for the kids but the administrative part of it has really hurt the moral of the school. In the final years of my child going here all I heard was how parents were trying to get there kids transferred to another school because of the principal and the falling of the parent/teacher/school relationship and how its faultering. Guess one should analyze and to who was the last one to come on board and who is to blame for sinking the ship!
Submitted by parent on October 06, 2012

Sorry but My son is out of this school soon! Some teachers are doing hard work I am sure... But from what I expereinced in this school made me think twise! so Finally my son going to a better school :)
Submitted by parent on August 14, 2012

Great school, great faculty. My son attended for 4 years and did very well. Never had an issue, parents who complain about teachers need to speak to their children and be better parents. Too bad we cant take teachers with us to jr high. Thanks for the experience MC
Submitted by parent on June 07, 2012

We need another Principle. She could care less about the kids and is only interested in furthering her career. Some of the teachers are same thing. I am very disappointed. If the child got an A or B, teacher will love him. if he gets C and under he will be not her attention anymore and she will not even care if he gets an A. I called the office so many times requesting Parent teacher meeting to discuss my son 5th grade needs and what can we do to improve it, THEY IGNORED me big time. I think there is discrimination in the school towered second language English and that's so sad. We are in a free country. we all Americans no matter of our heritage or color. Please Human Resources do something about that. WE need another Principle. educated teachers that will care about the child who is not doing good at school... Please do like other schools. Highland or Corona ranch "what a great principle, teachers they have" Thank you. Angry MOM
Submitted by parent on May 31, 2012

After 4 years at McKinley, we are finally jumping ship and going to another school and it is because of the principal, Ms. Neuman. First off, let me say that the teachers, PTA and majority of the office staff are wonderful. My son has gone to McKinley since the 1st grade and has never had a bad teacher. He received student of the year in 5th grade and is always on High Honor Roll. I attribute his success to the amazing, hard working teachers. With that being said, the principle is another story. She is fake, mindless and is only interested in her paycheck. She does not have the best interest of the children at heart and she blows off any parent who has a question or concern. She never returns phone calls and I personally have had to call her boss at the District and complain about her not returning my call after I left 4 messages for her. The police have been called to the school on several occasions, by teachers and parents, due to bullying, because Ms. Neuman refuses to adequately handle situations properly. McKinley has a zero tolerance rule on bullying, but Ms. Neuman does not follow that rule. McKinley would be a great school if Ms. Neuman would find a new home.
Submitted by parent on May 15, 2012

Totally agree with the parents that say the principal does nothing. She could care less about the kids and is only interested in furthering her career. What's worse is the district backs her poor decisions. It appears that they too want to help keep her record clean. The principal says "thank you for bringing this to my attention" then does nothing. She should add in "now I can quickly sweep this under the rug and manipulate the situation to protect myself and my career.". How about protecting the kids like you are paid to do? The teachers are amazing. They work so hard to teach our children even when their classes grow every year. They do a fantastic job. Even though they have a principal that doesn't discipline kids that disrupt their classes. It makes a tough job even tougher but these teachers get their job done. Too bad the principal doesn't do hers. The PTA is amazing and works very hard to raise money so that our kids have great programs provided to them. Overall it's a good school but really needs a new principal that puts the kids and their safety first.
Submitted by parent on May 14, 2012

The principal never addresses issues brought to her attention. She has a total disregard for bullying, foul language and unacceptable behavior. She enables bullying by never disciplining the students who exhibit poor behavior time and time again. When approached she simply says "thank you for bringing this to my attention". I am very disappointed that whenver issues are brought to her attention, they never actually get any attention and are quickly dismissed. I have seen this on numerous occasions. That being said, McKinley has some amazing teachers and staff it's a shame that I cannot same about the principal .
Submitted by parent on May 10, 2012

I agree with the parent who says the principle has a disregard for bullying. I believe it is rampant in this school. My child comes home with so many stories that need immediate teacher principle intervention but instead is told to stop tattling. Again in agreement with the "no student left behind" comment. My child is having a few struggles in the 4th grade and needs a little extra help. The school now does what they call intervention courses in math and language arts- the intervention classes are just as big as the normal class size so again no real help there. I asked the principle if they had something where my child can get one on one and she responded" that aint gonna happen". The school gets an A+ for fun activities and keeping the students entertained but fails in my book when it comes to getting the students to understand work given and actually apply it.