Georgia Brown Elementary School

525 36th Street

School District

Paso Robles Joint Unified
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:34
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on January 27, 2022

This school has an incredible faculty, diverse population and offers a dual language experience for students.
Submitted by parent on March 21, 2018

I have had two daughter go through this program with great success, both are fully bilingual. The oldest is now a junior in an eastern private college and on the honor roll. She passed the spanish AP fluency test when she was in 8th Grade. My youngest is a high school junior and remains on the honor roll. As with all schools however, success means total involvement by the parents and we were very involved. Teacher are good with great hearts and desires to make a difference. Educational success doesn't just happen. Parents have to be partners and willing to learn with their child.
Submitted by parent on March 05, 2018

I would take my step son else where if I had the choice. This school in unorganized and fails to get back to us when we call with concerns. His teacher is rude and gives us attitude when we ask Simple questions like why he is isn’t given homework. ect. Horrible school. They do all their work in Spanish. My step son doesn’t even know how to read or count in English? It makes no sense.
Submitted by parent on September 23, 2013

Best kept secret in Paso Robles! I have one college student who went through Georgia Brown. He is now an award winner at Cal Poly University, with almost a 4.0 gpa. Now I have a 5 year old going through the program. I am very impressed. Scores are low at the school because testing is done in English. Many students do not speak English yet. Also, students learn how to read in Spanish first, but standardized testing is given in English, making it difficult to obtain high scores.
Submitted by parent on September 17, 2012

two daughters have gone through the program. last one in fourth grade now. oldest told us after the first day of kinder that the only word she understood was her name. after a few weeks she got it. after 6 years she is bilingual. awesome school and a great staff. the real shame is the shrinking budget and ever increasing class sizes. we have driven 20 miles for years to take our children here. do not regret it at all. as others have stated, you must be willing to get involved and work to make this type of education benefit your child. we did and are very happy.
Submitted by parent on August 16, 2012

Immersion means just that. Many of the teachers switch back to English as soon as difficulties arise communicating their thoughts in Spanish. This defeats the purpose of an immersion program. The school wide self manager program is a waste of time and the subjective way some of the teachers carry out this program is damaging to a student's self esteem. Overall, I have found about 30% of the teachers effective, insightful, caring and engaged.
Submitted by parent on February 08, 2012

My son has been going to Georgia Brown for 2 years now, K and 1st. We are have a lot of concerns about him not understanding the teachers and being very confused on what to do. He is getting in a lot of trouble because his writing and reading are below average. "He's not concentrating, listening, or doing his writing assignments as asked". My son is very bright, that's why we chose this school, to challenge him. I can see the confusion in his face when he has a writing assignment for homework. He says he doesn't understand it. He is excelling in math! Loves it! He understands it! I now feel that he is falling behind in english and spanish and will have a hard time catching up if we change schools. I think the school is "trying" to do all they can to provide a good education but they don't have a system in place for those that might need a little more help getting their brains to learn and function in spanish. Not every child learns the same. They can't take 35 kids in the same class and expect them to learn the exact same way. We have approached them about this but overall haven't seen any difference. We were so excited about this oppertunity but now regret such a hard decision.
Submitted by parent on December 27, 2010

My two oldest have gone through the program and I am pleased to say that they are 4.0+ students and never knew a lick of Spanish prior to the program. My first born just passed her AP Spanish with a 5/5 as a sophmore in High School. Bilingual education works but you must be involved as a parent. It is our job to educate our kids. We transferred in from an Orange County program, it took some adjusting but the staff is great and we are a better family as a result. "Everyone can be a critic... however those who get involved and find solutions alongside the staff and community will reap the benefits of well educated and socialized kids!"
Submitted by parent on May 30, 2010

My daughter was there for 5 years. She told me once, it took her about 4 years to finally understand what the teachers were saying... in a sufficient capacity to fully participate. What price for bilingualism? she lost 4 years of critical education and learned only that education is hard to understand, and confusing, and she felt lost. Bilingualism is great, but as an add on. This system is a tragedy and my mexican friends tell me the same thing, graduates are NOT fluent in english and will suffer the rest of their lives because of it. Fortunately, I rescued my daughter in time and worked extensively to repair the damage in time. The job of schools are not to teach tolerance, that is the parents job, the job of the schools is to prepare them for productive intelligent lives w/ a full basic education and mastery of the 3-R's