Ernesto Galarza Elementary School

1610 Bird Avenue

School District

San Jose Unified
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by other on January 27, 2022

This school has consistently shown a disregard for racism. When events have occurred having to do with racially targeted bullying against the black students that attend this school. The principal Angela Guzman has simply shoved it under the rug, instead of creating an action plan on how to actually fix the problem. It has been simply ignored. Even though the parents of the targeted students have come into the school and talked with the school officials, everything has remained unchanged. The fact that this school can sit back and watch these students being bullied and don’t do anything about it is disgraceful and disgusting. This principle advocates for de-escalation and silencing of these problems then actually proposing a solution and education on how to prevent these occurrences in the future. This school does not advocate for equality, kindness and fairness. Do not send your kids here.
Submitted by parent on March 04, 2020

I love Galarza, the teachers are great and Ms. Guzman is wonderful. I didn't know I will like this school so much since the rating is low. My children enjoy going to school and learned a lot from all the teachers. I wish there are more parents involvement and stronger sense of community. Most of the parents are working class, thus many of them are busy with their jobs. It is so expensive to live in Bay Area, we try our best to provide our out children.
Submitted by parent on March 31, 2019

My son and daughter both went to this school. I love the school
Submitted by parent on November 19, 2013

Now they changed all the new teacher who are better than before. They are helpful and working well with the students
Submitted by parent on November 19, 2013

Before this school was so bad cause the teachers did not helping the student. Now I can see the teachers are new and they are kind of nice, but the principal is so horrible
Submitted by parent on August 21, 2013

This is our first year here. So far so good. Mrs. Alexander is awesome! Very nice.
Submitted by parent on February 02, 2013

I am a parent of children that attend Hammer Montessori, but as a very involved parent, I have alot of interaction with the staff that is shared by the schools and through the shared PTA. I also read to one of the Galarza classes. My experiences with the teachers is that they have challenges that other schools don't have due to the demographics as well as a principal that shows little or no respect for the parents, teachers. I am very sad for the teachers and the students. When community building and volunteer coordination has been suggested to tthe principal, it was rejected out of hand.
Submitted by parent on October 12, 2012

This school is awful. The only reason I gave it two stars are for the unlucky teachers who are stuck there. The principal is awful - rude, unprofessional and only cares about "certain populations" of her school (Hispanic). She treats the kids like inmates and none of them care because they don't like her anyways. There is no parental involvement at all. After last school year they had 9 teachers leave due to working in an awful environment with an awful leader. The kids are nice enough and thanks to the teachers they are ok. Both of my kids hated it and we transferred to a new district which is fantastic. The school is on the campus with Hammer Montessori and those parents are all involved and the principal is much nicer and truly cares. Stay away at all costs.