Tom Matsumoto Elementary School

DISCRIMINATORY SCHOOL!!!
The school engages in discriminatory behavior. If you bring up concerns, they are simply dismissed without conducting the appropriate investigation.
Had a lot of hope from this school. But as concerns of unfair behavior towards some students by the teachers was brought up, the concerns were simply dismissed without investigating.
Consequently, I would question if this school deserves our tax dollars and donations.
Very poor experience so far. Hoping they can still remedy the concerns we have brought up.

I hate principal jim sherman he is mean discriminating, racist, and yells at the parents and has yelled at me in front of my child, and constitutes a horrible drop off and pickup situation, he’s only nice in front of his higher ups and is a good actor.
because of Jim Sherman me and my child had a horrible first year experience we won’t be coming back ever please don’t come here if you have a choice.
sincerely priscilla wooley sanchez

The parents who come here are morons, but the teachers and staff are friendly. I used to come here and it was not that great but now that they are older, it is better. The parking and how to pick up kids after school could be way better, but the streets here in the actual neighborhood are just too small, so it is not the schools fault entirely, I just mainly blame the parents lol. Great school if you are looking to enroll.

i started this place back in ’98 before it was even built. we had to do 2^nd grade in laurelwood for a bit before they could finish the school up. it was great times, all the fun fieldtrips and teachers, plus the lunch there wasn’t bad at all. i got to enjoy this school in its first new years and see it lastly see it 6 years ago. my favorite teacher? probably Ms. Shirley, if she’s still there. I don’t know if she remembers me quite well, but i had her in fourth grade and she was quite a harry potter fan. We did interesting activities, arts and craft, played Quidditch, and we even built a castle inside the classroom. pretty fairy, i know, but it was still sick as hell. this school has won quite a few distinguishing awards, that’s good. it’s situated right next to chaboya (a little block is separating them) so assuming you live pretty close to matsumoto your or your kid’s middle school will be chaboya, which isn’t bad of a school at all.
one thing matsumoto did that was very fun was field day. it was kind of a school olympics day and improve school spirit but dividing all the kids up into 4 different teams, blue, red, green, & yellow and we all played activities and games and rake up points by being in either 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, or 4^th. the winners were announced a few days after in an assembly and afterwards there would be a celebration amongst the classrooms. i looked forward to it every year.
one very notable thing about this school is its immense play area for the kids and the huge track field below it. that field’s huge!
the traffic to pick kids up can be quite hectic, all the parents ignoring traffic laws and cutting corners to pick their kids up, a word of advice is either arrive hella early, or let them walk down mackin woods lane a bit and pick them up there. that’s what i did, and we never had traffic problems.
overall, i had a pleasant time there

Excellent school. My daughter is in kindergarten here and she is learning so much. It has only been a little over a month, and they are having them read, write extensively, etc. Best of all, they make it fun and the kids don’t lose interest.
I am very impressed with them. I also see first hand what goes on in the classroom. I volunteer a couple days a month in the classroom and I see how much they learn, and how much attention is given to them. There are only 18 kids in the classroom with 2 teachers! I know private schools who have up to 34 kids in kindergarten with 1 teacher’s aid!
Glad I sent my daughter here…