The school is actually pretty all right. The teachers are hands on and very interactive with the kids. The curriculum is good. And Mr. De La Huerta is every thing youd expect from an elementary school principal. The classes do have a high head count per teacher. But I blame that on a seriously lack of adequate funding. To rebut the they dont I.d. comment, I seriously beg to differ. I walk my daughter to her class every morning via the office, and every morning like clock work, I hand over my Id in exchange for the visitors pass. The lady in the office is a little rough around the edges but hey thats life, your not going to like everything about everybody. Keep up the good work faculty!

The man at the front desk is very rude and unpleasant,!!! he shouldnt work at an elementary and have to be the first person you see, I am transferring my kids to this school I brought all paper work on a Wednesday early filled out and explained to him that I didnt have any more time off of work and my kids needed to be in school asap, He did send a request for the information until 2:20pm Friday, Mind you this is and the same city its Monday now and nothing still has been done he is so lazy... Glendale needs to get it together ASAP

The principal really loves all the children genuinely. Very kid friendly school.

Loved this school! From when I was attending here from 98 till 04, 2nd to 8th grade, had good amazing experiences from all teachers and staff, awesome education, good after school programs, great summer camps, unforgettable field trips, really recommend this school to a lot of parents. Good times thank so you Desert Garden for all I need to know.GO HAWKS!!!

I beg to differ with all of you, Desert Garden has the best special ed program for my son, the best he has ever had. They have always asked me for ID when I pick up my son! I get to the school early so Im not in the traffic, never seen any cops

Kids in my complex that go here say they love it.

Staff is rude! They dont check I.Ds also seen my son one day being bullied by two kids after school while he was on his bike. Took the kids to the office all the staff did was call the mom and they left.... They didnt get in trouble for harming my son. A week later the principle I found kicking my sons bike at the bike rack screaming at my son I wasnt allowed to stop the act I was told to stay behind the gate to wait for my child. Three days later kids bullied my son and they are not nice kids they will curse out at adults. Also a month after that his reach Mrs elvien. I caught holding my Che by his neck with her arm wrapped around and my son crying I slammed on my breaks honked my horn got out thinking why is no one doing anything about whats going on so I grabbed her arm and told her what she was doing was abuse and if she touched my child again that Ill be contacting the police I brought it up to the office and they didnt care at all for the inconvenience and abuse his teacher had done. Ive had too many issue at this dump do not bring ur children here. If you do then youre stupid.

The front office staff Ive dealt with has had no integrity. They rush through everything and have made me feel like an inconvenience every time I have talked to them.I thought my son was MISSING because of an inaccurate absence email I received today. The staff  wanted to blame the absence email on me saying that it was sent because my son was a couple minutes late.I got that email TWO AND A HALF hours after school started. If things were taken care of the absence should have been dismissed and this should have never happened.Instead I was worried sick for no reason. I called the front office to check that my son was there. I thought my call disconnected, then realised I was on hold without any warning from the receptionist after hearing, hes missing, okay.. , and finally hung up on after subjecting the staff to offensive language as the principle put it while talking to him about her rude bahavior. Im not sorry, any parent would get pissed if they were dealing with that kind of disrespect, especially if they thought their child was MISSING.Dont let the “Charter” title make you think this school is any more professional than the public school I took my son out of because of the bullying problems. Because he was bullied there too.THE SCHOOLS ARE HERE TO SERVE US, OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE THEIR BOSS, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. WE SHOULD NEVER FEEL LIKE WE HAVE INCONVENIENCED OR HARASSED THEM WHEN WE TRY TO CORRECT THEIR MISTAKES.

Man called about 6 times and all i got were answering machines great school

This school has to be the worst!!! They are so unorganized, they have the kids standing in the hot sun for pick-up. In a public park I might add that is not part of the school! Nobody checks IDs when entering the school even though it is clearily posted Have ID ready!! They dont let kids enter on the gate by 75th even though there is a teacher at the gate, and now they have police patroling the street so you cant park to pick up your kid!! I had to park 2 blocks down! This is truly a horrible school!!!

THE FRONT DESK LADY IS SO RUDE. Lucinda is her name... IF THEY ALLOW HER TO WORK UP FRONT, HOW ARE THE TEACHERS WITH OUR CHILDREN?

My daughter use to go there at 3rd

I like this school because the teachers are so nice and gentle

Very poor communication when it comes to disciplinary action against a student, I’ve been calling them since Wednesday to get a call back and still nothing has been done!!

My favrie school.From the first day I felt good.

Good park to hang out

My daughter went to that school