Manzanita School

Our experience at Manzanita on the whole has been very positive. The teachers are amazing. However, I would change two things. First, I would make the class sizes smaller. Our child's class is much above the 1 to 19 ratio that another parent mentioned in another review. I wonder if this has something to do with open enrollment. I have no problems with open enrollment, and think that it is great that families that live outside of the district have the opportunity to attend the school. However, I do feel that with open enrollment there should be the same number of kids per class as there were before the policy was implemented. My second concern is the time the children have to eat at lunch. It would be great if the children had more time to sit down and enjoy their meals.

I feel so fortunate to be able to send my children to Manzanita! After being underwhelmed by the offerings and climate of another elementary school, we landed at Manzanita and have been here a total of 5 years now. I have no doubt that my children are receiving a first class education here. Not only do they learn the curriculum, but they are learning how to be independent learners that can be responsible for their own education AND how to be mindful members of a community that care for each other. This school has so many offerings, a dedicated and creative staff, and a generous and supportive parent community. Manzanita proves that schools can manage to teach the demanding curriculum of today's world while keeping school fun and kid friendly. Thank you Manzanita!

Excellent. Manzanita is a wonderful community of students, teachers, administration, and parents. We feel very fortunate to be a part of the school.

For years administration @ Manzanita Elementary was superb. Past 4 years has been quite concerning, a great disappointment, particularly those of us parents in FFO. Many have learned teachers, particularly "old school" feel extremely frustrated w/school administration. For instance a a fine teacher remarked more than once how "tired of walking on eggshells" office has become. Finally, student ratio to teacher has been approx 27 ea classroom, not 19 (as w/most schools in this district). An extremely devoted certified teaching personnel.