G.E.S.D.#40 - Desert Garden Community Ed Preschool

I'm grateful for all the teachers who work with my child! My child has exceeded our expectations and will be well prepared for Kindergarten. 😅🎉🎉🎉

I have nothing but positive things to say about this school. Specifically about Ms. Wright. She is by far the best teacher that any of my kids has had yet. If you want a teacher that TRULY loves kids, she is it. She is knowledgeable, caring, trustworthy and just an overall excellent teacher. Her teacher aid, Ms. Lopez is amazing as well and you can see the love she has for the students. The school staff is friendly and they engage with students and parents everyday at drop off and pickup. I would recommend this school for your little ones!

The adjacent park that belongs to this school has some weirdo who is throwing glass around the playground area. Clearly someone who lives nearby, because it has been going on for years. So disappointing to go back to this park and see it continues happening. Be cautious when visiting this park

I went for a meeting to get my daughter into the developmental preschool. There was miscommunication. The staff don't check to make sure scheduling works for the families. And wanted me to take my daughter out of one of her services to do a 4 hour ginea pig evaluation to test for autism which I already done myself. And I took it personal and went off because a similar issue happened in April 2024 with her brother. They don't acknowledge special needs and they don't make proper accommodations. I had to get a 45k scholarship for my son to attend a school who can accommodate him. Due to their neglect on the special needs kids.

My daughter had a great experience here a few years ago. My son currently come here and I feel the quality of the special need program is going downhill. As far as the admin they wait till the last min till they need something. My family has already called and spoken to the head of the program at the district. We will to keep an open line with them if we continue to have problems. At the end of year I still feel like this program here is joke if you have special needs. My son went half the year without a teacher and when he did it was no difference. I preferred him without one . I had no issue with behavioral the first half the second half it seemed like my son was fight for his life everyday. He was always getting hurt the class seemed to alway have lice. They were constantly sending him to the nurse when they were told he had allergies. He was going to nurse almost every week so much I just started to keep him home. I regret not skipping this preschool and putting him in aba therapy for the 4 hours. To top it off the last 30 day they teacher sent an Amazon list these weren't cheap items it was chairs and toys . I dont have a problem helping out which I did. There is no way Im going to drop 50-80 dollars on a toy or chair my child didnt get the chance to experience.