| School Name | Address | Phone | Grades | County | Type | District Name |
| Alice Shaw Elementary School | 759 Dahlia Place
Santa Maria, CA 93455 | (805) 938-8850 | K-6 | Santa Barbara | public | Orcutt Union Elementary |
| Ethnic Background | Percent | Year |
| White, non-Hispanic | 47.91 | 2009 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 2.01 | 2009 |
| Hispanic | 38.19 | 2009 |
| Asian | 2.68 | 2009 |
| Pacific Islander | 0.5 | 2009 |
| Native American or Native Alaskan | 0.34 | 2009 |
| Unspecified | 5.7 | 2009 |
| Filipino | 2.68 | 2009 |
| Email | Year |
| lgarza@orcutt-schools.net | 2011 |
| Students Getting Free Lunch | Year |
| 39% | 2009 |
| Date | Who | Comments |
| 11/5/2010 | parent | The new principal is only interested with getting more funding for the school by encouraging teachers to pass failing students to the next grade. The whole school is selective in terms racial make up of the student body. According to the school's accountability report, whites always score at least 25% than all the other minorities. My child of a different racial background is always labeled as the liar when involved in a dispute with a white student and sent to principal's office. The teachers are uncaring. The only caring staff are the lunch room ladies and the yard monitor ladies. I have decided to pull my child out of this school. |
| 5/27/2010 | parent | This used to be a great school prior to the budget cuts and the teacher pink slips and class size increases. I expect Alice Shaw's test scores will fall especially in the lower grades. The class sizes jumped from 20 to 33 students and even with volunteering in the classroom I personally felt many children were being left behind. The budget crisis has impacted Orcutt hard IMO. I have transferred out due to the lack of teaching and more focus on crowd control in the classroom. |
| 5/18/2010 | parent | We have the best teachers/principal ever! I always feel like my child is getting the best education possible. We have extensive parent involvement! |
| 5/3/2010 | parent | Excellent school. Teachers are great, very dedicated. All the staff really loves the kids and they are a great team, providing safety, and a great learning enviroment. My son really enjoys school. |
| 5/3/2010 | parent | I attribute a lot of my childrens success in school to the support and dedication of the Alice Shaw staff. Even though I have a bus stop right across the street from my house that would take my kids to another school I have chosen continue to drive to Alice Shaw because of the wonderful caring staff. My daughter is getting ready to graduate high school and attend college and I believe the education and support she received at Alice Shaw has helped her to see her goals and achieve them. I can see that my boys are getting that same education and support. |
| 4/27/2010 | parent | At Alice Shaw School we all care about our students. |
| 10/5/2009 | parent | The principal is amazing, as are the teacher's! the ground's and supervised play ground's are a safe wonderful place for the children and they love it! |
| 9/27/2009 | parent | Our principal, Janet Bertoldi truly cares about the students. All the students! When she talks to the kids or talks about the kids you can just see in her face that they are important to her. The teachers go the extra mile to get the kids the help and support they need. Alice Shaw is a great home away from home for our son. |
| 9/27/2009 | parent | Alice Shaw has tremendous staff and teachers..who are giving our students more of there concentrated time and off hours as well as private funds to three times as many students as other earlier years because of the drastic budget cuts to education and the arts(32 students per class as opposed to 15-20 last year) |
| 9/20/2009 | parent | It's a great school where the parents really work together to make it fun for everyone. There is huge parent involvement, and the parents seem to be concerned about ALL the kids, not just their own. My kids are very lucky to attend Alice Shaw. |
| 9/20/2009 | parent | I think the Principal and staff at Alice Shaw are very supportive to the children and Parents. |
| 9/20/2009 | parent | Alice Shaw has the best teachers, principal, and staff. My three kids have had a great experience at Alice Shaw School. |
| 9/16/2009 | parent | There is a great since of untiy and family. All of the parents and teachers are working together, choseivley, for one common interest....the children |
| 3/30/2009 | parent | We just moved to the area a month and a half ago and this school so far is fantastic. The principal is awesome and so is the teacher! |
| 9/24/2007 | parent | Shaw is by far the best school in CA. Mrs Bertoldi is dedicated, and provides a safe environment. The teachers are creative and make the children WANT to go to school. As for extracurricular activities, there is sports, art, music, and the list goes on. I, as well as many parents take part in activities,PTA, etc. |
| 9/15/2007 | parent | Alice Shaw is a Fabulous School my daughter has attended for 4 years now and the principal and every teacher shes had has been excellant.I can honestly say the staff treats our children like family my daughter still gets cards in the mail from her prior teachers. We are going to relocate soon and are very sad to leave Alice Shaw. I feel that Alice Shaw is one of a kind! |
| 1/18/2006 | parent | This is a super fantastic school! The hard working Principal, Miss Bertoldi, is such a loving professional. She guides her staff to excellence on every level. They have standard based report cards that very clearly show parents where to focus on the needs of their children. There are many enrichment courses, resource classes, and intervention classes available. The PTA is very supportive and actively involved in enhancing the school community. I highly recommend this school. |
| 11/12/2005 | parent | My son has attended Alice Shaw since Kindergarden. I am very impressed by the way the principal has helped my son this school year. She made sure my son is with a teacher that can handle and help his behavior problems. I see her just about every day greeting the students at the drop off in the mornings and saying goodbyes after school. She has called me on the weekends and/or evenings at times to talk about my son's progress and behavior. I am very thankful he is in such a supportive environment! This is an excellent school! |
