Lawton Alternative Elementary School

Excellent! Field trips, projects, garden time, a superb music program, great teachers ...

A few of the middle school teachers are injecting personal political views towards the students in class. Students are there to learn, not manipulated or brainwash into communist progressive ideology.

I have 2 kids at Lawton and cannot say enough about the incredible staff (from front office to janitors) and families. The teachers are engaged, enthusiastic, and genuinely seek to connect with the kids. The PTA does amazing work despite their limited budget and works hard to bridge the many gaps left by budget cuts. Principal Gina Ferrante is passionate about what she does and inspires all the kids to do their best. Go Lawton Lions!!!

A former student-I spent 8.5 years at Lawton and I have to say looking back it was probably the best school I went to. The teachers were great and the curriculum was put in high standards. I believe Lawton is one of the few schools left in the district with Detention which is actually a good way for kids to learn. My 6th grade was memorable as I literally "flunked" so a decision was made for me to go to James Denman Middle School. At Lawton, my GPA was barely a 2.0 while my GPA at Denman was a 4.0; but I was constantly getting bullied at Denman so it got to a point where I broke a bully's nose and another decision was made so I got sent back to Lawton because I had a learning disability. I'm a teacher today and most of my techniques were learned from when I was at Lawton. I remember this school is academically hard but in a good way. If I were a parent I would only consider sending my children to Lawton or Alice Fong Yu because as a teacher I've seen which schools work and Lawton is one of them.