Dewey Elementary School

Dewey Elementary is a school squeezed into the Midway area, educating students from military dependent housing at Liberty Station and Gateway Village. The school is close to the many commercial and government facilities in the area and right next to a Starbucks. On the weekend, I like to park in the roomy Dewey parking lot, if all the parking spots are taken – as they usually are– near Starbucks.
Dewey has class levels from preschool through fourth grade and the very best thing: FREE after-​school childcare. In the Peninsula area, there are people who look down on Dewey because the students are always transitioning in and out, due to frequent moves by their military families. Dewey was (and still might be) a year-​round school and I actually knew people where I live that would enroll their kids there to keep them in school during the long, hot summer months.
Dewey Elementary is kind of long in the tooth but I have noticed that they have been making some improvements lately. Best of all, a new security gate has been installed, where before the school was wide open for anybody to traipse right in. This school has a very specific purpose: it is to educate the children of military dependents and others who enroll there. I guess I have to say Yay! I’m a fan.