"Como es la escuela" means "What is the school like?" in English.
¿Cómo van a la escuela? means, "How do they go to the school?"
How are you in school? (probably talking about your grades)
It means: how do you get to school. How you answer it depends on how you get to school.
Como VA la escuela?
This literally means "How is your school?" in Spanish. This form of "is" refers to identity, not condition. It's asking about the character of the school, not the current events. In English we might say, "What is your school like?" to ask the same thing.
It means: "we have it in school"--- en la escuela la / lo tenemos...In school we have... en la escuela tenemos...
como te pasaste el dia al la escuela?
what is the name of the director (or principal) of the school.
"Was" es el pasado simple del verbo "to be" en inglés y se traduce al español como "estaba" en la mayoría de los casos. Sin embargo, la traducción exacta puede variar dependiendo del contexto de la oración.
Como va la escuela? (How is school going)
You probably mean, "...que aprendes en la escuela?" This mean, "... that you learn in school."