This review is not from first hand experience but from a former student. The teaching staff isn't…read morealways fair across the board. Students voices are not always heard. There are good point to Oak Park such as the music classes and the after school program. I personally appreciate Prime Times efforts to keep the kids safe after school. Though I did not attend Oak Park I have been to the school many times for relatives. I like it but as I said before their are pros and cons as there are in most areas of life.

Summer school staff July 2019 Rocks!!! Great, Super great!!…read moreThey get on our buses and make sure the children are in the seats !! Harnesses and car seats , are in place , they make sure we know who's who on our bus !! I love this !!! !! Perfect job!! Thank-you for an easy pick up this week !!!!!! This week July 29 !!!!!!!!

Robert Coppo is an incredible principal. With natural talent for difficult issues to be resolved…read more My twin boys attend and we always feel very safe .Its not an easy position and he does it with grace.The campus is beyond beautiful. Thank you for all your efforts we appreciate you .Btw we could have gone to any school but we choose you based on your level.of professional manner.

First of all I would like to say that we are not from here. My husband kids and I are relocating…read morefrom Hawaii to Florida. We stopped by to see my step son play basketball before our big road trip here in Torrey Pines High school. The game was won by the Falcons. Congratulations to the coach that has trained these boys so well. If you are looking for a good basketball team to enroll your kids into this would be the one. Go Falcons!

I am so so SO incredibly happy that we chose Barnard for my two girls, currently in 1st grade and…read moreTK. I had always hoped we could bring mandarin regularly into our lives and this is working well for us. Not only is my oldest comprehending chinese and learning to read and write (half of the day is in chinese!) but she actually enjoys learning it. We have had amazing teachers and the PTA is incredibly involved and supportive. This is a solid school for parental involvement. Partly because all the families choose to be there with intention (it's a magnet school). I really appreciate the diversity of the student population, makes us feel at home as an ethnically mixed family.

I spent nine years as a parent at Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary School (2013-2022). My son and…read moredaughter both completed the K-5 Mandarin immersion program and now are in high school and middle school respectively. My kids loved the school, its teachers, and the three different principals that were present during their years there. My kids have an incredible knowledge of the Mandarin language and of Asian culture. We have visited China three times. Interacting with locals has been a positive and joyous experience. We plan to continue with the Mandarin immersion program through high school. But there is so much more to Barnard than just Mandarin. The school offers an excellent, well-rounded ELA, math, and science curriculum. Their extra language skills only enhanced their engagement and absorption of other topics. The PTA offers a ton of wonderful extracurricular activities. My kids learned so much, made great friends with diverse families from throughout San Diego county, and collected terrific childhood memories of the many great times at Barnard. Highly recommended!

Juarez Elementary has been a wonderful experience for our family. The teachers are caring,…read morededicated, and truly invested in helping every student succeed. You can tell they go the extra mile to make learning engaging and supportive. The staff is friendly and approachable, and communication with parents has been clear and consistent. Any time we've had a question or concern, it was handled thoughtfully and professionally. The campus feels safe and welcoming, and the school community as a whole is warm and encouraging. It's clear that students are not just taught academically, but also guided to grow socially and emotionally. We're very happy with our experience here and would absolutely recommend Juarez Elementary to other families looking for a positive, nurturing environment for their kids.

dirty under supervised…read moreno sustainabilty The boys'bathroom is always flooded grilled cheese hard as plastic marinara sauce (rumor about it being poop) DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE

I went here from kindergarten to second grade and till this day my parents and I keep talking about…read morehow amazing this school was. When I went here all staff members were so caring for all the students. There are so many fun activities that we had to do yes or yes, there was no separation of clases, we all did that same activity and never felt left out. I also loved the amount of different parades that were celebrated during the year with the entire school, from Kindergarten to 5th graders all celebrating outside. This was about 12 years ago by the way!!

If you are planning on going to this school then dont don't,…read moreI went here during kindergarten and got bullied I don't care if the kids were mature I just did not like getting teased and talked about half of the girls in my class were really brats in my opinion and even had lice. dirty kids!

This review is for the gym. It is a great sports venue. They keep it well maintained by the school…read more The bleachers are older but are well maintained and sturdy. The walls, ceiling, and rafters are painted and very clean. The basketball gym floor is super glossy, clean, and well kept. They have a PA System and they announce the varsity games and play music on it. I noticed that they have large projector sized screens on each end of the gym. Their A/V Team is pretty nice.

Great school...my 3rd child is about to enter! My older two both enjoyed their time here. Great…read moreacademics and athletic programs. Have to promote lacrosse and football! Principal Sabin works hard to keep up a great school. Keep in mind....There's no such thing is a perfect school. Every school has bullying, drugs, bad teachers/staff. It is what you make of it. This school has plenty of elective, club and sport choices. Probably one of the best in culinary and of course they have a great band (Attended Rose Bowl not once but twice!). Plenty of parking and surrounded by lots of food options for the kids to walk to after school or on minimum days. Upgrades always going. They have recently added a new band room, upgraded baseball field and math building. Shout out to Class of 2021, 2023 and 2027! Go Marauders!

I've taken classes at three of the four San Diego Community College District's schools. Of them,…read moreSan Diego City College has been my worst experience by far. Safety: This is the biggest concern. The open campus is located in a high traffic area (due to the trolley being right next to it). Anyone can come and go from the campus with little issue. There has never seemed to be any campus police presence. I've never felt safe walking to and from campus, even during the day. Atmosphere: SDCCD's family of schools like to promote that they're inclusive and "safe-spaces" for marginalized groups. And while I've gotten that feeling from City's sister schools, I constantly see vandalism on City's campus targeting racial and sexual minorities. Combined with the fact that the campus is kept up about as well as the surrounding downtown area (in other words: not kept up very well at all), this does not feel like a welcoming and inclusive space. Faculty: Every professor I've taken at City College has fallen into one of two categories. Either they use the class to espouse their personal beliefs (often on topics not related to the class), or they just don't care about their students' success at all. On one occasion, both. Teachers who brag about their fail rate on the first day of classes, smugly saying that they expect 70% of the class to drop by the end of the semester, need to reassess their teaching styles. 70% of your students should NOT be dropping or failing your class. Administration: If you have any problems with a teacher, you'd be better off just dropping and taking the "W" on your record and retaking the class at Mesa or Miramar. Attempting to get an appointment with a counselor is next to impossible, unless you have all day to wait around for a possible drop-in. If you try to reach out to deans or department heads, expect to wait a long time before you hear back--if you ever do. No one at that school cares about student success or well-being. If you need to register with a service like VA, EOPS, or DSPS, you basically need to go to campus and force them to schedule you, because they won't respond to calls or emails. Disabled Students: The campus is a network of hills, with very few elevators. It was clearly not designed with disabled students in mind. Unless you're in an electric wheelchair, it's nearly impossible to get around quickly. As I said above, attempting to register with DSPS is fruitless unless you physically go in to schedule. Campus Layout: The campus is a labyrinth built into a mountain. The buildings are laid out in a toggled grid pattern and labeled with letters that sometimes correspond to the subject(s) being taught in those buildings ("MS" being "Math and Social Sciences" and "S" being "Science"), but also sometimes not ("D" being the campus store and "L" being the "Academic Success Center"). The buildings aren't laid out in any sort of alphabetical order ("A" building is on the opposite corner of the school from "AH" and "B" buildings), so it's next to impossible to figure out where you need to go unless you have the campus map in front of you. The Library (what they call the "Learning Resource Center") is located at the far front corner of the campus, as far from classroom buildings as you can get, which makes it extra difficult to study between classes, and there are limited study spaces inside the classroom buildings. You either need to schedule your classes with no time between, or an hour or more between, or get comfortable with studying while sitting on the floor or outside. Programs: Since City is part of the same District as Mesa and Miramar, they have a lot of the same classes. So even if your specific certification/degree isn't offered through Mesa or Miramar, you can still take your classes there and get your degree through City College. The major exception are vocational programs, like Cosmetology or the AIRE program. If those are the directions you want to go, you'll either need to tough it out at City or look into alternatives (private institutions, Palomar, Grossmont, etc). Overall, San Diego City College is just a mess of a school. It's worth the extra hour or so to commute to Mesa or Miramar instead. Both of those campuses, while not without some administrative flaws, are much better, safer, and just generally care more about their students.

It's good to visit my old college place after so many years since my graduation, a lot had changed,…read morethey rebuilt everything, put in new buildings and renovated many old classrooms, specifically my dance class studio and improv class room, now had a performing stage and they taught more theatrical stuffs here, it's fun to watch a student workshop which is part of a class they're taking, learning about audition process and more.

Both my children have attended this school one still is the teachers are amazing . It's a smaller…read moreschool and so friendly

Our teacher is great. But the parking is horrible. You can't park anywhere close to the rear gate…read more It says it's for bus parking but I never see buses??? And the women who guard the gate are extremely rude. You have to park on the other streets and risk your kids getting hit. They say you get a ticket. I say children's safety should come first!!! Buses are done at 845am. Let us park in front so our kids don't get run over.