They need to put there calendars up to date and staff is horrible! Not to mention very rude.. since…read morewhen do school close for training on a Wednesday smh

Excellent school with a great caring staff. They raise their scores every year. The kids feel at…read morehome.

There's something to be said about an inner-city high school with an incredibly stellar reputuation…read morein academics, the arts, athletics, activities and an unrivaled tradition of pride. Built in 1893, it's one of the oldest high schools in Central California, and after all of these years still boasts top-notch faculty, diverse student body, active parents and top students. It's also one of the only high schools in CA with streets and traffic bisecting it. *Highlights* - Elm Grove, a beautiful urban park in the middle of campus - The Drillers, a unique and distinctive mascot - Harvey Auditorium, the only real performing arts center in a Kern County high school - a WPA building, btw. - Warren Hall, 3-story main classroom building built in 1920s Beaux Arts style - Griffith Field, a top-notch stadium that is the envy of area high schools - Diversity, this is one of the most diverse h.s. in central California, both culturally and socio-economically - Blue & White, a nationally-award winning high school newspaper - Oil Derrick monument that fronts California Avenue - Offers the highest number of AP classes in the Kern High School District - Famous Alumni include Frank Gifford (of ABC Monday Night Football fame) and Earl Warren (U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice) The teachers are overwhelmingly qualified and caring and it is as positive a time as one can have in high school. Students can go here and be very well prepared for college and graduate school. Every high school has its negatives. I'm certain that it is an awkward time for everyone, but I guess my conclusion is that BHS actually inspires growth and real-world collaboration compared to other high schools in the area.

Los profesores son malos con mi hijo y mi hijo dijo que lo intimidaron en el baño de la escuelaread more

I had so much memories here I had to move away I had so much friends here I loved it being here…read moreschool felt fun for the first time ever.

I am extremely disappointed with the lack of professionalism from I believe is the secretary named…read moreLaura, also certain staff at this school whom are friends-coworkers have been gossiping with my child's mother and sharing private information that should never be discussed, overstepping their boundaries and removing me from receiving emails from the school especially when there is a court order in place granting me the right to be informed of my child's upcoming events and other information to keep me aware of what's going on. This kind of behavior shows no respect for confidentiality or parental rights. Schools should remain neutral and follow legal boundaries, not take sides or spread personal information. I strongly urge administration to address this immediately and ensure staff are properly trained on privacy and court compliance. I believe a child should present a Dr's note in every absence and not a call from home claiming illness when there's clearly none. If a court is requesting it follow the guidelines. Unfortunately it's going to take a parent to seek legal action and file a FERPA lawsuit maybe then this school will follow protocols.

Wow , this what a school should be. With all the hard work that the teachers put in with the…read morestudents and all the time and work the office staff put in to help all our students. We are so amazed with MIRA MONTE high school everything is so fantastic at this school such a large school with so many afterschool clubs and so much for our children we can never say enough about all the staff and the teachers at the school one of the greatest schools that we have in Bakersfield

This school is terrible, they do nothing when kids are sexually harassed, they allow colorism to be…read moretolerated. And especially with their new schedule that does nothing. It was better when the kids were separated by lunches now, seniors and juniors are fighting with the sophomores and freshmen's.

I have had nothing but good things to say about all of my kids teachers. They have all been so…read morehelpful in trying to get my kids up to par in all of there subjects. Good security and camera systems.

They need better staff. They need to replace all their stuff because after today my niece will…read morenever feel safe in no school cause now she's gonna be traumatized after what happened to her. She got jumped by 3 senior and and she's just a freshman by herself the cops nor the school staff did anything about it.

Your teachers are rude, your student are also rude you need to fixed the teachers ego because…read moreputting a student down and feeling bad about them selfs even thought the teacher hasnt seen anything when the student is good. Fire the color guard teacher.

This school is extremely overwhelming strict and sexist. As someone who has attended Actis Jr High,…read morei would NEVER allow my children to go to this school as this school is very mentally draining and unsafe. THE FRONT OFFICE, AND OFFICE STAFF DONT CARE ABOUT YOU. When I would go up to the office they would never help me at all, instead they made me feel very dumb and as if I didn't know what I was talking about they constantly gave me attitude and dirty looks while speaking to the office lady's. They continuously taken my own personal items like clothing, and my cell phone that was kept with them for a whole week, I informed them that parents were unable to get the phone in time while school was open and refused to give me my cell phone at the end of the day. In my opinion there was no need for them to keep MY stuff in their office for a WHOLE ENTIRE WEEK. Now I wanna talk about how sexist the dress code is. Girls aren't allowed to wear jeans that are tight or have rips above the knees, spaghetti straps, crop tops, and shoes that reveal the toes because it attracts male attention or is "unprofessional" and "inappropriate" now this is where things get serious and is out of hand, NO OVER AGE MEN/WOMEN SHOULD BE STARING AT A YOUNG GIRL. This is mainly towards Mr postif as he is the only person that points people out the most and dress codes almost everyday but mostly the girls now isn't that just strange?? THINK OF IT. The way we dress doesn't depend on our success and the way we pass in school, we can dress the way we want. As girls/women barely even have the rights now days this doesn't help and girls deserve more RESPECT and need to stop being treated as if they are some fragile toy by some stupid adult at a school where children are supposed to be comfortable. And if it's really that big of a deal men/boys in school should be taught to control themselves. PE TEACHERS/PE Don't even get me started with them as there are no good side to them. Let's begin with the locker rooms, when I would change into pe clothes I would be stared at my miss postif and miss karen. Locker rooms are extremely crammed, humid and have a bad stench to them. Mr jones has made many girls uncomfortable, and I've caught him staring at the girls many times during pe. I genuinely don't know where they get there teachers from and how they get hired but they should be fired. The comfort and safety of the students is most important that anything and this isn't being treated very well. I remember there was a time where I got judged by miss postif, she pointed out my biggest insecurity and I cried in the school bathrooms messaging my mom to pick me up because I couldn't take it anymore.

I am a current attending 8th grader, I will graduate in less than a week. I have had nothing but…read morestraight A's this year, and A's and B's last year, yet this school treats me worse than kids that tend to fight or get detention. This school REQUIRES you to buy either the P.E clothes or a gray shirt or blue shorts for 20$. If not, your grade drops or you get detention, in my opinion, this is dumb, dressing out does not determine you participation in sports or your efforts, this should not be such a problem to the school, if it isn't harmful, why do students get detention or even after school detention. This goes on records! "Student didn't wear a grey shirt and blue shorts, so they go after school detention" make that make sense. Teachers here are either kind or rude, most do not care of your learning. They will leave you behind if you cannot grasp the subject within a week rather than ensuring all kids are able to learn. They will get angry if you ask questions as if it isn't their responsibility to answer these questions for students. While there is tutoring, it shouldn't be needed if teachers are able to teach properly, and many students do not join tutoring in fear they will be bullied for being "stupid" which the school does nothing to stop. Bullying is a huge factor to this school, I myself had been bullied for looking "different" I wore band Tees and had a side part, multiple times I've been called names in front of teachers, yet they brush it off, I have been threatened because I was answering questions in class, I've been called nerd and dork. The teachers do nothing and neither will the office. Even if they do, the worse they get is detention. I witnessed a fight before, the kid that started it got a week of In school suspension, while the other walked in the hallways in fear that the friends of the bully will harm him. And while I admire the school's ability to see the "good" in "bad" kids, they refuse to notice that even after months of being a problem, they will not suspend a kid for longer than a week or keep them in separate classes. They refuse to help the victims and only treat them on what they see and not what actually happens behind closed doors. This is why kids are in fear of their bullies. The school will do nothing if they tell. Instead the bullies will only bully more and continue, they might even turn worse for being a 'snitch'. Because the school basically allows this, these kids don't change and continue to make other kids uneasy or feel as if they cannot speak what they feel. Mr. Postiff, he is too strict, he dress codes shirts with bands on them, dress codes shirts with certain font, he dress codes my bracelets for being "spiked" they are rounded, and the spikes do not damage to the skin, a pencil would hurt more than my bracelets, and why would they care? I am a good kid, with good grades, and try hard, while there are kids that do drugs and are horrible people, but they do not care and focus more on harmless bracelets. They don't care about the children and rather dictate how kids act and look. The office ladies are rude, I bought a ticket for a road trip there and they spelled my name wrong, I asked them to change it, they said no. And they speak with attitude as if I am the problem.

After being a freshman this year i think it's pretty good then I imagined it would be in the…read morebeginning, the classes are boring sometimes but that's it I had a lot of fun it just matters who you spend it with

I go to school here. And as much as most of the students suck, i really like this school. The…read morestaff's really nice and I've had some of the best teachers here

This school had changed a lot from from what I remember and some of the upgrades they have made is…read morea Benefit for all the kids. New computers, after school program, music is a big thing at this school, they get to be in both parades this year and a district wide band that kids get to try out for, a petatholan the kids get to use every studies they learn in school as a competition, so many good things. Teachers are good and want the kids to learn more and set high standards for them. Office staff is good and gets the job done all the time good communication skills between them all

If I could read it zero stars, I will Why because my kid get…read morebullied every day and they don't do nothing about it