The teacher is yells at children and discriminates against them. My child feels scared and does not…read morewant to go to school. He feels he is not treated fairly and is forced to admit his mistakes when he has done nothing wrong.

I am very disappointed in this school. I have been living near the area and both my siblings went…read moreto this school for about three to four years; my little sister was honored and praised constantly for her academic achievements: principal honor roll, honor roll, and a bunch of other silly colorful papers. Whereas my little brother was picked on and shunned by his teachers because he goofed around in class (what little young boy does not goof around through out his life). Everytime when my little brother comes home sad, I would ask him to tell me about his day at school: "the teacher does not listen to my side of the story at all. He keeps thinking I'm the one doing all the bad things." And these are just usual stories he would tell me when he come home looking like he's hiding something. I am very displeased and confound of the specific faculties that can side with "good" kids and neglects the "bad" ones. This does not goes to only faculties but also the principal: she does not listen to both sides of the story before executing her "I don't care but you're suspended." I know my little brother would not lie to me; I would put my life on the line for him. My frustration is that this school does not know how to handle their disclinary actions and how to monitor their faculties progression. Today was the last straw when my little brother was suspended for something that he did not get a chance to explain. My father does not speak english so he does not understand fully of what was going on, just that "your son is suspended for 'stealing' another student's item." As I questioned my little brother, the story is quite the opposite. Everything they wrote on his piece of paper were all accusations coming from one side of the story; how arrogant. I'm not letting this one slide off and let my little brother be scarred with authority figures doing the things THEY think are right. Listen to all your students for goodness sake.

After years of experience and having to move my children from school to school because of work-life…read morebalance, I feel with deep confidence this was one of the best elementary schools my children attended. Special Thanks: - Dr. Gary Gerstner and prior principal - Ms. Zachach (pardon the misspelling) - IEP staff - Speech therapist - Dolly Chatterton - Lilia (a name similar to Lily) - Parent/Community Advisory Committee - Parents in action Let me give you some context to compare amongst the other reviewers vs my review as a parent. When my children attended this school, I was a single parent, attending UCI as an engineering student, with a child in the IEP program, and having to manage my children's mother who was later found neglectful by CPS. All of this while working at Disney in customer service and born into poverty. Therefore, I had minimal chances to succeed as a parent, let alone the patience for all the possible mistakes I might encounter from being inexperienced. The Community: The people here are great and the kids are decently behaved. There might be a conflict between children every now and then but they do resolve it. The Parents In Action (PIA) cares about making a difference in the children's involvement with school activities. I've never attended a PTA meeting, sorry. The Staff: I don't like to generalize but they were awesome. I especially recall Dolly and Lilia (similar name to Lily). I put Dr Gary Gerstner and possibly the staff through some stuff with CPA getting involved, like the conflicts between the mother and I. In the end, I wish they knew it saved my children's life. Parent/Community Advisory Committee: The Advisory Committee is another level. I recommend attending if you're a parent looking for advance information regarding how to make the best of your interaction with the school system. For example, I asked what was the best way I can make the most out of the IEP meetings with advance resources. The person who answered my question was highly educated and very prepared. They taught me the steps on making a meaningful impact at each IEP meeting. IEP: The help in the beginning was profound. However, to make the changes necessary to improve as a parent for a child in the IEP, I had to be more involved. The specialists and teachers knew my limitations and made the best decisions available to them. The absolute best advice I received was from Ms. Zachach (pardon the misspelling), to make my child love reading and there is no limit to how much they should read.

Since the district can block websites, it is getting harder and harder to find actually fun yet…read moreeducational stuff in school. Although it may seem good to block websites, you probably can't even play some educational games and stuff even if the teacher allows you to.

In class I was awfully disappointed and discriminated as the two Hispanic boys behind me were…read moretouching each other, and the other older guy told them to stop, they stop and I was targeted by the teacher as they suspected me for doing it, because of this I was forced to stay in the front of the class for the entire period. Even though a lot of people said it wasn't me the teacher targeted me, and said it was me. Awfully felt target and unfair

My son had a basketball tournament over the weekend at Santiago High School. The school seemed well…read morekept. Plenty of parking for visitors. The gym had 3 courts and it seemed cramped with all the players and spectators but it worked out. The gym floors were nice. Too bad that they didn't provide enough chairs for everyone so there were a lot of people standing around. The women's restroom was dirty and it didn't look like anyone cleaned it throughout the day. It would be nice to keep up the restrooms especially having to pay $15 to come watch a game. Didn't really get to walk around to review other amenities so this review is just for the gym area.

Its a great school and all the people there are nice!! I would also like to say how fun it is there…read moreis so many electives but the one im doing right now is steam.

This school should do more for the students by giving them school busses kids are walking more then…read more25 min just to get to school then another 25 min back, this is so unacceptable .Garden Grove district doesn't see how this plays so much in their education. I would give no star to this school and Garden Grove district is horrible and they don't return calls or helping parents.

No Yelp pg for LQHS proper, so guess the review goes here. +…read moreGrateful for the AP classes offered here to kickstart my college career. Saved me time and $ to help pursue higher (under)graduate studies sooner and more productively. - Never realized how much the workout cage resembled a prison yard. - No pickleball courts. Qué lástima. - The literature teachers weren't good at teaching logical students how to excel in the arts. + The sciences teachers were excellent at teaching us the sciences and maths. Glad they were passionate about their fields too. - Their dance club organization was poorly executed. For every assembly performance, you were required to show up to practice 4am the day of or else you wouldn't be allowed to participate, even if you had been loyally attending all weekly practices prior. Since their 2025 remodeling, nothing's recognizable to us old alumni anymore. Fresh new grounds and buildings. Revitalized look.

To the mom wearing "Vietnamese student association la Quinta high school" shirt who smacked her…read moredaughter and embarrassed her in front of people Costco, way to show your narcissistic traits. Smacked her daughter so loud you could hear it with all the noise inside. I watched as the daughter was about to eat a sample only to be smacked! The daughter just looked straight ahead and took the verbal lashing her mom gave her. A teenage boy soon arrived to say only a few words only to be loudly scolded by the narcissistic mom, boy looked down in silence. I am familiar with those behaviors, looking down as it's a familiar feeling by my own mother. Neither child said a word. Why? Because they are used to being berated and if you even dare attempt to defend yourself, well be ready to be beat or unjustly accused of attitude for speaking up. Dear mom, I can only imagine who you treat your child in private if you so boldly assault your child in public. Seeing your face with that heavy eyeliner and trashy fake lashes brings back unpleasant memories of my own mother. Your behavior represents that high school simply by wearing it. DO BETTER.

Class of 2012!! Proud to say that this is one of the best schools out there. Made memories worth…read morecherishing. Workload wasn't too bad, students were far more friendly than they were in elementary school. Excellent music program though (although the teacher is a fascist who only seeks to win).

The teachers and staff at McGarvin don't even bother to care about the students. The school really…read moreneeds better staff who actually does there job and be respectful.

As always we begin this review with the bad. It was expected that our warm up area would be…read moreadequate to our standards, but we were extremely disappointed in the reality. It was, to say the least, terrifying to practice our backwards marching on a bumpy grass ground, as opposed to the smooth concrete floors that we should have had made available during this warm up. It's almost as if we were set up to fail, or that they were doing everything they could to encourage us to earn a low score. I truly do understand this effort, as I know that our school does pose as a threat towards others wishing to earn the title of first place. Next, to assess this schools environment, we will look to the overall vibe conveyed. I and other performers agree that a "fall feeling" was in the air. Nice trees, fallen leaves, and a peaceful area around our unloading and bus area. The halls were nice, and, to summarize, you could say we were grateful for the richness of this school, but also for the lack of money to make this one of those huge schools you could get lost in. Congratulations to Bolsa Grande HS for earning these four stars. -Marching Band Pro Performers

Review is for the football field only…read more Visited this school during a high school band competition. The football field looks fairly new and is in great condition. The bleachers are as comfortable as bleacher seats can be and the entire area is very spacious and clean, sound system was outstanding and parking was avail on the street and a adjacent school parking lot Great job to the host school for a successful and fun event

Good school and there is BGC also you can play all kind of sports such as soccer, basketball,…read morevolleyball and football

My niece's primary language is English. She was born here and we've corrected them multiple times…read morealready. Yet they insist on paper that her primary language is Vietnamese and make her do assessment test (which she aced). Please don't make me pull out the racial discrimination card because I genuinely hope the school and its staff are all nice and fair people.

Great school, beautiful campus. My daughter had a soccer game. The field is well maintainedread more

Charging $10 for parking at events at this school feels like a rip-off, especially since we already…read morepay school taxes.