So my reviews have been removed twice now but as I promised I'll keep posting and speaking on how…read moreterrible this school and especially its lying and hypocritical principal and superintendent of the district. I am disgusted in the complete and utter failure of how they mismanaged and FAILED my son during the distance learning and re-opening plan. When I emailed the principal and teacher about why a neighboring district was opening and we were not the principal and superintendent told me it was "unsafe" all the while the principal was pictured on her own Facebook out and about with no masks with strangers and people outside of her immediate family. I am not done with you Mrs. Spencer. I will post as much as I need to until your LIES are exposed. You angered the wrong mom by your blatant lies. Also Shelley Viramontez is the most clueless and useless superintendent. Initially during the covid pandemic she advised parents to "still send their children to school EVEN IF They had been exposed to a covid positive person." Well that would've been disastrous and thank goodness we didn't listen. Thank Goodness I'm not in this district and school anymore. These so called "educators" don't deserve to be around children. No matter how many times you have my review removed. I will repost. I promise you that.

Is any school perfect? No, but the teachers and our principle care deeply about the children here…read more We have a loving, warm, supportive community. If there are problems, they are handled as best as they can be. I think majority of issues are due to the district. We have a superintendent (Shelley- nepotism at its finest), and a school board that is power hungry and cares more about their pockets than the district. I wish the CA Department of Education would hold districts accountable. There are no check in's, investigations or steps to make sure the leaders of our public schools are doing their job.

Overall, I like BHM. There is great cultural diversity. My kids like school and I think BHM is the…read moregreat place to get my kids prepare for Leland High - one of the most competitive High Schools in San Jose as well as the most academically strong school in this Almaden area including Cambrian. One thing I like most about BHM is their location, which is isolated from any possible distractions. The environment near the school is really safe. I will definitely recommend BHM and Leland High for the parents who plan to move to Almaden. You should check Niche.com for school rate, then you will get my point.

I got a bad grade and I angry :( I don't like how we don't have any lockers and that kinda makes my…read moreback hurt and makes my hip hurt a lot!

I wouldn't have thought to yelp my kids school until I looked it up and was appalled at the bad…read morereviews. This is a wonderful school! It deserves nothing but 5 STARS! Even though this my child's first year- all of the staff I've been in contact with have been extraordinary! We are honored to have our child attend this school and I've heard nothing but great things about the teachers- my child loves them all! Thank you Redwood for molding the minds of our future!

Redwood Middle School is located in Saratoga, a city on the western end of Santa Clara county, CA…read more API scores are high and the teaching staff is highly trained in differentiated instruction. All students are identified as GATE by means of Multiple Intelligence (MI) surveys. The school runs a variety of programs during and after school such as multimedia, Spanish, French, math olympiads, service clubs, and many after school sports. The marching band was selected to play at the inauguration of president Obama in January 2009.

when I went there it was a brand new school I was the second graduating class in the school in 1985…read moreI called the school 6 months ago cause I lost my year books for those years and I was lucky they had a 1984 still in the arctives when the school opened up they need an idea for the year book and I told them a mustang and they put the mustang on the 1984 yearbook I loved the teachers there mr murphy was really nice and mrs Shaffer the counselor was a sweet heart I made prinapals awards student awards if you knew the teachers I knew you would love them to

I love this school and the pricipals are nice and some of the teachers are also very nice and the…read morepolicy of no using phones I don't like really but overall I love this school!

Completed our first year at Dartmouth Middle school. My child really enjoys it here. There are…read morevarious extracurricular activities available and homework program after school. Teachers are available for tutoring and responsive quickly via email. The band program is great! The parents are supportive for school events.

I am the first person to review my middle school. Why do I feel weird doing that?…read more At any rate, I was lucky enough to spend my awkward prepubescent years at Dartmouth in 1997-2000. This was before the school underwent a huge remodeling which left it looking a bit like a prison from the outside, but that seems to be the new look. Although I can't attest to the DMS of today, I can say that the three years I spent at the school were great. The teachers I had were all great-- even my mean 8th grade English teacher deserves some credit for my BA in English. Sure there were clicks, and some horribly mean kids here and there, but it wasn't that bad. Middle school is supposed to be really hard because everyone is changing and awkward, but I don't remember it being so bad. The school is also a CA Distinguished School, so that counts for something. I hope the school is still great today.

I have been involved with this school for about nine years and I have to say it has been a…read moreblessing! It really is a hidden gem. The principle Mrs. Stein is kind and caring, she always listens to everything you say! She works on solutions, not problems and is very pro active! And any well ran school has a team of above average humans that work hard on understanding all the different children's needs. Lori at the front office gives love and support not only to the staff, volunteers, but all the children that need the extra smile and support during the day! They support well rounded children with lots of fun activities throughout the year besides just academics! Although they are great at the academic side as well. My son was behind on his reading skills but by the time he went to middle school he was reading at grade level! I had been to so many schools and doctors! And the teachers are the best! I can not say enough about what a great school this truly is! I read some of the other reviews and I'm sad they have not received the same experience! And as far as some of the same kids in the same class year after year makes sense because they put the children that work well independently in the combo classes and the other children are usually in the single grade class. Hope this helps.

Horrible principal that has no regard for students with disabilities. The principal Deborah Stein…read moreis condescending, rude, and lacks tact. Overall a horrible principal/ person. I wish they would remove her and hire a different principal that has compassion and actually cares about ALL students. Glad my child is no longer enrolled in this school.

I'm so disappointed on how the person in charge of accepting students transfer was so rude mean and…read moreshe didn't even take the time to review my child's application. The first time I spoke to her she told me to applied at my child's home school district basically she was telling me that she wasn't going to accept my child's transfer form. Her name is Pooja Chopra she sent me to the Santa Clara office to appeal. My case in the link that she sent was for me to fill out an expelled application why I don't know , all at one it was for her to approve my child's transfer form.

Campbell Union High School District is a urban school district in the south-west portion of Santa…read moreClara Valley. This office is the central administrative office where the superintendent and the staff have their offices. Campbell Union HSD is relatively highly regarded as far as districts go and generally are ahead of the curve when implementing advances. All their high schools tend to be high performing academically and are some of the best in the Silicon Valley. The staff here is generally helpful and knowledgeable and the office building has been maintained well. However, their hands are tied by the laws, regulations and policies which sometimes makes people go through hoops. This should not be considered a negative as this is what you would get in all districts. I've been in (and have dealt with) 5 districts in the South Bay (including the County Office of Education) and I think the staff here is among the best.

This review is for the staff. While the school is a high ranking, high achieving school, the staff…read moreis one of the most back-stabbing, catty, cruel staff with whom I have ever worked. I volunteered and before beginning, I suggested meeting with the teacher to discuss how I would be most helpful. The teacher agreed that this would be a good idea. After a few conversations, this never happened. I told this teacher that since it seemed meeting was impractical given our schedules, that I would appreciate suggestions along the way to help me be more effective. No suggestions were ever given so I assumed everything was working smoothly. As I sat in the lunchroom, without fail, I overheard constant gossip about students, parents, other staff, and comments about "stupid" kids, "ugly clothes", ugly hairdos, annoying parents, and useless people. Not only did they complain, they named the people (first and last). I understand the need to vent, but there is a time and place for this. At school not knowing who was listening, is unprofessional and unacceptable. At the end of my volunteer time, I was told that I was useless, unprepared, and had never communicated with them about how to be most effective. All of this was untrue and I came to find out, they simply didn't like me so they reported these things just to get me out. Little did they know, I had decided earlier that I was not returning. I honored my commitment because I have integrity, but I would never put myself in that situation again. Beware that should you volunteer, work on PTA, or do anything alongside these teachers, you will receive backlash if you don't fit into their affluent white clique.

I can honestly say I have had the best time at Los Alamitos. I have been volunteering there since…read moremy youngest was school age and have met so many wonderful people along the journey. The teachers have been great. The welcoming smiles we get coming into campus each day do indeed spread the kindness around. Now that I have been on campus daily for years many of the students also know me and say hello to me when I walk by, and for my "little" friends in Kinder or 1st I love the energetic hugs. Los Alamitos is a great community with lots of support from local business, parents, teachers, and staff!