The music program is excellent for elementary. Especially the Choir Under the direction of Mr…read more Highchew. Beginning and intermediate band is also very good.

Gave a 3 star because of the good things I've heard about this school before my first experience…read morewith them. I had an extremely annoying experience just trying to enroll my child. I arrived with ONE person waiting. After about 15 minutes of not being helped, that person left to the restroom so I obviously moved to the front of the line. Another woman got behind me after filling out a packet, then the first woman came back and got behind her. There was one receptionist and alot of phone calls and kiddos coming through so I understand she was super busy, but with my receptionist experience you help people who are in your face before you help a phone call. After about 45 minutes of standing there(ONLY needing an enrollment packet) she decides to help the lady behind me FIRST, and then the woman behind her FIRST. I find that extremely ridiculous. Waiting 45 minutes to an hour for a packet to be given to me, and 2 people who were behind me being helped first, as well as multiple phone calls? Horrible. I had high hopes after hearing such good things about this school. Hopefully my child's experience there will be better than mine.

Ive had multiple interactions with staff here at Castle recently and over the past year and while…read morethe overall school environment is positive and teachers have been great. I felt disappointed with my experiences with their clerk, VANESSA . On SEVERAL occasions, I found her responses to be unprofessional, harsh impolite, simply RUDE. She does not exhibit good manners at all. Her tone and approach made it challenging to get the assistance I needed. I understand the demands of working in a busy school office, but I believe a bit more courtesy and consideration would greatly improve the experience for parents and students. I can just imagine how the students are treated if that's how she approaches me or us( as I'm sure I'm not the only one). Very disappointing.

Vanessa working in the office is very rude, teachers are good but her attitude makes the place look…read morebad . Have better customer service if you work in the front

lowkey kinda goated school was there for kinder all the way to 6th grade. However, i was assaulted…read moreby the name desiree who pushed me after i threw a hotdog at her and i broke my ankle and had to go home

Very good school I do recommend sending your child here teachers are very nice and helpfulread more

I hated this school the teachers were so disrespectful and rude to the parents. The food is…read moredisgusting and dirty there was hair in my food as well.

The front office sends sick kids back to class. They wouldn't give me a box of masks for inside the…read moreclass so I'd have to stop everything I was doing and write a note and send kids to the office every time a kid broke one. Don't substitute here or for PBVUSD they still have not paid me the promised rate and I had to file a claim with the labor board.

Teachers are mean and we get in trouble for people lying about things we did also the school lunch…read morehas hair in it my friend found some in and he complained also the after school program is trash the teacher is so rude and said I'm the one who doesn't listen when I do I don't know what she's on about

Honestly I'm happy that I left when I did some kids were always targeted and it's always some new…read moredrama. The teachers weren't even there to teach just to like hear about drama like damn get a life. Teach the kids this isn't a reality TV show

My daughter has been in this school district for 4 years now. She attends Old River Elementary, and…read morein these years, I have had no complaints. This is the first time having to come to the actual district office. It looks like their buildings are on two streets. There are plenty of parking and even solar panels in the parking lot! Even if you walk into the main office, the receptionist will tell you where to go, like she did me, because there are different buildings for different services. It can be kind of confusing. Staff was kind, though, and the building I did have to go into for the info on fingerprinting I had to get buzzed into. This whole process was very easy, which I appreciated. My little girl will remain in the Panama-Buena Vista School District for Jr High as well, so I'm hoping my experience will remain as pleasant as it has been for elementary!

Awful is an understatement!…read more I have requested a copy of my students IEP for over a month. I am very well aware this is part of the parents rights to obtain a copy of it for their records. My child is in 7th grade this isn't her first IEP and won't be her last. I have emailed the woman who conducted the meeting Monica H., as well as her teacher who is supposed to be giving her a whole period of extra help AND the principal of Stonecreek. Finally went in person, asked the front desk lady. She wrote my name down I STILL LEFT WITH NO IEP. No IEP still. Maybe not conduct the IEP meetings via zoom? That way the parent can get a copy after the meeting is over? No responses on email from multiple people including the principal who are all employed at Stonecreek nor the woman who represented PBVUSD that led the IEP meeting back in early September. The lack of communication and care is shameful. They have pushed her through grade after grade knowing she has autism and a learning disability. Her teachers have no problem failing her knowing she has this disability. Grades are supposed to be weighted. She turns in all of her work and has 4 Fs in multiple subjects. Clearly she's in classes that are too hard for her. Wouldn't that be a sign to provide this child with more services? Not at Stonecreek or PBVUSD. They are content pushing her through each subject and grade with MINIMAL help.

Love this school it is amazing and have great teachers with best activities and has sportsread more

If I could give this district 0 I would based on the fact that the superintendent has no regard or…read morerespect for his students nor the parents of the students especially regarding the parents the fall under the Americans With Disabilities Act as of December 2016 the same as the summer 2015 we have sort of temperatures above 105° however the handicap parking is as far away from the office the classrooms are access to the campus that it could be to go further last year I had a fall trying to access my vehicle in their handicap zone that was not legally position I fell and had to go to the hospital by ambulance for my wheelchair however doing this episode the emergency responders asked for defibrillation unit and the district just a few months before the end was on the news stating that The superintendent did not believe it was necessary it was a waste of money this is the same way that the superintendent feels about America's it disabilities act My Children has gone to plant elementary school for the past eight years and there's been no changes to accommodate me as a person living with the physical challenge and I've had many issues I cannot attend the appreciations the word Sarah Moni is there anything else done with my children because I am terminally ill and cannot push my wheelchair that for however the district nor the school try and make any exceptions or accommodations whatsoever more to come

This school is one of the best schools, I am so happy we moved closer to this school. The principal…read moreMrs. Dunn and vice principal Mrs. Haycock along with my children's teachers, Ms. Collins and Mrs. Bryan were the best! Not just that, but the whole staff. They're awesome people who run this school. My children have learned so much from being here and they've achieved a lot academically. You're all some awesome people!

Great school, adults are not allowed on property and can not just walk around the school which…read moregives parents peace of mind knowing a bad person can't just walk around the school.

The school is great but you can't take your kids in side only on the first day of the school,but…read morethe kids the kids there are kind of mean.

This school is really weird! Ok the teachers are really nice they teach you little shortcuts. But…read moreit ain't the teachers, well sometimes it is. But it has to be the students cuz the students are the most likely to be bad! But I have a little brother that's goes here and he is getting chased by girls and other students are being dumb by not telling the workers there because that is the whole point! He also hates this one worker that's a janitor so, yeah that's Kendrick for you.

The school is tucked away on a small steer in Bakersfield. It looks like a regular JR high nothing…read morespecial. The schools sits across the steer from homes and condos, which isn't bad. When walking in you are greeted by a gate monitor and the campus is always clean. You head right to the front office and the office stands are nice and seem to be always busy. We are new to this school and their special needs program but so far so good. The pick is easy just sign them out show id your kid is walked out. I was only able to get pictures of the outside.

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.