Do not take your kids to this school.The Dean is not on point, always picking on kids for some…read morereason, he's always picking on my son. There's always fighting in this school. I highly don't recommend you taking this kid to school.They don't know what they do in this school

I'm a student from here, I love the atmosphere and staff here. The activity's and events that goes…read morein here are awesome! My only downside is the fire alarm going off, I would like if that's fixed or issued since I have no idea if it's by itself or some someone. Other than that, I love this school!

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.

Virginia Avenue elementary sucks!! The teachers do not care the principles do not care. Everyone is…read morecareless unprofessional.! my son came from Highgate and went to this school. Oh God why did I do that!! During the first year someone picked up gum put it in my son's mouth, kids called him monkeys, kids bullied him non stop! Yesterday there was a substitutite and he forced my child to run 6 laps!!!! My son told him I CAN NOT BREATH multiple times and he stopped running. The teacher said just for that do three more.... My son was on life support for 4 months as a baby and they no it's hard for him to breath!!! The principal, Miss fat, I mean Miss Jackson made up an excuse like she always does and said we are training the kids because they have to run them out once they get to fifth grade...MY SON IS IN 3rd grade!!! Smfh don't send ur kids here!!!!!! Please!!! This school needs to be investigated!!!

Fairfax School District was established the year 1891. It serves a various degree of students,…read moreK-6 in East Bakersfield through 4 schools: Fairfax junior high, Virginia Avenue elementary, Shirley Lane Elementary and Zephyr Lane Elementary. This community founded District strives to give the best give the students of the Fairfax community the best education possible. it currently employees roughly around 350 employees, Many of whom are former students, parents, community members. As of 2022, The district is working on building a 5th school.The district office is open from 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM.

My family recently moved to Bakersfield, hoping for a positive school environment and a fresh start…read morefor my daughters. Instead, Highland High School has shown bias, poor judgment, and a complete failure to protect my children during a very serious bullying situation. After my daughters chose to distance themselves from a friendship that became uncomfortable, another student began harassing them, spreading lies, posting threats on social media, and escalating the situation. I provided the school with videos, screenshots, and detailed statements showing clear and ongoing cyberbullying. What makes this situation even more disturbing is that the other student collected multiple students to attack my daughter, resulting in my daughter being bludgeoned, injured, and visibly harmed. This was not a typical school conflict -- it was a coordinated assault, and the school was fully informed. Despite all of the evidence: * The student who made threats, organized the group attack, and continued harassment was allowed to remain on campus with no real consequence. * Her parent was even seen freely walking around campus with her, which was completely inappropriate. * Meanwhile, my daughters were repeatedly told to stay home "for safety," essentially punishing them instead of protecting them. * Staff admitted to having my daughter's earring after the fight, then later acknowledged it may have been thrown away. * Dean Kristen Urquidez communicated inconsistently, dismissively, and left us feeling unheard, unsupported, and minimized throughout this entire process. After fully cooperating and providing everything the school requested, I was informed that my daughters will not be allowed to return to Highland High School for the remainder of the school year. Yet the student who initiated and organized the violence remains on campus without consequence. This is not fairness. This is not safety. This is not how a school should handle bullying, physical violence, or threats. As a parent, it is devastating to see my daughters punished while the aggressor faces no meaningful accountability. Highland High School failed to uphold its own bullying and safety policies and failed to protect my daughters when they needed help the most. I hope sharing our experience pushes the school to take bullying, threats, and student safety seriously -- before another family is forced to go through this.

I really thought I was being pranked this morning as I sat in the office of highland highschool…read morewith my 17 yr old son. The staff is so much different than what I remember school office staff to be like as a kid. Absolutely no professionalism whatsoever. There was no greeting, no welcome, no introduction. Just a loud harsh tone that that I found very demeaning. It was just painfully obvious that there was an air of arrogance that was palpable. I was attended to by a young lady who was dressed more like a Halloween witch than a professional in an office. "Do you have your papers" she demanded. I had to ask "who are you?" "I'm the one who's gonna review your papers" she snipped. "What is your name miss?" It was like pulling teeth. Finally she told me that she was meka. Well once the rest of the office staff got wind that there was a parent in the office who wouldn't tolerate disrespect I was marked thee rest of the time I was there as "difficult". There just seems to be a need for a complete overhaul of the entire staff or at least a very rigid re-training. As I was leaving I couldn't help but overhear a new teacher in her car crying on the phone about how the staff was mistreating her. I wish I could have someone from channel 17 down there to observe and report what's going on because I guarantee you it would make for a riveting story.

I have had 4 kids at this school. This is a horrible excuse for a school! My oldest breezed through…read morebecause she wasn't challenged, my 2 middle children are in special ed and the special ed teacher is OK. She really does do everything she can with limited resources. My little on, 10 yrs old is struggling the most. He is failing everything but because he tests well, he doesn't qualify for special ed. He also was born drug addicted, we adopted him when he was 4 weeks old. He has behavior issues which would be overlooked if I didn't make the school punish him, he cannot do basic 3rd grade math and he is in the 4th grade. The school has been putting me off for 2 yrs and have done nothing to help him. It is now the end of the year and nothing they promised to help him catch up has been done! They are just pushing him on to the 5th grade in hopes he'll be someone else's problem. I've tried to get him held back and they refuse! He is going to continue to fail as long as they keep pushing him through. It's horrible and my son is the one who suffers!! This is just a little taste of how they do things now. It doesn't matter that he has no idea what he is doing in class in all his subjects, it only matters that he tested slightly below average so too bad, just push him through to the 5th grade. Remember everyone, my son is your future.

As an 8th grade male student here I have seen a crazy amounts of fights, sometimes up to 5 a week…read more They can get students expelled and they have punished kids who have gotten in fights before, but for sexual assault cases they barely do jack shit. And the kids here make it even even worse. In my 8th grade year alone, I've heard of 11 different reports of kids getting raped. The kids will also talk about drugs in class and the teachers won't do anything. This schools support/report system is ass. They have fill out a google form they NEVER AWNSER and if they do the problem will be too late to resolve. The teachers are awesome. Except for Mr Rojas he's a pedo. Mr Hutson is the GOAT Of history teaching

Education is good in most subjects but the disciplinary action taken here is never correct. They…read morebrush off sexual assault cases, sexualize students and tell them theyre distracting teachers with their outfits. On multiple occasions girls have been sexually assaulted and the vice principle and principle did not even put it on the assaulters record, suspend them or properly inform the students teachers so they could be mundful of the situation. Know a guy who git suspended and got end of year celebration taken for "threatening" another student after that student groped his friend and the school did absolutely nothing. They incite physical altercations by failing to protect the students. Teachers are great, but office staff and especially the vice and campus supervisor are terrible and shouldnt really be around kids with the way the make decision regarding childrens safety. TLDR - Not worth the education when the learning environment is unsafe.

the office ladies are really rude, its very unprofessional especially the attendance ladyread more

Tonight I attended EBHS's play Grease. As you walked to the auditorium you are greeted by a staff…read moremember and student as they hand you your ticket, or sell you one if you did not buy one in advance. They had a small "consignment" where they sold chips, candy, and THEE cutest themed cookies (wished I would have taken a picture before I devoured one of them!). I bought 3 cookies, two for my kiddos and one for me. We were given a program of the play and we quickly chose our seats. We got aisle seats on the middle left side of the auditorium. Before the play started, (as usual) I had to use the restrooms. Being at a school function I was a bit worried that it would be not up to par, but it was clean and all necessities were well stocked! The play started promptly at 7pm. The students and staff did an amazing job! Was this really a school play? They looked like pros! The costumes were on-point, and the stage looked like it was out of a professional Broadway play. Great job everybody! Now, I had to take a star because of the sound. Although you can tell the kids knew their songs and had angelic voices, it could not overtake the bad speaker sound. At many times it was hard to understand what they were saying while singing. Other than that, the play was great!

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