I went to Discovery all of high school. I loved high school, not because of this school. I wouldn't…read moresend my kid here at all. First and foremost, bullying is completely tolerated and handled as a joke. Teachers will literally HEAR people making fun of others, and don't send anyone to the office or hold them accountable. There was a "DP confessions page" made on instagram, where people would post rude comments and everything about one another. I found out someone had called me a slut and made fun of my dad passing away, and I confronted her (mind you, we only TALKED, never fought.) and I got blamed for it. Teachers play major favorites. Coaches especially. Coach Willy is the worst coach I have EVER had. He is nice to you for your freshman year, and then completely flips on you. He favors who he wants, no matter if they're good at whatever sport he coaches, and disregards the rest. The principal and everyone favors whoever they like. This one girl in particular, who I won't name, is favored by damn near every staff member even though she's always out of class ditching, hiding in the lockeroom for an entire class period, being out of dress code, etc. All because she was favored by the principal. Teachers act like they're still in high school and gossip with their students. The only reason this school even gets ONE star is because of the few teachers that actually care about teaching their students. Mr. Hagler, Mr. Flores, Ms. Han, Ms. Newby, Ms. Hemen, Mr. Curry, and Ms. B are the only teachers that don't play favorites (atleast that I've seen), and do their best to make sure students understand their work. Ms. Bagoyan didn't teach at all. She never truly grades anyone's assignments. She never helped us with work if we needed it. Her room is foul and smells like mold. She has a fish tank from my friend's experiment from 2 years ago that she has NOT cleaned and still has mold in it. I'm majoring in biological sciences at UCLA, no thanks to her. I had to study biology and chemistry at home because she never taught any of us anything. As for the office staff, Ms. A is a really good counselor and can work with almost any student. She is a really good person and anyone could tell. Student council is a major shit show now, it used to be structured, on schedule, and efficient when Mr. Hagler and Ms. Miller ran it, but now it's just complete unorganized because Dr. Smith , the old principal, couldn't handle students advocating for themselves, and she handed it off to Ms. Marquita, who is nice, but isn't organized. I have a lot of good memories at this school, but I wouldn't recommend sending your child here. Sincerely, someone who spent 4 years in this shit show.
