I've only been on this campus twice for track meets. this rating is based off visuals and campus…read moreenvironment, which i got to see during warmup jogs. overall very spacious, plentiful parking, the track is like a greek stadium. there are night lights, two exits, home + away bleachers, a commentary stand, an inner field, a lil walkway behind the bleachers to warmup jog around. i can see how it used to be a college campus.

Overall, independence highschool has terrible math teachers. There are multiple math teachers here…read morewho don't teach and blame the kids for their terrible teaching.

As a recent graduate, my time at Piedmont Hills was good and bad. A lot of the teachers are very…read morepassionate about their work and are down to earth. A lot of them are kind and always nice to talk to despite the decades long age gap between student and teacher. There are a lot of resources such as a wellness center to support students. One of the biggest problems about this school is the terrible management over the bathrooms. There are several bathrooms across school, and many of them will be closed throughout the day. Newer and nicer bathrooms such as the ones in the new art building and science buildings are always closed. The bathrooms that most people use in the hallways also were closed on and off. There are also locations such as the portables and track where there is no bathroom close by (or the nearest is closed). There is also a 10 minute bathroom policy where you can't go to the bathroom for the first and last 10 minutes of class. For me, as someone who drank a lot of water as a cross country runner, this was hell on Earth. There were MANY times where I would go to class, wait 10 minutes for the 10 minute rule to pass to be able to request to go to the restroom, have to take a long walk (~3 minute walk) to a bathroom, find out that it was closed, walk to the other hallway (approx 70m away) to see if their bathroom is open and find that it is closed, and then be forced to give up or try to find staff to open the bathroom or go on ANOTHER long walk to the office to go to the staff bathroom where I'm not supposed to go to because that's the only bathroom that was open. The lack of bathrooms being open and 10 minute rule also leads to LONG lines for the bathroom during breaks and lunches, which is only exasperated by some of the stalls being taken by girls who smoke in there. Not to mention the bathrooms that were allowed to be open were DISGUSTING. The soap was almost always out, there was ALWAYS a sink (out of the two sinks in the bathroom) broken, and cockroaches everywhere. Reminder that there are 8+ bathrooms, but only 2 were ever really open. Just stupid and silly. Just because there are a few bad apples who use the bathroom to skip class doesn't mean that the rest of the school population should suffer. It doesn't just end there though. It took months of student advocating for there to be a porta potty installed at the track. Hundreds of students use the school's outdoor sports facilities throughout the year (track, xc, softball, baseball, tennis, badminton, soccer, etc) and there was no bathroom near there for a long time. Oftentimes after school, the closest bathrooms (the locker rooms which are still ~.25 mile away from the track) were closed. While the porta potties were eventually implemented, they were CHAINED shut and padlocked. The school has a great student life and I made a lot of memories and lifetime friends here, but the bathroom situation was so horrible it gives this school -2 stars.

even as a graduate, i still come back to the track! open to residents all summer + during non…read moreschool hours in the school year. sunsets are beautiful and u get the magnificent view of the hills (green in the spring) and a wide assortment of trees (palm, oak, pine, birch). super peaceful track for working out, inner grass area that's cut every 2-3 weeks. no lights after sunset is a downside.

The special education department is disorganized, understaffed, and needs better funding as well as…read moreresources. School and district do not train paraeducators, and they are contracted with companies that do not pay their workers their full wage or living wage. Evergreen School District needs to start investing in their special needs community as well as assisting with opening doors of opportunities for their staff and kids alike.

This school was pretty good until 2007/2008, when they changed principals. The activities weren't…read moreenjoyable and the place turned into a dump. The kids there need more discipline, too. Aside from that, the staff is mostly nice. They waste too much resources, however. This place is a target for graffitiers.

One of the best High School's in San Jose. No joke. Top notch team and they really put the…read morestudents first here, but also have standards that they want students to meet. Great principle who again, puts the students first, and making sure they reach academic goals, as well as real life goals that are real world applicable. Feel confident in having your kids come here. It's honestly a great place to be for a student.

Better teachers at the office , better support in general this is the weirdest high school i've…read moreattended lol

This is where I went to Middle School. I was the first 6th grade class so I never got to be at the…read moretop of my elementary school. Middle school is a weird time, but I got through it and went off to High school then college. This is a big campus and has some pretty good features as far as middle schools around the country go. If I were raising my kids in Santa Clara and elected to put them in public school then I'd be proud to have them go here.

Fortunately, my daughter did not attend this school too long. Mrs. Fryer and Mrs. Tapos made sure…read moremy daughter felt "less than." They labeled her as having a learning disability, which was so far from the truth. I got her out of that school as soon as I could. Well, my daughter got accepted to USC. I'm so proud of her. Fortunately, my daughter is so resilient, and did not let these people cause her any psychological damage.

Carden day school is a friendly safe environment. I have only been here for 5 years (grades 1-5)…read morebut I feel like I think how every Carden student feels; welcome. Every day I step on to the campus I feel a huge rush and just wanted to see everyone as soon as possible. I think also the class or grade sizes are very helpfull to because they let the teacher and classmates I guess bond with each other. In my grade (6th) has 13 kids including me. Maybe to some off you reading this you think it is small but this is how I have developed such a great friendship between everyone. I hope this has helped.

Rules, rules, rules. All school have 'em. All students and PARENTS should follow 'em…read more It's a little different than when I first attended elementary school :) But It's good to have orientation for new parents like me who has a first time child attending public school. Don't drop your kids off too early or too late! There's a time for when they can play on campus and when they will be waiting for the time to play on campus. I did have one bad experience a few years back, there when it was my nephew that was about to attend kindergarten, my cousin asked me to drive her there, so I did. The STAFF parking lot sign wasn't very large, nor was the spray painted sign on the ground large enough either. A lady approached me, I was sitting in the driver's seat, and asked "will you be leaving anytime soon?" I answered honestly "I don't know, my cousin is trying to register her son" the lady left in a huff saying "well, I am parking my car behind you if you don't know how long it'll be", needless to say, this school staff drives a burgandy SUV with a specialized license plate. My cousin came out a few minutes later and said "who parked their car behind you? " I wasn't paying attention at the time when the lady approached me I turned around and yup. Her car was parked right behind me so that I couldn't reverse out. My cousin went back into the office and the lady came out with her lecturing my cousin on that it's a staff parking lot. 1) This is our first time at this school, the staff sign for parking was very small and the fact that it's spray painted at very odd corners of the ground (now it's larger from what I saw when I picked my nephew up) This is also the first time at a school where I see there is no parking for the parents and it's in a crowded neighborhood including a park. I've moved around a lot in my childhood days, attended many schools and picked up lots of nephews and cousins from elementary school... seriously, no parent parking or visitor parking? 2) Lady, you could've asked me to move my car, being that I was just sitting in the car, it's not like I left the car to go to the office with my cousin. 3) It was very childlike to have you park your car like tha when in fact there were 2 other, yes that's right TWO other parking spot available. I don't know what kind of lesson you're trying to teach me, it's my first time at that school as well as my cousin, if my child and nephew are to attend there as their first time as well, I hope they are not treated that way nor taught to treat other's that way. ... Now that my child is attending school here, I know from experience a few years back where I can or cannot park. But I still see parents going in and parking inside...

This is the first year that both my children are going to Montgomery. I have a first grader there…read moreand a kindergartener. I love both of their teachers and all the staff that I have come in contact with are all really friendly and nice. I've noticed that the Principal is very involved with the students and she is also very social and friendly to everyone whenever she is in passing with anyone. The school itself is nice, of course like every other parent that drops off and picks up their child here, would probably complain of the traffic but it's a school, of course it's gonna be busy around those times. Otherwise, my children are very happy with the school and so far, so am I!

The school staff and teachers here are awesome. My son is in Kindergarten and absolutely loves his…read moreschool!

I had some very happy times at this school. As a child, I was so very proud of my 2nd grade…read moreteacher and her assistant. That was back when there were 1 teacher and 1 assistant for 20-30 students. The school was well kept and clean. This school really embraces its multi-ethnic student body. I remember learning about weather and types of clouds. The students were very nice and kind. But this was back in 1988.