Westmoor was good, bad and ugly…read more The good - Supportive teachers - had a variety of elective classes - Ap classes (well not all of them) - had after school tutoring - had a good amount of clubs - good swimming pool The bad - some teachers were disorganized, talked about their life too much or straight up didn't care but to be fair, that's a problem at most high schools - Sports selection was rather limited - people were cliquey - counselors were disorganized - administration was bad (especially during my senior year but I heard the admin improved after I graduated) - people had no hallway manners - college prep could be better The ugly - People were making out in the hallways left and right - Fire alarms were going off almost every day during my senior year - a lot of people were vaping - teachers showed favoritism

Loads of small businesses here. Big Pool, public hours and Dolphins swim team. Hours are online…read more Big area multi-building, Google more information BEFORE you come so you know where to park.

Went here for the entire 4 years (graduated 2018), if you know the good teachers you will be fine…read more There are some bitchy ass behavior teachers tho which I avoided getting classes with them (just ask counselor to change it ) however there's also extremely nice teachers who will help you with classes they don't even teach and are open after school hours if you need them. There's a lot of space and divisions to hangout at . During my years here most of the students and staff were good people , idk if it was changed since then but I do recommend this school, many people will say it's a bad school but it's truly not, there's worse out there lol

Most of the people I spoke that works for this City and County are very, very rude. I have always…read morebeen a tax payer and never asked for a city and county for assistance. I just spoke with this person Sabina from this school district and she was very rude from the first thing she answered the phone. Very rude and sarcastic! As far as I'm concerned she had to be nice because her pay check actually comes from the tax I'm paying every week! Make me sick to my stomach! If she hates her job then QUIT!!! I felt sorry for those people who is defending to city & county for help and dealing with this kind of people all the time! Time to write someone regarding this people that works for city & county are rude and lazy!

Most of my experiences were mediocre…read more In sixth grade there was a lot of drama and multiple people were getting accused of things that they didn't do which made school a lot stressful. Also the instruction wasn't the greatest since in science class, I learned nothing (especially 7th grade since the teacher didn't teach and many students were being very disrespectful towards her) and in 8th grade science, the instruction wasn't that good since there wasn't a set curriculum. I wish the school had an accelerated math program where at the beginning of sixth grade, you take a test and if you pass, then you would be placed in math 7 and in 7th grade, you would be in math 8 and in 8th grade, you would be in algebra 1. This was because many students including me were complaining that math was way too easy while other people were clearly struggling. It wasn't beneficial for there to be a huge knowledge gap. PE curriculum was pretty good and it motivated students to try harder and the people there were nice for the nice part, but there were cliques and the popular students were mean and bullied people who weren't popular. Most of the english teachers were good and they motivated you to do well. My personal favorites were Mrs. Dequina and Ms. Handy since their assignments were challenging, but reasonable, forcing me to push myself, which helped me in high school. The electives could be better but I graduated 8 years ago so I wouldn't now what it's like now.

I love This school I have a lot of good friends And the Teachers are great if you are in 5th Grade…read moreyou should come here for middle school

I'm appalled. I searched for my old ala mater (Serramonte HS) here on Yelp, and nothing, nada, no…read moredice. Are there no Regents out there? I had the pleasure of Attending Serramonte HS from 79 & 81 before she closed her doors for good in 1981 with the graduation and departure of class of 1980. At the time, Serramonte was it. We had the best sports teams, best scholars, best DJ (Dr. Funk) and the absolutely best looking ladies this side of the Mason Dixon Line. A school not to be F**ked with. Here's Serramonte HS History from Wiki: Serramonte High School was open from 1970 to 1981, returning in a limited form for the two academic years of 1993-1995. The former campus, now renamed Serramonte Del Rey, serves as the district office. I actually cried when the school closed. Not because I loved and would miss her. I cried because they transferred me to Jefferson HS, which was a rival and hated enemy school.

I'm a Regent I'm a Regent…read moreI'm a Regent till I die ("but I'd rather be a Regent than a cherry from SI" - - Larry Chu 1974)

If I could leave 0 stars I would! Terrible school! Especially the staff is so rude and unkind to…read moreeveryone not just parents but students as well! Moved my child out of there and she has been thriving loving their new school do much better, been on the honor roll every semester since joining the new school. (Which happens to be my alma mater)

My son graduated from OLPH and now my daughter goes to the same school. I can't thank the teachers…read moreenough for all their efforts, perseverance, knowledge and care that they've been giving the students here. It's not just a Catholic school, it is like a second family. Families know other families even if they're not in the same class. The kids cheer each other up and they always have fun during school events. Until now that my son is in high school, the families in his class still see each other. The friendship between kids and families extend outside of the school. The staff are nice and the school has a NEW principal who is very hands on, transparent, and who listens to students and parents. OLPH is almost 100 years old and still serving the community. It is academically competitive and at the same time gives the kids a good Catholic foundation. I highly recommend OLPH School!

This school used to be called Colma Middle School (my first year there), until the principal…read moreretired, and then, it was renamed after him. I went to this school (6th grade to 8th grade- 1987 was my graduating year, so yes, it's been quite a while) and so did my younger sister. Middle school is rough, though. This could be the most awkward stage/school during those teenage years (raging hormones, girls have their periods, so they are boy crazy, really caring about your hair looked, peer pressure, the wanting/needing to belong, etc.). Add bullies to the mix, and you get the picture. (I didn't do anything to anyone, but I had haters, which I handled on my own. In life, you just have to face them head on, and then, that's when one gets a tougher skin and it ended up being the source of my strength, because I ended up standing up for myself. It just happened earlier than I expected. Bullies come in all forms today- trolls on the internet, co-workers, etc. The issue of bullies needs attention. I think that all the adults should step in and help all those victimized by bullies.) As for Academics, I rather enjoyed my time here. I had good teachers (Mr. Robinson, Mr. Tooth, Ms. Orri (PE) to name a few) for the most part. I participated in the assemblies, fundraisers, had good grades (Honor Roll), and I also had a good amount of friends. I thought that the curriculum was challenging enough to foster the curiosity and learning new things was exciting. But I have always been a lover of research. Remember when we had to look it up at the library or go to the encyclopedia collection? I loved the grounds of the school (there was a field which was higher than the school). It's pretty big. I also went to Fernando Rivera one summer for Summer School (I elected to go because I didn't want to be bored), which was smaller, I thought. Maybe the paint colors could have been more exciting, but that is a budget call. Just to give you an idea how it was in the 80s. The fashion prints were geometrics (also popular in Trapper Keepers), the pastel colors were popular too, but neon colors were also popular too, the style of jeans were skinny jeans, lace was a popular fabric because of Madonna, fitted pencil skirts, crimped hair, lightened hair, tall hair requiring lots of Aqua Net hairspray and huge hoop earrings. The department stores of the time were Macy's, Montgomery Ward, Mervyn's, Emporium Capwell, Sear's, and JCPenney. Many of those stores were at Serramonte. This school was quite a ways from my house in Daly City, so I took a bus everyday. I would walk part of the way, most days, too. While I enjoyed my time here minus the bullies, I opted to attend Oceana High School in Pacifica instead of Jefferson High in Daly City, where my brother and cousins attended.

I feel that if you want to bring your son to this place think twice I studied there for more than…read moretwo years and the people who had to help you were the ones who discriminated against me because I did not know English a teacher always called me knowing that I did not know it and she knew I was angry when he spoke my language until he told me that "this is the United States and you need to speak English" and I was always ashamed in front of others that it was hell

...I am extremely disappointed from the result of the discussion I had with the principal of the…read moreschool. My son is a Grade 7 student from the school and yesterday he bumped into an issue with another student and eventually the student sought the help of other students so they followed my son and the rest of them until my son reached the gas station where I was waiting for him.. This is evidently a clear case of harrassment, bullying, and threat.. according to my son, the student whom he had an issue yesterday asked him to look after his bag & his cellphone , which the student handed to him. they were not close . they were just acquaintance, and for the student to leave his items to someone he's not close with, that was his responsibility and his risk whether what he owns would be lost missing or whatever consequences it would cause him.. students are not required to look after personal belongings of other students. they go to school to learn not to be bullyied , not to be threatened not to be harassed. My Son who does not want to take full responsibility of looking after someone else's belongings ( and was brought up with the thought that he should not mind other people's items are belongings) handed it over to one of the kids there whom he thought was part of the group. By virtue of fate the cellphone got lost. Thus, The harassment of the student and his group following my son. so I immediately reported this to the school at around 420pm. yesterday and from the voice message that was recorded, i only had the option to leave a message to the assistant principal, being the highest authority and not the principal because he was not part of their options. still not satisfied this morning after I dropped off my son to school I immediately called the school again leaving a message to the school office, asking them if they could call me back so we could talk about and discuss at length whatever transpired yesterday.. prior to this, I already spoke to my son last night and mentioned to him rationally that he made a mistake by handing it over to another person he does not know instead of talking to the person who handed it over to him and give the phone back to him. nevertheless I would like to move within the peripherals of the fact that these are kids we are dealing with and not mature people so there's always a tendency or possibility for them to initially commit wrong decisions, be impulsive and insensitive to others. At 9:45 am, which i thought was way too long a wait for a response from the school, I finally received a call coming from the principal Mr. Parish. Initially I felt this huge sigh of relief after knowing that an administrator from the school is finally responding. The relief was short-lived after realizing that the principal from the tone of his discussion already made a decision in favor of the other student without even dissecting further into the issue..on top of this he was demanding my son to pay $50 for the phone that he STOLE again I repeat the word he STOLE and I said excuse me stolen it's totally different from missing that's what I told him. And I even asked him what was his basis of accusing my son from stealing the phone. I was extremely furious when I heard him accusing my son of such an act when in fact my sos n'only resort was to avoid being responsible for something that he does not own. so I finally told him I would report this matter the unified district because of his predicament towards the issue.and possibly because of such a decision I actually shared with him he said he would just call the cop and let the cop deal with this because something is missing. so I told him now you call it missing and not stolen.. in addition to this I could not accept the fact that he was very judgmental to the point that he told me if you care enough for your son then you would've been here with him and I said carrying loving a kid is not represented by presence alone.. and besides I thought this issue would be handled responsibly that I don't need to be there to solve the problem I just need to call them which they responded so late. and I mentioned to him if he understands the repercussions of the cop being involved in that kind of particular issue where in we are dealing with kids and the trauma that The kids can possibly feel after seeing the cop in sight. besides being a principal I think he should assume the responsibility In handling and addressing that situation on his end and successfully resolve it without intervention of another officer because if not then he's not inclined to be effective iand efficient in his position And worse this principal has never mentioned any resolution to address the issue of people or kids like that kid who are harassing, intimidating and threatening same kids like my son. nothing there's no plan of sort. what is magnified is the context of the phone being lost or the phone being stolen according to

Great school with strong and loving education community that really nurture the children…read more Responsible and talented teachers, friendly office staff. Awesome kids and super nice parents. My oldest boy had the best 3 years of his middle school time at Ben Franklin!

I grew up in Daly City and attended public schools here -- the experience could have been better…read moreback in the 90s and 00s. I had my first experience in 2024 with JESD as a parent and decided to apply for a transfer for my child, first to another school in district and then to a school out of district. The JESD staff were all extremely kind and helpful. I was diligent in getting enrolled first in the assigned home school, being early to apply for transfer, meeting all deadlines and following all rules to ensure our child's best chance at acceptance. We received notice from JESD that our application to attend the specified school out of district was approved on this end and being forwarded to the other district. We (wrongly) understood that this was our application and all the paperwork was filed on time and that we would be notified if accepted to the school we listed on our application. This application was actually ONLY for the permit you need to attend out of district. None of our enrollment information at the home school was forwarded or used for application to the transfer. When it came time to hear about acceptance to the out of district school we thought we applied to, the other district had no record of us applying...because nowhere in any of the material or correspondence did JESD mention the critical information that in addition to the permit you need for your child to attend school out of district, you also have to apply separately to the district you want to attend... This is our first child attending grade K...you could argue user error, but the way the correspondence regarding the permit went, it misled us to think that in itself was us "applying" to the out of district school. We have now missed the early applications to the other district and are now attempting to squeeze into the third and fourth rounds of applications, but thought everything was taken care of...just a bit frustrated and disappointed. Hoping for the best. Hoping this feedback helps JESD and other parents, as the district could be much more clear about this on its website, in its mailed correspondences and communication from staff--simply say that the application for out of district transfer is a permit ONLY and that it is up to the parent to investigate application policies, deadlines, and apply separately to the other district to be considered for enrollment.

This school district is not the greatest but certainly not the worst. I believe every staff are…read moredoing their very best to give all the students the best education there is regardless of the limited budget. The diversity of the people in this district is amazing. My 2 older kids graduated in Oceana and I have a child that is still in Westlake Elementary. I am very happy with this school district and I commend the educators for a job well done as my children are thriving for excellence because of the school's support. If America can spend millions of dollars in buying ammunition, why can't it be spent on better education. Overall, I give this district a 5 star as it deserves it.