One of the teachers there Ms. Kaufmann is so rude and acts like she hates her students!!! I don't…read moreknow why she became a teacher in the first place if all she does is treat kids like shit! Since day 1 she's been rude and hard to work with I get it's a gate school but clearly if my child got in they must be smart enough so for Ms.Kaufmann to act like my student is not to her standards I truly think these principles need to do a little more digging into how she teaches and treats students.

Great programs available for my child, unfortunately the first couple years my child had…read moreinexperienced teachers. Every subsequent teacher has maintained the standard of the GATE program

My daughter has gone to this school for over 5 years and loves it. The staff is great, she has a…read moregreat relationship with all of them! I wish all schools could be as good as this one

Not happy with my child's education first three days of school and being discriminatory against my…read morechild's education give her a chance to learn teacher already trying to kick her out of class first three days of first grade ridiculous and not willing to teach or give a chance to learn horrible

Great teachers. My daughter of 4 has autism and loves summer school! The teachers are very friendly…read moreand supportive to her!

My son goes to Brighten Academy. He has been going their for a year. We started him about 3 months…read moreafter age 2 due to the wait list. There are a couple of great things I would like to highlight. 1. They learn things in themes which is so cool. He came home this week and was telling me about camping and the stuff we would need. We have never been camping but he comes home with new information. 2. He didn't have to be potty trained. They helped us and we tried at home. Personally I think he took longer because his little brother was born when he was 2 1/2 so it was a huge transition in life for him. 3. I don't have to pack him a lunch. Some schools I looked into I had to pack a lunch. Honestly I am so busy that adding one more thing before I go to bed or to do in the morning is rough. I already pack all my pumping supplies daily in order to feed his little brother. Now here is the thing that makes the school truly exceptional... they know everyone's name. When I walk in the door, the front desk and the teachers all know my son and every other kids' names. That is just awesome. There is a reason why they are the people's choice. (We go to the Villa campus)

Our daughter attended Brighten from age 2 and its been wonderful! I love that they have cameras so…read morewe can see her anytime. She always loved her teachers and came up excited to share her day.

On school days, between the years 1977 and 1982, you could find me dining my lunch hours away in…read morethe assembly room-cum-cafeteria at Cole Elementary, home of the Bulldogs. (RIP, 1981, mascot "K.C.". The sure-footed English bulldog strutted the school's halls for many years with his adoptive owner, School Principal Mr. McTeer, who, unfortunately, may also require an RIP.) Excluding holidays and sick days, that's about 196 days of patronage so the 1 star rating is not prematurely appointed. Indeed I gave Cafe Le Bulldog many chances to tidy up their Sloppy Joes -- and their service. Although a fan of the tater tots, spaghetti with garlic bread, and chocolate cake, I received more than one too many overcooked vegetable and one too many spoiled or leaking half pints of Vitamin D milk. The cole slaw (potential play on words neither recognized nor utilized in my 5 years of attendance) was bogged down in mayonnaise; the weiner wraps were unredeemed by the most generous application of mustard and the Sloppy Joes were, not unlike Irritable Bowel Syndrome, a chronic disappointment. Being the young connoisseur of starches that I was, I compromised by scraping the gloppy brown diarrhea-like matter off the bun and nibbling in a circle around the stain the best I could. The cafeteria was ruled by a stern hostess who received the unfortunate moniker "Raisin Butt". I suspect agriculture as much as anatomy played a role here, for raisins were -- and still are -- a major food export of the San Joaquin Valley. Many of us toted raisins in our lunch boxes and we would receive even more raisins in our trick or treat bags on Halloween. Finally, as very few of you will remember, Fresno (big city neighbor of Clovis) is the title of a 1986 TV mini series about dueling raisin estates, starring the illustrious Carol Burnett. Needless to say, there was a draconian flair about the cafeteria which sometimes made the entire dining experience -- from the process of securing one's seat to ingesting and digesting one's food a little bit terrifying. In fact, I'd like to start a research project to determine just how many of today's adult IBS sufferers were produced at Cole Elementary during Raisin Butt's reign. Once you sat down you stayed in your seat. Hot lunch kids weren't allowed to mingle with the bagged lunchers. Boys weren't allowed to mingle with girls. Or at least, boys were relegated to one side of the table and girls the other. Food was not to be shared or exchanged, although I witnessed many a pie given up under the table for the right corn dog. If a ruckus could not be pinned on the responsible party we all paid dearly -- well above our $1.00 lunch ticket price -- by observing a silent lunch hour. And if a ruckus COULD be pinned on the responsible party, well... one time I opened my Bee Gees lunch pail and a spider dashed out from beneath my cellophane-wrapped sandwich (my Mom the joker!) and, naturally, I was startled and screamed and was ordered to sit on the stage, facing my 200 or so dining companions, all of whom were so very...childish, and finish my lunch which, in the later years (minor footnote), always included a Capri Sun. This experiment in public humiliation made me cry a little bit but it also made me stronger. Now when I frequent a restaurant alone, and look up from my meal to catch a fellow patron's lingering gaze I scream, "What in the goddamn hell are you looking at?!" from my quiet little corner. Still, despite the challenges and unpleasantries of lunching at Cafe Le Bulldog, and despite the appeal or lack of appeal of the day's prix fixe menu, there was always a long line to get in. They did a stellar repeat business; I often saw the same faces ahead of or behind me in line, across from me or at the next table over. Some of their names I knew; others I did not. I had a lot of dining partners here over the years, none of whom I've retained as friends, colleagues, love interests or playmates. Mostly I just watched the minute hand tick on the clock mounted above the exit door. Which reminds me... Time for recess.

Top notch teachers, coaches and principals. Staff really cares about their students. The campus has…read morebeen going through renovations and is only getting better. Parents are encouraged to stay involved in PTC and other volunteering activities. Children are supported by after school activities and academic interventions when needed.

Was never able to really speak to someone about enrollment. Called 3 times and emailed, no…read moreresponse. Wouldn't entrust my kids future in a place with such horrible customer service.

Crescent View West is a pretty awesome school! My son graduated from here last night. They worked…read morewith him, motivated him, and checked in on him when he stopped going for a bit. The teachers really care about the students! And as a mom. I thank your efforts!

Can't believe I'm gonna be the first to review this fine school. I'm Crazy Bernie and I've been…read moreliving in the Sierra Unified School district since 1985. We've had many children go through this HS and they've all turned out to be great productive human beings. There's no gang nonsense and most of the kids have been raised by good people who tend to raise good people. The teachers are fantastic and very good at what they do.

My granddaughter is attending this school. They have lost most of her work, which has set her back…read morein her credits. She should have graduated this year. She is still there. She has asked numerous times for her credit printout. They have not given it to her yet. And her teacher Seems to be absent most of the time.

This is quite possibly the most unorganized school we have ever dealt with. Zero communication from…read moreschool. Last minute teacher changes with no notifications. Office staff will literally give different answers every time you call thus it is impossible to get an answer for anything!