I've had 3 kids go through middle school here and it's truly a great school. Now one more to go and…read moreshe can't wait. The school really prepares your child for high school and is academically superior to most of the other middle schools around here. With a new principal I have yet to see how the next 3 years will be, but I'm confident because the superintendent is great!

This school has excellent classes and provide a great education. However, the reason for 2 stars is…read morethe fact that racism is tolerated. A student was using racial slurs toward my child, when I found out about it, I immediately called the school. I explained the situation and nothing was done about it. It's disappointing that a school with great education could be so careless about racism and even tolerate it.

bardin is a good school but there is a couple of stuff they need to fix most of the staff working…read morein the office are rude and get mad at some students for no reason. Also whenever someone got in trouble for doing something really bad they would only take away recces or make them sit down for five minutes. I had a friend how was being kicked and punched and the supervisors would talk to the student and then they would go play again.

I attended this school in the 1990s I remember the principal the vice principal were terrible the…read moreservice was bad the school was bad the teachers were bad everything was horrible System was terrible everything about this was rotten and teachers weren't good special department was great one teacher particularly I won't relieve their name amazing person should get an award Save my life was helpful can never repay this person or thank them enough for everything I don't know where i be now in my life thank god for angels i hope this school has improved thank you again for giving me hope and believing that there is meaning to life and pursuing dreams you rock thank you crying I hope you you're doing good and still rocking

If I could put zero stars I would. This is a horrible environment for children. Most of the staff…read moreis unqualified not to mention the current Principal. The current Principal does not know how to run a school. Kids get harassed/bullied by other kids and the staff does nothing but continue to allow the disrespect/harassment. At times they get involved but not to help the issue but to make it worse. I had heard really good things about this school but come to find out it's the opposite. Staff has favorites and if your kids don't fall into that category they allow bullying and harassment. If you want your kids to be bullied and disrespected by all means sign them up. It's not worth the money or investment. Protect your kids. DO NOT SEND THEM TO THIS SCHOOL!!

This is a horrible school to send your children not even over exaggerating. The teachers don't even…read moreneed to have a teaching credential to teach so why are you wasting all that money for a education . The staff is very disrespectful I found out one of the members in the office was yelling and disrespecting my child for being ill . And the environment is like a prison for children I'm glad I took my child out of this horrible school and

My review is based on the four years my son has attended here. The first three years were great due…read moreto him having great teachers. Ms. Pastoriza (K & 1st) Ms. Wong (2nd) both instructors did an amazing job with thier teaching. my son was comfortable and well educated. Not to mention that at any point in time he fell behind they were quick to let me know. However; for some reason this year (3rd) a lot has changed. They didn't have a christmas showing wich was very dipressing & his teacher whom I still do not know her name because she spends more time absent than her entire class combined. And when she does decide to show up shes late not giving me an opprotunity to speak with her. This isn't the first teacher I've heard who does this thus the one star reduction. But the second star was taken off because of the lack of the christmas performance and parent teacher assemblies. I forgot to mention my son was awarded student of the month for February 2014 and his teacher "forgot" to mention it to me. That was very upsetting! I didn't get to see my boy receive his award. Overall some teachers take thier job seriously, but due to those who simply do not care I gave the school 3 stars.

My son has been going to Creekside for 4 years. I absolutely love this school. He has had amazing…read moreteachers that really get the kids projecting towards college. Ms. Cline is the best principal I have ever come across. You also can't beat the incredible parent involvement.

Our oldest boy was at MBCS from kindergarten thru 8th grade and was well prepared for high school…read more Our younger, 4 years later, also was at MBCS from kindergarten thru 8th grade. Both graduated at top of their classes. MBCS had about 15 in older son's 8th grade class and younger son's graduating 8th grade class had about 4 due to some staff changes that parents did not like. The education was still good and MBCS dealt with small class size (something the public schools complain about) by combining some grades. Which was not us parents' preference, but it worked. After all, the USA somehow survived long ago in the "one room school house" days of combined grades. It worked and our younger son graduated and went on to MVCS in Watsonville, like his older brother which was an academic kick butt school at least until his senior year when new leadership made changes the staff and students did not like ("IB" etc) and lost experienced teachers. MBCS is affordable at around $7,000 a year. Classes small. Teachers dedicated. They try hard for a small Christian school. And teach both academics for high school prep and good citizenship (Bible teachings) though one does not have to be a professed Christian to attend. Older son went on to MVCS (Watsonville) and was a top student and got a merit scholarship and then on to U.C.Davis which was good on classes but totally sucked at helping him get into a grad school. Davis did nothing to help. Happily older son made a friend of one professor who helped him get accepted into a good grad school in PA, Marywood University (Catholic) where I think she was alumni, and where he did well, got a job in his major and now works full time and is happy with everything but the weather (hot summers, cold winters...not Monterey, CA weather for sure!) It took a lot of effort to even get older son's diploma out of U.C.Davis...huge school, huge classes, huge graduation and so next to nothing in support timeliness and help. Plus did forced "get covid shots or get kicked out" right before classes started so no time to change schools. Younger was a top student at MBCS (the small, mixed grades classes did not hurt...maybe helped with so much individualized teacher/student attention), and then became a top student at MVCS and when applying for college, applied about a dozen schools and was accepted by all. He went to Simpson University in Redding, did well. Good teachers, ho hum counseling dept. A modest sized Christian college where he did well. Worst was 4 in a dorm room for Freshmen, after that he got double rooms with a friend as RA (dorm resident assistant. RA was a good deal...got 1/2 price on cafeteria and free room in dorm as I recall. Plus a $20,000 academic scholarship per year for 4 years. Which was nice for a $50k/year private college (tuition, books/fees, dorm, meals). Then he applied to grad schools, where all but SFSU (San Francisco) the last college I attended, accepted him and is now at Sacramento State University in a very tough doctoral grad program that makes him glad his previous schools were academically intense. So two kids, one now working for a couple hospitals (one full time and one part time) and one a top student due to intense hard work with a heavy, exhausting medical-related academic load, both got their start to successes at MBCS. A small, humble, caring K-8th Seaside, CA Christian school where they began. So yes, I like MBCS because it started out two kids out to a path to successes. And our young niece there is happy. Has friends and likes the teachers. Where could MBCS do better? It could send graded quizzes, tests, etc home each Friday so parents could get weekly "how their kid is doing?" feedback. I think that would be a very helpful idea. Weekly academics feedback instead of less frequent parent/teacher conferences. RH

This school has had a bit of administrative turnover since my children have been here, but it has…read morenot affected what has gone on in the classrooms whatsoever and they have had amazing teachers who absolutely love and live for the students. The principal they have now is amazing and a visionary. The academics for the younger grades (can't speak for older yet) have been great and challenging. Jesus is palpable on campus and everything they do from curriculum to leadership to discipline is through a Biblical world view. Everyone knows every students' name. They are extremely family oriented and all of the staff looks at the whole child before they see them as a student. The class sizes are small and the teachers really learn and work with the individual needs of the students and communicate so well with parents. The students are so well loved and cared for. It's a small but mighty and sweet school!

My kids love this school and are very disappoint when we move this school year. The teachers are…read morelike by her and they cry when leaving

Jack Franscioni School was just named A California distinguished School in 2025. The students and…read moreteachers at the school seem happy and focused on learning and achievement.

School covers grades from k-12. Most charter schools accept students through a raffle method but…read morefrom my understanding they have open enrollment here. I chose to have my child enter starting 7th due to the lack of attention public and private schools have in the area. I will later on add more details of the negative and positives of being in this homeschool, but for me there are more positives. I have my child in a lot of social activities even through this school has limited, whether it's art or sports related there are options in the Monterey county. (That is the reason why I gave it 4 stars). Although it's a homeschool, this school follows many procedure as far as testing and grading goes like local private schools. If you were to enroll your child in an online homeschool their curriculum is different and less conventional like a local school. Anyways, if you asked me if I had a choice between any Salinas middle school for my child.....in a heartbeat I would choose MCHCS . (Please post any comments with Qs and I will try my best to answer promptly). Thanks.