A Warning to Parents: Our Traumatizing Experience at PVCS…read more As an associate marriage and family therapist, I never thought I would encounter such a neglectful and dismissive environment in a school setting -- especially one that claims to operate under Christian values. For several months, my daughter was subjected to repeated physical and emotional harm by another student in her class. She came home with glue in her hair, sand in her mouth, and bruises on her body. Despite numerous attempts to alert her teachers and administrators, including Mrs. Wilson -- the school's principal -- no meaningful action was taken to protect my child or address the behavior. When I attempted to speak calmly with the parent of the other child, I was dismissed and deflected. I approached the teachers, including a daycare staff member whose training and experience appeared insufficient for the role, and received minimal acknowledgment. At no point did I demand the child be expelled -- I asked only for accountability and protection. Instead, my concerns were reframed and misrepresented by the administration. I ultimately made the decision to withdraw my daughter, and she is now thriving in public school. She no longer returns home in tears or covered in bruises. She is safe, learning, and happy. In my professional opinion, the school failed in its duty of care. It seemed more concerned with image management than the well-being of its students. There was also a troubling pattern of older children -- including a second-grade boy who repeatedly displayed aggressive behavior -- being allowed unsupervised or inadequately supervised access to younger students, including kindergarteners. These decisions put many children at risk. Several other parents I know made the difficult decision to remove their children as well. We were all met with the same pattern: avoidance, minimization, and spiritual language used to deflect responsibility. It pains me to write this about a religious institution. But in my experience, it is precisely behind religious language and rhetoric that some of the most egregious forms of gaslighting and inaction are allowed to persist. If you are a parent considering this school, I urge you to ask direct questions about their conflict resolution processes, staff qualifications, and discipline procedures. Make sure your child's safety is prioritized -- not just spoken about, but truly upheld.

Terrible food. The school has you pay for food and constantly has to make budget cuts. The teachers…read moreare very sexist and like the girls more than the boys. Even though I am Christian I see them force the students to and if they are not christian than the teachers will make you feel guilty. Just not a good school. I prevously went there and the staff there would spread rumors about me being a bad kid even though I was pretty nice. What did I do to deserve this life at the terrible school. Its not a school more like a Prison.

Best decision I've made regarding my littles!! They are now family to ours and will be well after…read moreleaving their daycare. We are NOT members of the church and never have been and are treated extremely well!!! They've never moved either of my kids or pushed them out for members of their church like I've read in a previous review. By far, they're the best!! Everyday there's a new project they've worked on and something new they've learned. My kids loooove going to their daycare and run into class without even saying bye to me. This gives me so much peace of mind when I head out to work. I feel truly blessed to have them in our life's and I'm extremely thankful for the love and passion they pour into their school and my children. Thank you so very much Seven C's!!!

If you aren't a member of their church, I wouldn't recommend you take a chance on wasting your time…read morewith this preschool. When there is space, they'll let you enroll your child and your child will truly enjoy the activities and crafts and lovely little playground and weekly chapel time... BUT, the second a member of their church needs a childcare spot, they look to see which child 'from the outside' they can try to boot to make a space. They may seem nice when you tour and first start, but they are not kind or genuine people at heart...

There's only 3 teachers in this school that are actually nice. Ms ninnamon and ms Daniels are…read moreprobably the worst 4th / 5th teachers. Ms Daniel's mocks kids and was super rude to my child. So was me ninnamon. Ms Daniel's also told us false information which lead to bad grades. And ms ninnamon would always pick on my child. Would not recommend this school if you have shy children.

This school is amazing I love how my child had been taken care for the past years. All his teachers…read morefrom all grades have been amazing , caring , and communicate to me to the full upon any matter . As other reviews states my only issue is the front lady's staff they are snobby and rude . They act like they don't have time for you or like your not worth there time which is sad . The principal is so sweet and respectful I truly believe she's doing an amazing job .

This school was fine until about first grade for my kid, I think that's when the new principal…read moreMelanie Morrow took over. She was great at the beginning having fundraisers and school events. Then after a year or two they haven't made any changes, now its been around 3 ish years and no new improvements have been made, unless you count big ass solar panels in the playground area. I dont want to theorize this... but what if they aren't actually spending the money on improvements for the school. It seems phishy because of the obvious, when principal Harris left she made a bang by making the oh-so-loved outdoor learning center but now its not maintained. Morrow has been making what I call Shitty changes too, she passed a rule a while back when a kid had a temper tantrum they would lock down the entire school and announce on the intercoms "Code R" and then after parents complained they switched it to "Blue Sky's" which got taken down after another day. This school isn't bad its just the shitty principal in charge

The worst experience I have ever had with a school and my autistic son..... would never recommend…read morethis school to anyone! Principal had no clue about special needs kiddos and the teachers they put in place to teach our special needs kiddos has no idea what he's doing, no compassion, no understanding or excepting, just judgment across the board, suspending my child who has an IEP with a behavioral plan because he was butt hurt my child hit him.... WELCOME TO MY WORLD SIR! You signed up to be a teacher, no every child is one the college track but your job is to teach and nurture our children and you sir did none of that! You broke my child down, he hated school, everyday was a battle to get him up and ready because you made everyday miserable for him! School should be fun... thank God he isn't in your school any longer!

I teach art classes in all of the elementary schools in the city of Ventura and Citrus Glen is by…read morefar one of my favorite schools to go into and teach. The teachers are engaged with the students they are always super friendly and organized. The students really seem to like school and get involved with my program both answering and asking questions. When I have kids this is the school I want them to go to.

Is any school perfect? No. Are the other 2 Yelp reviews a fair and accurate picture of this school?…read moreIn my opinion...no. Not at all. We have been attending Citrus Glen since my middle child was in TK. What I have found is a school that has very dedicated, loving teachers. A school that has a principal who communicates and does in fact solve problems. Pretty sure my son's experience with bullying last year, and the fact that both the teacher and the principal responded to my concern the same day and followed up numerous times would be ample evidence that the principal does follow through. In fact, she followed up with me at the start of THIS school year to make sure nothing was amiss. As to the claims of racism in the front office. It should be noted that the front office is staffed with a diverse group of ladies. A group of ladies who work with a very, very diverse student population. I can only imagine that when they offered a wide variety of income and address verification options that they did so because they were suggestions that have helped solve a problem in the past and not because they were making "racist" assumptions. As to the comments regarding PTA. I totally understand PTA is not for everyone. But my question would be...does this person personally know the PTA parents? Have they had a conversation? Have they come to meetings? Asked questions? Do they realize that every single parent involved with PTA is a volunteer. A volunteer attempting to make the school a better place? Do they not like the 3....yes 3... field trips their student takes each year? Do they not like art? Music? School equipment? Because all of those things are facilitated through PTA support. Please, show me how any PTA parent is using the PTA for their own personal benefit. Because, as someone involved with PTA....I only see parents trying to better the school. If you don't agree with it, have a suggestion, or would like to see something change, please....have a conversation. Sound harsh? Perhaps, but putting down hard working volunteers (PTA or otherwise) really sets me off. This all said, my children attended a school that severely lacked a sense of community, school pride and cooperative principal leadership. In our 4 years at Citrus Glen I, as well as my husband, have been shown time and time again what a fantastic learning environment the school really is. This environment is the product of teachers and staff who love their job and love kids.

Great school! Send your kids here! Sad they don't have an honors program like McAuliffe, but it's…read moresuch a great school with great teachers and staff!

I went to supervise the first grade playground around 830am. Within 5 minutes, I asked children to…read morestop climbing the fences next to the school building, stop kicking balls up on the roof, and twice to not run up the stairs - down only. After yelling for a child to only go feet first down the slide, I walked over to the child. as he was still on the slide. Upon arrival, I was told by my supervisor Anna Anne? to leave the playground equipment area; that is was her area to oversee. My area was the open blacktop. Anna did not address the child to get him to get off the slide. He remained at the bottom of the slide, head downward, legs up. I left the playground, made a report to Edie ? in the cafeteria, the vice principal, and the sub desk.

6th grade teacher Mr. Meyers has been bullying my daughter and her classmates throughout the school…read moreyear. He's made certain statements to my daughter saying in front of the classroom, "Nobody is on your side, if you make a complaint everyone will be on my side." Then proceeds to ask the classroom to raise their hand if they will tell on him. My daughter then proceeds to say they are all afraid of him and he will punish them by giving them more work if they do tell on him. My daughter asks to use the restroom and he does not allow her. When she is cold and wants to go to her locker to get her jacket, he tells her, " oh well, I guess you'll be cold then." There have even been several other incidents weekly. This person does not need to teach or be around students. We have had a parent teacher conference meeting with the assistant principal & two other teachers and his attitude toward the kids have been addressed, but no change has been made. Please choose a different school for your child to attend.

I havent been here in years but as far as I could tell you it was a rough and tumbled place because…read moreits atmosphere. Now there is a furry mural there. Just dont be mentally disabled though, the students will antagonize you. And it gets 3 stars for being a public school. Because thats the default for 90% of these failure factory.

My kids have been here for years. Took them out this year (mid-year) because couldn't deal with the…read moreadministration anymore. 1) Their teaching methods were terrible. Of course common core isn't their fault, because it's this dumb state. But they REALLY dove into it and chose the worst principals to teach. 2) The majority of teachers were extremely fake and only responded to bribes, otherwise your kids never made it to their "favorites." The only 2 teachers who really ever cared were Mrs. Guevara and Mrs. Hise (who I might note were a part of the old administration). 3) The administration went out of their way to sweep any bullying by kids under the rug and had a policy that the kids should walk away from bullies instead of reporting. In most cases the administration basically protected the bullies and facilitated their continued terrible behavior. When the bullies kids attempted to report any bullies to the teachers, the teachers would get defensive and cause problems for parents out of spite. 4) Beware if you are divorced parents. Over the years, I've come across enough divorced parents to know that they picked a parent to side with and went out of their way to make the other parent's life miserable. The parent who brought bribes, and who volunteered, gave and received gifts from the staff continuously. Butt licking like that only exists among dogs. Just warning ya, stay away. Not worth the stress. (And sure enough, their 10 star score on greatschools.org is now a 9. Wonder how long it takes before they keep dropping further. Probably won't take too long under this idiotic fake administration. Now Yelp thinks that my review shouldn't count. And why? I was a parent of kids (not 1, but 2) who went to that horrible excuse for a school.

This is an excellent school. I know this because my children go there now. The administration,…read moreteachers, and child care experts are all outstanding.