My experience with Andrew Hill High School and portions of the district administration was deeply…read moredisappointing and emotionally exhausting as a parent. Over an extended period of time, I repeatedly attempted to seek help, intervention, guidance, and family reunification support involving my daughter and concerns connected to school staff boundaries and communication. Instead of meaningful intervention, I often felt dismissed, minimized, and left without clear direction regarding procedures, parental rights, escalation processes, or who was ultimately responsible for helping resolve the situation. One of the most frustrating parts of this experience was the inconsistency in communication and decision-making. At different times, parental approval and involvement were clearly recognized and required for school-related decisions, extracurricular participation, transportation matters, and documentation. However, when I attempted to assert concerns and objections regarding my daughter's living situation and involvement with school staff, those concerns were repeatedly treated as a "private matter." As a parent, that contradiction was extremely difficult to understand and navigate. I also believe there were significant failures involving communication, escalation procedures, staff boundaries, trauma-informed response, and family reunification efforts. No parent should have to fight this hard simply to be heard while asking for help involving their child. The emotional impact extended beyond my own family and affected multiple students and families connected to the school environment. I will say there are individual staff members who clearly care about students, and I recognize that schools handle difficult situations every day. However, my overall experience exposed what I believe are serious weaknesses in policy clarity, procedural consistency, and parent communication. My hope is that lessons are learned from situations like this and that stronger training, clearer procedures, better communication with families, and more appropriate escalation protocols are implemented moving forward. I am sharing this review because I believe parents deserve transparency regarding how difficult situations may be handled and because I hope future families receive more support, clarity, and intervention than mine did.

There is way many wanna be gangsters. there are bugs, ants, and spiders everywhere, in every class…read moreand I have made it very clear to staff and teachers that it's disgusting.... spiders on my backpack.... ants crawling on me, ants on the desks it's endless. They don't do pest control at all and they allow kids to eat in classrooms which contributes more to the ant and bug problem. Staff is extremely unprofessional and if you anger them they will harass you personally. A few months into the school year this one guy got really pressed because I was riding my scooter to the bike racks (everyone else was riding it on campus IN FRONT OF HIM but when I did it he targeted me) when he saw me riding it to the bike racks He came up to me. I finished locking my scooter up and when I looked up he was in my face and was being condescending and rude, I decided to not engage and not give him attention because I did not want to create a scene. He tried to follow me and take me to the office because I was not giving him any attention, I ended up running away when he tried to take me to the office. After that I didn't see him the rest of the day. the next day in the morning I was late to class, there was nobody at the entrance except for that guy. I was riding my scooter going into school going 4 MPH and there was no one around. I rode it to the bike racks and locked it up. When I turned around I saw him (he scared the f outta me) he then said and I quote "hey buddy remember me from yesterday" and he said it like as if he caught me or something. this guy really wanted to make it his personal goal to get attention from me and harass me. When he tried to take me to the office again I ran away. Later in the day at lunch I saw him near the bike racks so I walked towards the bike racks acting like I was gonna get on my scooter and ride around campus. I then started recording the corner that lead to the bike racks because I knew he would come and harass me again, lo and behold he showed up to harass me again. I got it on video and linked it if you wanna see. Once I got him on video I left for a few minutes and then went back to my scooter to scrape the dirt off it and that guy saw me again and he was hanging out with 2 other lunch monitor guys, long story short he came up to me again while I was standing by my scooter scraping off dirt and said "let's not do that" and other stuff basically saying I wasn't allowed to touch my scooter Because I rage baited him by recording him harassing me he went and made it his personal goal to get revenge on me. He went and harassed me the whole day and harassed me a total of 5 times that day (I'm not gonna go in depth to each one because then the review would be way longer) anyways at the end of that day he finally found where my 5th period was, my name and who I was (somehow) and he went to my 5th period to harass me personally, he did this because he knew I couldn't run away if he harassed me at my class so I had to come to the office with him, he brought me to Georgie (Georgie handles conflict on campus) and georgie told that guy to leave me alone. This guy was so angry that he made it his personal goal to find out who I was and my classes just to go harass me there so I couldn't ignore him anymore. Everyone ended mostly siding with me in the end but the fact this guy is employed here is comical they should fire his a*s for sure.

The principal at this school is the worst, he came up to us people to ask not to wait for children…read morein the passenger loading zone. He had already talked to a couple of cars and asked them not to wait for their children there, and told them it was okay to wait there today. He came up to me and asked the same question to me, when I asked isn't that a sign saying this is a loading zone he got an attitude with me and asked me to move. I had already said I wouldn't park there tomorrow, so I asked why do they get to stay and I have to move. He told me I had an attitude, and I said all I did was ask a question and told him questioning things is a good thing. Then he was trying to get the name of the student I was picking up like he was going to have it out for them for me asking a question. To top it off he referred to me as you people.

Now that my son has graduated from Sylvandale, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who was a part…read moreof my son's life. Who helped him this last 2 years academically and influenced him positively. We had no trouble and from what I've gather, my son said all his Teachers were very nice and helped him a lot. He graduated Valedictorian recently and I couldn't be more proud. Thank you for giving my son a lot of memories his middle school years!

Super rich and nice school, the views are insane and so beautiful also all the fields are nice and…read morethe bleachers are huge! Very nice place!!

I am a local parent of the community who enlisted in the swim camp that is being run by Valley…read moreSplash during June and July. I enrolled my son who is 8 and a inexperienced swimmer at the camp that was being promoted at his elementary school for both sessions. Next week is the last class for the swim camp. My son was so impressed with the campus and the manners of the high students/swim instructors that he shared a goal that he wants for himself. He told me that he would want to attend his high school years here at Valley Christian High School.

Shout out to the teaching staff and administration officials. They really show Christian values…read more They are the most caring teachers I've ever met. They are so helpful and sincere. No wonder most kids behave well, too. Compared to teachers at Stanford, Harker, Challenger; yes.. VCS staff might get lower salaries, but their dedication to teaching and loving the students - distinguish them from the rest. The tuition is way cheaper than other private schools, but you can tell VCS uses the money the right way - sports facilities, music hall (the Conservatory), computers. The only two things that I wish VCS will improve are: 1. to depend less on iPADs (trust me, years from now kids will grow up with shorter neck when they're on iPADs hours a day everyday) 2. better quality lunches please Other than that, we've been blessed with the quality of education, life learning, after-school programs, supportive, secure and loving environment from the staff.

In today's world, with so much hate, the last thing we need is actively teaching hate at school!…read moreValley Christian Junior High School is one of the only religious schools that is not open to the LGBTQ+ community. Parents have been reminding them that Jesus loves EVERYONE for several years, but the administrators will not listen. They actively teach that being gay or trans is wrong, making some students feel that their very existence is wrong. How can kids learn, when they are made to feel that way? You might think, "well, I can just teach my children that that being gay is OK. That's what our family believes." Well, it is not that easy. Kids walk away with a bias against LGBTQ+ people. Some boys there call some kids "tranny" and "gay" as an insult, followed by "I'm going to kick your ass after school." Sadly, the high school principal says that his school takes the same stance as the middle school. I have been thinking about how to phrase this post for a long time, because the school's stance hurts us deeply, as people who believe in God. If you switch to a public school, you will likely be behind in math and have to play catch up. So, you can get excellent grades and meet some good friends, but you will likely fall behind in math, and feel miserable about school. You have to be a very specific type of person with a narrow view to feel accepted and happy at Valley. During these very formative middle school years, is this what you want your child to walk away with?

We love Miss Josseline's class my son has learned so much in a short period of time, he has…read moredeveloped confidence, & has been vocalizing his wants and needs. School and learning is one of his favorite places to be, the teachers and staff make it a very nice & safe environment for the kids.

We enrolled our five-year-old into the STEAM@Stipe program this year. We really liked the…read moreprincipal, Mr. Caruz, during our tour of the school. We could tell he cares a ton about his school, and he works hard and hustles to provide the resources and connections to make Stipe as great a school as possible, something we have continued to see now as parents of a kindergartner attending the school. We also liked the kindergarten teachers, Mr. Enna and Mrs. Hernandez, we met during the tour, and we have been extremely happy with our decision to have our kindergartner attend Stipe and learn from one of these great teachers we met during the tour. The classes are interactive, fun, and they do a great job of having guest speakers and tech resources from local Silicon Valley companies, which makes the learning experience really exciting for us as parents get to see our kid go through. We love the idea behind STEAM, (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) and the focus on hands on and collaborative learning, something we thought would be pretty cool for our young kid to start focusing on, especially in this day and age. Like I said, Stipe does a great job with incorporating modern technology into their curriculum, even having guest speakers from big local companies like Apple and Cisco speak to the students. If you haven't considered a STEAM school, I would recommend at least looking at the program at Stipe. Go on a tour and see if you like it. We're a little more than halfway into the year, and we're extremely pleased with our decision to pick Stipe even though it's not our home school. The staff is great, the parents are great. Give it a shot!

I loved high school, it was one of the most memorable periods of my life because I made great…read morefriends who I still talk to today, the activities that this school puts were great, and from my experience there wasn't an obvious sense of social stratification, ... though people did hang out in certain groups/cliques but this school was so diverse that you could make friends with anybody from a wide range of backgrounds. I was part of the thunderously hip Japanese Program, I took part in F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.S., homecoming, I wish I had joined some clubs but I made a great group of friends, and that's the greatest accomplishment one could ask for. I don't know which teachers are still teaching. But Okuda was awesome, Cervantes was knowledgeable, Hall was scary at times but definitely a GREAT teacher. This school was awesome and I really miss high school bc of how fun it was for me. So if you want to make your HS years memorable, MAKE IT memorable :) Make the best out of it.

i don't go to this school but i came for a track meet and their team is on par. can't help but…read moreadmire this sunset JUST LOOK! it was their senior night too

I like this schools band a lot. The band director is gung ho in helping his students, although he's…read moreretiring his replacement is also awesome. Despite the sort of run down grounds and below average sanitation the community is alright. Caw caw eagles

Ok here the thing we have kids practicing football at your school in the lights are not on like…read morehello how do we suppose to see the practice without the lights do what's right in turn on the lights for the kids.

Disclosure: I DONT GO TO THIS SCHOOL. I'm only rating this…read moreon their TENNIS COURT, BASKETBALL COURT, FOOTBALL FIELD. Tennis court is amazing and clean. All the line are new and get repainting regularly. There are two level and 8 courts which is amazing! Net are straight and solid, brand new too. Basketball court get used often. Net are sometime ripped but it get replace so no complaint. Lot of courts and dual level as well. Rim are not bent or crooked. Always people here playing for pickup game. I play often on weekdays and weekend and there is always enough court for everyone. Football field ... it is locked up during weekend. Just up the fence .. everyone does it. The reason it is lock up is because their field are AMAZING ... so AMAZING. I play flag football and it so easy running on the field. Getting tackle and slam to the ground does even hurt much ... love this field. Note: NO BATHROOM ... tennis, go behind the wall between bball and tennis. basketball, same as tennis. football, under the bleacher.

Evergreen Valley High School has serious accountability issues. Administration often brushes aside…read morestudent concerns, especially regarding safety. Some teachers grade subjectively without clear rubrics, making expectations unclear and inconsistent. With ongoing budget deficits, the school should focus on retaining teachers who genuinely care about student growth, learning, and success, while addressing poor teaching practices. Students deserve a safe, supportive environment where concerns are taken seriously, grading is fair, and staff are held accountable.