El Cerrito Middle School has been such an amazing place for my children to grow up and prepare for…read morethe next steps in their education. Teachers encourage community, creative out-of-the-box learning and group collaboration. There are so many amazing things going on at lunch and after school between programs hosted by the counceling staff and diverse clubs offered by teachers after school. Read the news letter, stay informed and encourage your student to get involved in all of the great things this school has to offer!

The office staff at this school is horrible. As a parent, if you ever want to be talked down to for…read moreasking a simple question go ahead and speak to anyone in the office. Incidents are not isolated. I wish I could leave a separate review for the teachers, but as far as the office staff.... Maybe the principal should address the issue.

Couple years ago my son got stabbed at that school. Now my younger child isn't released to me due…read moreto not being on PART of a list. I'm listed as a parent and the child is marked as living w both parents. Cops are useless at this school. Admin is even worse and having been through a stabbing at that school believe me when I say I dealt w many a folks. Filing complaints on literally everything I can find online.

Horrible experience dealing with staff. Extremely greedy. They expect seniors to pay $20 to leave…read moreschool during lunch when they do not have a 6th period. Loopholes too because you can just call your student out and there will be no repercussions since they have no sixth period.

"Oh boy." Sabrina Carpenter said it best, and honestly,…read morethose two words sum up my experience at CFIS.Let me be clear. This is MY side of the story. Sure, I probably made things harder for myself at times, but a lot of what happened? That's on the school.Seventh grade started off fine. I was quiet. Minding my own business. I made a friend. It was actually kinda nice. But then in science class, this boy kept bullying me over my Tourette's. Like constantly. I can't control it. I tried to stop it. I told the counselor. They were nice, told me it wasn't okay, said they'd talk to him and handle it. Guess what? They didn't. Nothing happened. He kept going. Eventually he moved on to someone else like it was a game. So yeah, he stopped bullying me. But only because he found a new target. That's not a solution. That's just ignoring the problem until it shifts. Now fast forward to eighth grade. We're supposed to be the oldest, the leaders, the ones setting the example. Yeah right. Drama was everywhere, and the drama I was in? I'm not gonna spill all the details or name names (except for one person, she earned it), but let's just say the school said they'd take it "seriously." Spoiler alert: they didn't. They suspended the wrong kid. Literally punished someone who didn't do anything while the actual problem just got swept under the rug. And now the cherry on top: their "leadership" program. It sounds cute until you're actually in it. It's run by this one teacher -- yeah, I'm name-dropping -- Mrs. Saunders. We were cutting skeletons for an activity, and she starts screaming at this kid in class. Straight up yelling in front of everyone. I went over to ask him if he was okay, but I could tell he didn't feel like talking. Later, he told me he has motor skill issues and struggles with cutting. And instead of helping him, Mrs. Saunders made him clean everything up like he did something wrong. She told him it was "the least he could do. This place is a mess. It's a dumpster fire. No support. No action. Just fake promises and teachers who snap instead of support. If you're thinking about coming here -- don't. CFIS, you need to get it together.

this school SUCKS on my SOUL!!!!! The teachers were so mean breh. The food is so yummy tho so ill…read moregive them that. Like what the skibidi rizz man:

I really recommend this school to other kids that are gifted children with an I.Q. Of 100. 100…read morebecause the work is way up there. It's like College curriculum.

Great new experience 4 this new school year...principal is very nice and teachers also very…read morenice...the curriculum has been put together in way that is easy to follow & understand...so happy to start a new chapter w/Excelsior & everything it has to offer.

Great school. Teachers are very attentive to the kids and love that they listen to parents. I…read moremyself have had a couple of hiccups that were rectified promptly. My kids will probably stay here throughout High School. With armed security who is always around, it feels safe. My only issue is the inconsiderate parents. You know who you are. 1. Do Not Enter signs mean exactly that. 2. Cones are posted on the parking spots for a reason. 3. Stop blocking the sidewalk. You can call each other instead of pretending to be friends who haven't seen each other in years. 4. Its chaotic picking up kids, get your kid and go. Yes we know you are special, you have to have a discussion with the teacher. Make an appointment. 5. Slow down in the dirt lot. I honestly don't care that we are in a Christian School, you're gonna get cussed out. 6. Learn how to navigate a 4 way stop. End of rant. Go warriors.

We've had our kids here for over 20 years. The education and environment are great!…read more The teachers have always been dedicated and loving to the kids. There isn't anywhere else we'd have our boys. There are lots of opportunities for extra-curricular sports and arts as well!

This school didn't even give my kid a chance. We moved here looking for a new start but once he was…read moreenrolled they set up a meeting telling me other options of where he could go. Very unprofessional higher up staff. The teachers seemed caring opposed to the vice principal. Over all it just made my son discouraged and judged and thats exactly what they did. Wouldn't recommend.

Nice little playground for kids outside the gates school....walking distance from…read more my son's house...kids had a great time ...lots of activities and special needs swings.. benches to sit on and covered roofed area with picnic tables for small gatherings ...restrooms...water fountain....garbage cans..very clean

Over all they are a good school when it comes to teachers teaching the curriculum. Where they…read morestruggle is to transition your child from ESL to a all English Only classes. SO if you have more kids on the ESL plan then they receive more Federal Funding? hummmm, yeah real financially smart to retain kids as long as possible. You need to push the counselors around for a IEP otherwise they are lazy and then act dumb. That is after Mr Mom (as known as) the father forwarding them email(s). Requesting an IEP to transition our child to a EO Language arts class. (trust me I could of gone to Dept of Ed or the DISTRICT but other dumb things happened beyond my control) Over all my biggest concern is "The Counselors dept." are found to be lazy. Do you're self a favor and grab a copy of NOLO IEP's for Parents. Otherwise great community as in the neighborhood is safe and many of the kids are nice. My child never reported any other concern. I will wrap it up in a positive note. That the one thing I will always LOVE or have a happy memory of Citrus Intermediate School, is they were extremely nurturing with multicultural kids especially mine. That was just beautiful to see all kind of colors coming together in harmony. Now Imagine that! My child felt she was just like everyone else! They offered a "sense of belonging!" For that!!! I give them a 5 star all the way home. Thank you! For making this a multicultural friendly school. So as you can see why I gave them a 3 star and not a one star. ps. this took place in 2016

This is a great school that has a great choir and good education.Every new student will love to…read morebecome a fellow jaguar

Honestly this school sucks. Let me start by saying the faculty suck. The assistant principal has…read morewalked into the girls bathroom multiple times while the bathroom in use. And this is just isn't right and the principal had some weird behavior, now I love this school but the school has some questionable behavior. My science teacher has had some questionable behavior and was almost fired but they didn't fire him and still let him teach and let me tell you he doesn't teach, he sits behind the desk not teaching and I come home with Fs in the class and when I come up to him asking about school home work and assignments I am greeted by a trash pick up or the office. Needless to say the school pride is great, half the faculty is great and the principle makes the school feel amazing, I'm honestly glad that Mr Rubio is not going to be there anymore because his behavior is very questionable. The drama teacher has some weird behavior too, he showed are class some inappropriate things and was also suspended. Honestly this school is very meh. It's common for teachers to get suspended and come back because of the poor performance of the school. I would wish to see action taken and more accountability to the school

I think it's sad to see such negative ratings about a school. I almost feel like a few of the…read morereviews were written by students, and aren't actual experiences written by parents. Anyway, I wanted to say that my daughter has had a great experience attending RSM. Sure every school has it's positives and negatives, but Yelp is not the spot to rant and rave about a bad teacher they may have had or an incident where a student got in trouble with the Principal. It is about the overall experience and RSM overall left us with many positive experiences. One thing that I really like is that the school has a great communication system. I like their weekly Roadrunner express emails letting me know all of the school information of what's to be expected that is coming up, currently happening, contact information and just general information. They also send out phone calls and email reminders on early dismissal reminders, holiday schedules, state testing and large school events, so that parents can be extra prepared. It's nice that they almost "over remind" you, just in case you forget as life gets quite busy for many parents with things pulling you in many directions, which seems to be the case these days. I also like the fact that she has made many friends from different schools since I believe that RSM is a culmination of students from Robinson, Trabuco, Cielo Vista, Melinda Heights, Foothill Ranch, and Trabuco Mesa. She will hopefully carry many of these new friendships she has made over onto her four years of high school and onward. It's always good to increase your elementary school circle of friends with new faces. Yes, not every school is for everyone and RSM is definitely not perfect by any means, but I say don't knock it until you try it. Mr. Bjorek, Ms. Gibson, and Mr. Morgan are great Principals and work hard to try and make RSM Intermediate a great place for the students.