To whom it may concern…read more This morning I called to excuse my son's absence and spoke with Silvia Mendoza. She asked me for my sons birthdate and teachers name, I gave her the information and she asked for specific reason why my son was absent. I said he isn't not feeling well. She said" YEAH BUT I NEED TO KNOW THE REASON! Again I said he Isn't not feeling well, then she says "OK BYE! And slams the phone on me. I go to the school and ask to speak to the Principal and Silvia says Why? I said I just called trying to excuse my son's absence and someone just slammed the phone on me, was it you? She says yeah! The principal Is busy right now you have to leave a message. I asked when will he be free she said "I don't know you have to leave a message. So I asked he for her name she wrote it down on a piece of paper and I walked away. And here we are. I get home only to be told that the school teacher called asking why Andrew was absent. So she never even took me seriously. Very disrespectful. The power trip and way of dealing with parents coming out of this lady is wrong and sad.

6 to 6 is fun for the kids, The principal is awesome. Great little public school. No Thugs or…read morelittle gangsters.I would have my child go here.

After visiting multiple Catholic schools for our oldest daughter 6 years ago, my wife and I…read moredecided on Our Lady of Mt Carmel School. The presentation Sister Eva, principle, gave us was what we felt was best for our children. The history of the school, the academic accomplishments, the daily presence of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, and being the only school in the South Bay with nuns as teachers were huge pluses we felt were best to help carry our Catholic beliefs we teach at home. Today we have our oldest (6th grade), our Son (4th grade), and our youngest daughter (3rd grade) all at OLMC.

Honestly, the teachers were a bit strict and rude, I remember my teachers would emotionally abuse…read morestudents including me. If we would tell our parents they threatened that they would give us red tickets (basically a ticket that you've been bad) everyday and would lie to our parents about our bad behavior, this was back in 2014 and I was in this school since like pre k - kindergarten, this school better have improved.

This school is haunted! Since i was kid i was touched by unseen entities. I would hear my name in…read morethe silent winds. My little sister heard a little girl's voice crying in the bathroom. Legend says location used to be close to cemetery. Awesome school back in 2005.

AWW i remeber my school 2 and its a long time i havent been around it altough ive been around san…read moreysidro i remeber my teachers 2 1 grade ms.amador, 2 grade mr loaiza, 3 grade ms.guerrero , 4 grade ortiz lopez., 5 grade (my fav teacher) ms.alvarez:), & 6 grade ms guise jejejej see i still remeber i think i graduated like in 2006 woow i miss those days time goes by fast i hope i can go visit soon :)

Went to this school my whole life it's fine I guess But…read morethe bathrooms are diabolical

If you don't speak Spanish the staff treat you as second rate. My child has grown up in Spanish…read morespeaking daycares and schools but anytime I have to coordinate with the school they ask if I speak Spanish and get irritated that I do not. I understand that this is more of a personal issue but I believe everyone should be treated equal and with the same amount of urgency English or Spanish.

I went to this elementary school from 1984-1991 and I had a great time all those years. It may be…read morea bit different now, but I'd still recommend it. I loved the view from the primary playground. That was the best. And huge lower play-field was great too.