Oregano Way #0
Jamul, CA 91935

Living out in the middle of nowhere is no small task. There are really no other school options besides Alpine if one wants to drive 30-45min,. It's a lifestyle living in Jamul and with that come sacrifice. If we lived closer to town there exist far better options. Hopefully in time this school will get better. My main concern is challenging my child. I feel like it's too easy for him.

I cannot recommend this school and in fact would advise against it. We had an amazing experience at Jamul Elementary, and so were very disappointed to have such an overwhelming negative experience at Oak Grove. As another reviewer pointed out, the principal is the issue. The school has struggled to hold on to teachers. Some of the great ones have quit or “retired” and for several years they have had math and English teachers come and go so frequently that the majority of the time the students have had a substitute in those core subjects. But the behavior toward the teachers is not the only problem. There is a culture of bullying that goes on here that is damaging to students, whether they are the bullies or the ones being bullied. The principal makes some token gestures for show, but doesn’t really care and, in fact, picks on some of the more picked on students, blaming them and punishing them for what goes on. I had heard stories of this from other families in the community, but we had such a good experience at the elementary school and live so far from other schools that we felt we did not have a choice. I had several meetings with the principal and teachers, trying to get this under control, but it just kept getting worse. The principal has a very, “what do you want me to do about it?” attitude and generally turns the meeting around to complaining about your child. We finally pulled my son out after a year and a half and I feel terrible that I left him there for so long. There are some good teachers, which is why we stayed as long as we did, and I think that many of them care about the students, but the administration does not support them in creating a safe learning environment. Other teachers seem happy to ignore the bullying and don’t seem to believe the students when they are told what is going on. I can only assume that this is because they know that there will be no support from the administration to manage this and have just given up. My son has had none of the same problems with students or the administration at his new school and is thriving both academically and socially, without my involvement, which further leads me to believe that there is a really problem with Oak Grove. I wish I could say that there was anything to offer academically, but again, no. While some of the teachers are very good and do care about the students, the overall culture is just to get them out, pass or fail. Save yourself some heartache and find another school.

The way the teachers teach are very bad with unnecessary rules and results in a bad grad rate.