721 Esplanade #305
Redondo Beach, CA 90277

The teachers need more diversity training. The kids are performing well on state tests but they're not being challenged in class. The school appears to be underfunded from the lack of art and electives and constant fundraising and reliance on parent volunteers, but maybe that's just the norm in Southern California.

My son was placed on a reading development class, but I was not informed until three months later. The school claims they monitor cell phone use in class, but they don't, it varies by teachers. There are some teachers that are nice, but some will retaliate against your kid if you complain. It happened to me, I made a complain and didn't tell my son, months later my son was telling me how the teacher was suddenly rude to him, I connected the dots right away. During teacher-parent conferences teachers don't want to talk with you or barely, for years they kept telling my son was doing fine, but I looked into his school assignments and he could barely write a coherent sentence. As with any CA public school, quality is declining, grade inflation is rampant, students are learning less and less but they pass regardless. I think most parents don't want to believe, but since a lot of parents pay for enrichment classes maybe they don't care and some are just oblivious. I have seen many parents with bright kids trying to suggest changes to RBUSD, they give up and move to private schools/homeschool or move out . Private schools are not better, but they seem to fare better.

Both of my children have gone to school here. Academically, there are lots of great opportunities. Neither were involved in sports, but I have plenty of friends and acquaintances whose children had wonderful experiences. I was happy to see the teachers are dedicated to academics and not politics or pushing agendas. I know my children are ready for college or for working in the real world because they are well rounded with history, science, math and writing/reading wise.