Highland Park

I don't know exactly how these school ratings are quantified, but we purposely moved our daughter to Union Hill instead of Ready Springs (in our district), and we are glad we did. She has friends at Ready Springs and they seem pretty miserable. Yet, Ready Springs somehow has a 5/10 rating and Union Hill has a 1/10. Ready Springs is a mess. Last time I was there, there was trash on the classroom floors and in the gym. It looked like a war zone. They turn over teachers like crazy. They have never had a good principal and the last superintendent was completely corrupt.In our daughter's first year (4th grade) at Union Hill, she gained so many great friends, had a great teacher, and went on her first overnight trip! The school work level is right on and my daughter has excelled. This website must need to re-evaluate how they rate these schools, because they really got this one off. Oh, and I'm not sure about the past principals at Union Hill, but the current one is amazing. I've even seen her out in the rain helping the kids into their cars. She's really nice and approachable and great with the kids.

We are very happy with our experience at Grass Valley Charter. The community is wonderful and we love the staff and families here. I'm a big fan of the expeditionary learning model that gets them out of the classroom doing some really amazing things. Our kids are thriving and we highly recommend it.