Porter Ranch

Both my children attended Castlebay Lane Charter from Kindergarten through 5th, with my youngest one graduating in June 2025. We have had an overall wonderful experience. Principal Price cares about the students and has been bringing STEAM and additional educational programs to the school. The teachers are overall very caring and supportive. Some of our favorites were Ms. Cipriano (retired), Mr. Cascone (retired), Ms. Wartanian, Ms. Lee, Mrs. Mix, Mrs. Van Der Wel, Mr. Daniels, Mrs. Horosny and Mr. Sanchez. The families and parents are very involved in general. Really it's what you and your child make of the experience. If you choose to get involved and enroll your child in additional offerings (Example: run for student council, STEM/computer after school programs, recess BEL student volunteers, etc) then your child will have an enriched experience. If you choose not to participate and do the bare minimum, then you will not take advantage of all the school has to offer. We are very grateful for our time at this school.

The school would not allow us to speak to teachers or the principal. North Region supervisors were not helpful. I would echo what other parents have said- students are asked NOT to ask adults questions and asked to ask their peers (so five year olds have to learn from five year olds?) My kiddo actually came back home and would have learned to spell or do math problems incorrectly because of this. At the end of the day this is a public school where teachers are overworked and unless you have an in you’re not going to be a priority. Thankfully it’s a good area but they once allowed my child to skip the afterschool program because he said he wasn’t supposed to go that day- they didn’t check with anyone else and a family friend had to call me when the older children were released from school. No apology from the school- just told me that I should have communicated with the teacher (even though he was going daily prior to that, I’m not sure what I was supposed to do?) New principal was shockingly out of touch and unreachable.