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.

I feel compelled to warn others so their kid doesn’t go through what my baby went through here.I’m brand new to the area and it was my first time in public school this past year. I had an absolutely awful experience at the school. Bullying is extremely prevalent even in younger ages like first grade. I’m not talking about just words. There was another student who was actually punching my 6 year old daughter repeatedly in the stomach, Kicked her in the legs, called her names, and tore up her art work. The principal and school administration did absolutely nothing in response. At one point, my daughter was injured 4 days in a row at the hands of this other student. I had no choice but to pull my daughter out.It wasn’t just my kid. My daughter’s bully was also injuring at least three other students whose parents were complaining, and the principal still refused to expel or suspended. I found out from numerous other parents that their kids were being repeatedly, physically assaulted or bullied at the hands of other students in other grades as well and that the school did nothing about it.