Santa Barbara

Incredibly dangerous for children. Presents and is described by most students as a prison. Many staff are barely going through to the motions. Fighting, guns, drugs and lack of educated supervisors are present. Truly, this school should be closed and dismantled.

This school ruined my high school career. I was in the Practical Nursing Program, and that was a total hoax. They expect you to be able to be a licensed nurse in 5 high school semesters. Its extremely unrealistic and I was only in it for two semesters. I decided that I wanted to try the Cosmetology class the next year. The subjects they covered were interesting, but most of it was the instructors talking about useless things instead of showing us anything related to cosmetology. The teachers at the school act like they are on a pedestal, when they really are not that great.

One of my favorite things about this school is how small it is - the classes are small, so the teachers can actually teach the students; the building is small so we don't get lost... The small amount of students allow the whole faculty - the principal, the secretary, the janitor, the teachers - to know you on a personal level like no other school I've been on. I have severe hematophobia - when people describe situations that involve blood, my blood pressure drops and I pass out. During my freshman year, I fainted in one of my classes because the class was talking about blood drives. Within days, the whole school - students and teachers alike - knew not to talk about blood around me. My engineering and chemistry teachers adjusted their safety lectures and gave me the option to leave the room if I started to feel light-headed. When a group of older kids tried to make a game out of making me dizzy, my class teamed up to stop them - like we team up to stop any other form of bullying that happens on our turf. I'm a Senior now, and I sure am going to miss it here...