Barca Dr
Sylmar, CA 91342

Great school! We like it better than CV. This school promotes education, has so many AP courses, and much more advanced in college readiness. Less fights and conflict than CV, less students too. Very safe school.

We had a foster child for a year who attended Brainard for forth grade. I was nervous about an LAUSD school because I went to Glendale Unified and always heard such bad things about LAUSD, but Brainard is different. Our foster child came in very behind on reading and they spent the whole year tutoring her in a small group. They did regular meetings between me, the teacher and the principal and by the end of the year she was at grade level for reading and was much more confident. I felt so connected with the teacher because they had an app to chat, so when I struggled to even get her to do homework, the teacher was super supportive and as a team we got through the year. The principal was so supportive and incredibly friendly, unfortunately he retired at the end of the year and I never got to know the new principal because or foster child moved away, but it was just a really great school that cared about the kids and what they were going through at home and in their peer groups at school. The after school program was great too. I only wish this school went through high school. It would have solved all our school worries.

I attended Maclay from 1-12 grade. It was a wonderful learning environment largely free from prejudice or bullying. The teachers were almost uniformly excellent and I was extremely well prepared for college. I would happily send my own kids there.

We have a student in the special education department here and I can't say enough great things about the support we have at Mt. Gleason! Everyone is so caring and kind and my son FINALLY has friends. The schoolwork is challenging but not insurmountable, and the curriculum is diverse and hands on. The entire staff has only ever been helpful and kind and I think this deserves a review here!