1130 Barcelona Dr
San Diego, CA 92107

This school is a nightmare. I am not a low-grade level student promoting these accusations towards this specific school as a joke, or as an overexaggeration. Many teachers are unreliable and tend to choose favorites and neglect the others, such as even the best grade students in the class, just because of a learning disability or explaining something overconvolutedly. I heavily relate to this, as teachers have neglected me and made jokes about me, even though I have the best score and Lexile score in the class (or at least top 5). The students here are filled with people who don't try / disrupt class, are bullies, homophobic (big emphasis on this), and racist to the non-majority race (Pacific Islanders, African Americans, Asians). The N word, F slur, and many other words are used not only as slang but to bully and torment weaker people of the opposite race, gender, romantic alignment, and gender alignment. The school's counseling does not work against the hate speech, only offering a lunch detention without notifying parents, or a suspension for the very rare cases. This leads parents to not know of their child's actions, because of the bad discipline system, and because the school doesn't work against parents who have blocked the school (Mainly done by students on the parents' phone in secrecy).The bathrooms are vandalized with profanity, which is normal for most schools, but ours have stab holes, torn off doors, drawings of students being raped and or tortured with specific names, and our soap barely is ever filled. Many tests taken by students have bad scores, especially math, and they are never apprehended or have ever gotten their parents called over it. Some students yell during class and bully students in front of teachers, and they are let off with a warning even when they are told about it directly by the victim.There are fights here bi weekly, as many kids get off the hook with it, while the people acting in self defense get the same or worse punishment (eg, one gets a call home when the parents have already blocked the number, so it doesent matter, while the person acting in self defence gets a meeting with the superintendent.) I currently have maintained a 3.5-4/4 gpa with a majority of classes in my schedule being advanced, a 1600+ english, and 1800+ math Lexile scores, but I would still trade it all to leave this place.1.5/5 stars, rounded down is 1/5

Front Office is always rude. Not helpful. I don't understand why you would put non friendly, non people person in your front office. If I had another option to send my kids, I would. NOT impressed

This school has strong academics and test scores. The teachers are excellent. However, think twice about enrolling your child if you're looking for a school with a strong Social and Emotional learning environment. Bullying is common and the principal does little to promote empathy and understanding of diversity. I wish I knew before I enrolled my child.

Was a bit skeptical about sending my child to the PL cluster for Middle School. (Current 5th Grader.) I have been amazed how well my child has done. The changes in leadership were a bit scary at the beginning of the school year, however the team they have in place for long term is going to be great! Excited to see how they shape the next version of Dana. John is a caring and great leader. With his experience and vision, I see this becoming an even better middle school experience for the 5th & 6th graders in PL.