11368 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064

My son attended Richland Avenue Elementary School for Kindergarten and part of 1st grade before moving out-of-state. As a bilingual family (French + English) we were happy to find a public bilingual charter school near the area. The facilities are great, the teachers and staff are friendly and kind to the children, and for the most part my son had a great time.I think the bilingual program could be improved. It starts with a French teacher and an English teacher essentially splitting the time. In our case, our son was already bilingual, but for children learning French for the first time, more time spent learning French at first is a better-functioning immersion program.His French Kindergarten teacher Madame Kort was nice, but she is not a good speaker of the French language. Her classes seemed to be more chaotic while the English teacher was more effective at teaching children of this age.The French teacher in 1st grade was fantastic! Madame Elodie was a true french speaker who knew how to teach the kids. Our son excelled more in 1st grade than Kindergarten, so I guess that's the tradeoff...every year you never know what you're gonna get.Other than that, the class food is disgusting and the city of LA should make more of an effort to teach kids the importance of healthy eating. Aside from those complaints, our son had a great time and made many friends. We miss our Richland family!