12015, Sylmar, CA 91342

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.