1237 Jamacha Rd
El Cajon, CA 92019

My experience as a father of a student at meridian has been a struggle in the last few monthsn at first they painted a great picture of how they operate. My son has been in fights, bullied, and has been a victim of physical contact by staff and teachers to the point where he said he was telling me he was squeezed by the arm with excessive pressure. In one incident he even called me as he was been grabbed by staff. My son wanted to get away bevause he was scared and upset. The staff replied that they would call the police on my 10 yr old son. My son has no trust in police officers now. This behaviour and academics is far below average. The school is always looking for $$$ and donations from parents to operate there programs more than usual compared to other schools in san diego county. The campus is also open most of the time to where anyone can gain entry. This campus has no security or extended safety precautions for the campus. The principle 9/10 is always in a tshirt and jeans with old beat up tennis shoes. Very uprofessional for his job title. Its not a vacation home or his own home so i believe you need to make a professional impression at all times especially on campus. This school needs to have awareness raised for its safety of students, parents and after school extended day program.

My daughter was bullied and the principal was very mean and the students are very mean and they shouldn’t allow dating at all there only kids and I had to move my daughter to greenfield and I don’t regret it at all because greenfield is the best!

I see a lot of comments talking about the bad teachers and it only applies if you take standard classes. I’m a senior right now and I’ve taken standard classes in freshmen and sophomore years and I’ve taken AP and honors classes in junior and senior years and it’s a way better experience as the teachers have way more experience teaching and they are overall well equipped for teaching. My AP and honors class teachers have been amazing as they make the classes that would’ve been otherwise boring fun and interesting and make taking higher level classes worth it. If your a parent I would strongly recommend you encourage (or just force) your kids to take honors/AP classes because they really aren’t that hard unless your taking like 3+ of them and they help kids make friends in the right groups since most people who take standard classes make friends who don’t care about school or getting good opportunities for colleges and they end up not caring themselves. Also although I just wrote about how amazing AP and honors classes are, I would recommend not taking AP lit(or any branch of English) with any other class that has a lot of homework since I heard that it has quite a bit of homework and essays.