5408 Las Virgenes Rd
Calabasas, CA 91302

Calabasas High School, and the LVS district, did a great job educating our three children. We could not afford private schools, moved into the school district because of the past record of being a good public school system. and have no regrets, only thanks to the schools our children attended. All three participated in team sports and admittedly were average or below average compared to their teammates, yet in retrospect enjoyed the discipline they learned from being on a team sport. One participated in the music program and got to play at the Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival! Some took Advanced Placement course which did help prepare them of college. Two went to UCs, one went to CSU. All graduated college. They all still have good character friends from LVS schools they attended, which is one of the best outcomes. None of our children were part of the "in crowd", but they learned to seek out the quality teachers, found friends that did not smoke or do drugs. You have to instill the values you want them to have way before high school. As parents, we set the example.... do we walk the talk, or not. It begins with us. Don't just tell your kids, "just be themselves"... tell them to be " the best version of themselves and make friends who are striving to do the same."

First, I would like to acknowledge that there are some wonderful teachers at this school that are deserving of praise and respect. Then there are the ones who are controlling, manipulative, and angry. My older child loved school until 3rd grade here. His teacher would shame him in front of other students when he didn’t follow her directions. My son is autistic. He was placed in a class with a teacher who forces the children to walk clockwise around the room. This is probably one of the most restrictive classes they could have put him in. It was an awful experience. He would come home defeated and would have a look of defeat when arriving at school in the morning. He was reprimanded for telling a little girl her butt was showing. Because “we don’t make comments about other people’s bodies”, but is constantly being called fat. He is constantly being called stupid, which is apparently no big deal, being shamed for not running during PE when he has asthma. So it’s not ok for him to point out to another child that their butt is showing, but perfectly acceptable for him to be body shamed, shamed for a medical condition, and bullied about his disability. If you want to send your child to a school whose office staff doesn’t know your name, after having your children attend 5 years there, after having volunteered there 100 times, where you’re not welcome into the office to pick up your sick child, then this is the place for you. They may claim that it is a security measure, but that is ridiculous as this school is not secure and would be easily entered by someone wishing to do harm. The parking and drop off line is a nightmare because they’ve put the visitor parking aside the drive through line, so you can’t get in or out of visitor parking and the drop off line is backed up and stopped by parents trying to exit the visitor spaces. There is so much wrong with this school that I could keep going, but I will leave it at this… I hope for your child’s sake that you consider other schools in the district, because this school is awful.

Gate is nice and the kids are super friendly and kind. HOWEVER, the kids not in gate and with bad grades are not as nice and in math they will randomly make fart noises and scream like dolphins. The music teacher is really nice and makes it easy to learn. Some kids are furries though. They will bark at you. Some of the boys will cat call you.