Harrington St
Bakersfield, CA 93311

Its a good School woth good people

This school isn't what everyone around here makes it out to be. It hasn't been great since Dr. Irving left. Academically, it was ok. Some teachers are really good and attentive. Some will tell you your child has a learning disability because they have trouble grasping a certain subject. Bullying is not taken seriously at this school, not with the previous principal or the current, despite the administration telling you that they do everything in their power to ensure students feel safe. Both the principal and assistant principal will call your child and any complaints "petty." They just do everything they need to do to cover their own behinds in case you go to the district or sue. Yard aides are mean. Some teachers are nice, but most are biased towards and show favoritism to students whose parents they are friends with. Some teachers also gossip about students to other parents, which I find unethical, unprofessional and an invasion of student privacy. The moms who ran the parent club while my children were there were all catty, gossipy and pretentious. Parents also have a huge sense of entitlement. They don't follow parking lot/drop off rules because that's what Seven Oaks people do, apparently. The current principal will also not fight for your students or even push up against the district. Not even a little. You're better off homeschooling your kids or heading over to Highgate where I hear the principal is more assertive.

Stockdale is alright, the teachers are pretty good in my experience. However, the rest of their staff is rude and "snobbish" as the rest of the reviews are saying. They often make me feel guilty just for checking in or out for doctors appointments. And there is a huge bullying problem. Many instances of bullying have been brought up with no punishment to the bully. Cases of harassment, physical harm, verbal attacks, and even sexual assault, yet the attackers never get so much as a detention. At least in the MANY instances I've seen. It's gotten to the point where things will happen to some people and they won't want to tell faculty because they won't do anything, it'd just cause more drama. All that happens is drama spread among cliques. The dean will offer a no contact order, which is like the school's version of a restraining order. Nobody follows these however and it just puts a band-aid on the problem. The school lunch is usually pretty good (for school food), though.