Thousand Oaks

We have a sophomore currently and I am so happy with AHS relative to what I hear from friends at the closest two public high schools. It feels very chill during the day (not like a minimum security prison), most teachers do reach out and let you know what's going on in class (and you can get Aeries/Google Classroom updates should you desire), and we have found the PE & math "hot button" subjects to be very manageable. For the most part, the students come to school ready to learn and the average is high - which is good. Not all subjects are equally demanding, but also that's good too - it seems like students have the time to focus on the areas that demand more. Of course there have been two or three teachers (out of 13 our student has had so far) that have been not great. But there have also been three or four that I would say shoot for greatness and come close. It is hard to break in socially because the school doesn't do much (anything?) to have 9th graders mix purposefully. This is not unusual for public schools. It is also an open campus so your child has to be responsible and return to class, LOL. Ultimately, all I can say is I would be happy to have my younger child attend as well, and there's no higher praise, is there?

I m not the only one who has been dealt a short straw by Marla Stephenson. I was placed in Macgregor High school in 2006 and graduated in 2009. For those who don t know, Macgregor is where AUSD places it s undesirables for the purpose of protecting the test scores and attendance rate of Albany High school. This is not just my opinion, this was the consensus of several of Macgregor s students. Stephenson herself made it clear to me that my poor attendance was costing the district hundreds of dollars. I grew tired of attending a school with nothing to offer me. The were often left to thier own devices. Alexia Richie is just as bad. Stephenson, Richie, and other administrators were blatantly rude to me and my mother. In my senior year at Macgregor I decided to apply for collage. I was told I would not be accepted because Macgregor didn t offer any of the courses required by most universities. Richie even refused to give me an SAT fee waiver saying that I wouldn t get in anyway. I wish I could get a refund for my education, because I sure didn t get one.