West Irvine

My child continues to be hit and attacked by another child unprovoked and the teacher and the principal do nothing. They continue to say they are working on a “plan” with the troubled child but they can’t share anything so I wait and continue to get calls from the nurse saying my child has been attacked again. They do nothing to ensure the safety and security of the children. Extremely frustrating seeing my innocent daughter coming home with deep scars on her face from this trouble making child. In addition the academics here are poor compared to the children at neighboring TUSD schools. I tried both schools and noticed a significant academic difference. This is more of a “fun” school and less academically focused.

The concept of a steam magnet is great. There are great educational values. Are all teachers great. No. In my 8 years of experience at this school some are either phenomenal and love teaching or some just don’t have the emotionally intelligence to deal with different types of students. There have been 3 different principals and even an interim principal in the course of 7-8 years. The administration is unstable. Which is creating quite a bit of problems. The problems include disorganization, bullying, kids harassing other kids, teachers and staff are not managed. There is a real bullying problem at this school. Nothing short of physical assault. They are not staffed adequately or mismanage the staff and what they choose to focus on is talking during lunch. Children are yelled at daily by noon duty and just not allowed to be kids. Yet when there is bullying they do nothing. They deny and say they didn’t see it. It’s a harsh environment for the children and lack of support for parents. There is also a huge classism. This school asks for large donations throughout the year. Those who donate the most are protected. Great academics. However, ineffective due to the hostile environment and lack of seasoned principals since the founding principal left.