Encanto

The principal is nowhere to be seen from students and parents. She does not try to engage with others. My child only sees her when she is yelling at students to “behave” (ie. talking too loudly while in line). She makes students do laps during their recess for “misbehaving.” I’ve never seen her at any of the few school events offered or at award ceremonies. The rest of the admin staff in the office are unwelcoming. Other than testing and high scores, they care a lot about funding but we have no idea where that goes. They do not hold many events or fundraisers like other nearby schools in the same neighborhood cluster do nor do they encourage or allow parent involvement or PTA. There are no pizza parties or celebrations. There was only an Open House event and either another one or a Back to School even which the principal was not present at. They were supposedly going to have an event for the end of the year but that didn’t happen. The education and overall experience your child will have here all depends on which teacher they get so having a great teacher will make all the difference. My kid was lucky most years with great teachers but had a terrible year due to a horrible teacher. The main focus subjects are math and English which are why the ratings are so high. Science, history, arts, etc are considered extra and optional if the teacher offers it.

So far I have not had a good experience with this school. They never watch the kids. Never get informed anything about my child unless it’s something they can’t get away with. Excuses are always made instead of solving the issues.

O'farrell school is a great school, what I like the most is that teachers are dedicated to learning the student, and they do not have saturated classes, which means that teachers can pay attention to each of their students, both in primary, secondary, and high school, and above all they prepare them very well for the university.