Salinas City Virtual Academy

Incompetent principal-- chases teachers away! Just lost the best Spanish teacher ever because she refuses to listen to her staff, particularly educators who have decades more experience than she does. Send your kids anywhere else if you care about their education... and if your kids are already there, ask the principal why SIX TEACHERS walked out last year. And why one more walked out a week before classes started. What's the common denominator?

School is gated and monitored to keep students safe, which is one of my main priorities. As far as education, the teachers seem to be giving the students an appropriate amount of homework to support classroom lessons and grading seems fair. Lots of opportunities for electives (i.e. art, guitar, choir, theology, etc.), options for after school tutoring, sports for all seasons, events throughout the year for the whole family, and the principal is engaging and fun AND actually knows all of the kids names & their families and works to improve the school and community relationships. My kids are fairly new the school, but they're excited to go every day and are being prepared well for high school. I would totally recommend!