High Tech Middle North County School

My kids love the school and teachers.

If you do not mind below average teachers in the middle school and the fact your kid may have to carry the team they are assigned to because there is little accountability for poor performing team members. What is disappointing is the elementary school is good. This school loses good teachers because the pay is better everywhere else.

My son enjoys school but this year, we saw teachers leave and be replaced by young student teachers, and the director being changed for this upcoming year as well. There isn't a lot of commonality between different teachers within the same grade. There are problems with grading being inconsistent and several times during the year we had to contact a teacher to let her know the grades she posted (when she posted them) were incorrect. They were updated eventually but that created a lot of frustration at home with our student and us! The assignments in the different projects seem to be piled on at the end, right before exhibitions are to happen, and our student sometimes does not seem to know what is expected in terms of assignments. Digital portfolios are not updated frequently enough by teachers in order to be able to tell what the assignments are to be able to get clarification at home. It is a good school, but organization of teaching staff seems to be lacking a bit.

My son has attended for the past 2 years and has really come a long way in school. They seem to know how to nurture the inner creative side of each child and encourage them to be who they are. I had once heard someone describe this school as a misfit place, and wondered HOW when it's a lottery? I now know it's just that at this school, the kids get to express themselves without fear of being bullied or ridiculed. It's an artistic place, with drama, football, skateboarding ramps, fun electives, group work in classes, iPads and Apple laptops instead of books, and plenty of student input. What an amazing place. We feel BLESSED!

My son has attended for the past 2 years and has really come a long way in school. They seem to know how to nurture the inner creative side of each child and encourage them to be who they are. I had once heard someone describe this school as a misfit place, and wondered HOW when it's a lottery? I now know it's just that at this school, the kids get to express themselves without fear of being bullied or riduiculed. It's an artistic place, with drama, football, skateboarding ramps, fun electives, group work iin classes, iPads and Apple laptops instead of books,a dn plenty of student input. What an amazing place.