Bernice Ayer Middle School

1271 Calle Sarmentoso

School District

Capistrano Unified
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:23
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on December 05, 2023

The administrators at this school care more about their reputation and the facade that it is "not your average school" that they will go to any length to protect it. If a site wide issue is pointed out they shame and harass the parent/student reporting the issue rather than work towards fixing the issue. There is school wide bullying that occurs and instead of dealing with it the administration lies to the parent and retaliates against the student so that they no longer feel safe around the Administration, feel as though they are being targeted by the Administration and are fearful of reporting the threats and physical abuse they are suffering at the hands of "celebrated" students. Numerous parents have had the same experience resulting in parents pulling their children out of the school due to the harassment by Administrators. It's a dangerous environment when Administrators will band together to harass a student, lie to their parents and make a child feel unsafe on campus, and the child is the one who suffers.
Submitted by parent on December 27, 2022

As a special education parent this school is disappointing. Administration only cares about the high achiever students with their quarterly awards and all the awards they get from the department of education. It is not an inclusive school. There is no additional support to help get caught up with English, Math or improving state/district assessments. The only positive thing I can say is there have been a couple of teachers that truly care about my sons educational needs and support but that’s it.
Submitted by parent on October 29, 2019

Fantastic. I had high expectations and they have been exceeded.
Submitted by parent on February 22, 2019

Teachers are AWESOME. Inspiring and caring. We have struggled with a number of policies and processes set by the Administrative leadership team. Hoping this improves.