Fairhaven Elementary School

1415 Fairhaven Avenue

School District

Orange Unified
Grade

K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:20
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on April 15, 2024

The only reason they have 2 stars is that there are good people who work here. But they have the most dysfunctional and abusive special education system I have ever been cursed with. But with people like the director of special education who could care less it’s no surprise.
Submitted by parent on October 09, 2022

My child is Autistic and they put my son on a modified schedule because they cannot handle him. He's getting less than 4hrs of a school a day. I requested my son be transferred to a different school that could accommodate him and 2 wks later I'm still waiting for a call. The teacher and principal says that the modified schedule has made him worse, but yet they will do nothing about it. He's even regressed at home. I have put a call into the district already and contacted the Orange County Board. I do not recommend this school in any way for special education. They have failed to meet my sons needs.
Submitted by other on June 17, 2022

First of all BULLYING IS A HUGE PROPLEM kids will never mention it to there parents (Often) and bad langue and cuss words are almost used among kids and also this year one of the 5th graders was touching someone. They told the teacher and the teacher said this (student in my class) "Not my problem I do not ride the bus. Which kinda made me mad but it was if I said something i would get benched propel.
Submitted by parent on June 07, 2022

The new(ish) principal is out of touch with teachers and actual needs of the classroom. She's the very definition of a phony Administrator, with good teachers who speak up transferred out or leaving. I have two children here, and in the years we have been here, I've never been more sad and disappointed in the choices of the school than now. Why is the principal at an elementary school if she seemingly doesn't care about what's best for the children? She cares about how she looks to the district. Please leave Fairhaven.
Submitted by parent on September 02, 2021

I know covid affected all schools but wow I have never put in a request for a transfer any faster. If you have the means to send your child elsewhere please do. There are some really great public schools out there and our kids deserve better then this. Very poor communication from the staff as far as whats going on and the secretary or office manager is just ghetto. I’m not sure about the teachers since my child is fairly new I’m sure they are all trying their best and it’s hard for them during these times but still I see other schools handling this situation way better.
Submitted by parent on July 31, 2020

Overall, I think this is a good school and the teachers strive to teach the students. When my son was in K, I walked into the classroom and saw Mrs. Doyle working one-on-one with my child as she helped him work on his letter formation. I really appreciate that she took the time to give him that extra attention. The teachers reach out with concerns and tips on how we as parents can help our children at home. My only concern is the bullying. My son has had issues with bullying and I've had to address them several times to the teachers. In 4th grade my son became depressed due to the bullying and I had to take him to see a psychologist. Fortunately, it helped him and when he transferred to 5th grade the depression slowly disappeared because he says he had a great teacher and all the bullies were in another class. I had another parent tell me her son was bullied because he had long hair and she also had to speak to his teachers several times over this. Fairhaven needs to really work on implementing anti-bullying strategies for the mental health and socio-emotional welfare of their students.
Submitted by parent on April 16, 2019

Great - this has been an excellent school for our kids!
Submitted by other on May 25, 2016

I'm amazed with my kids teachers,best teachers!!!!...They go beyond and above my kids education Everything has been great so far ..unfortunately I cannot give them the full creditabiliy of 5Stars do to the disgusting rude secretary of theirs ,, She is the worse around kids , AND parents..Very rude lady,she needs to be kicked out!...treats them children as if they were in a boot camp zone!, uggh , horrible role model....How can they allow someone to work around kids like that..SMH...
Submitted by parent on May 04, 2016

I am ok with the school, but not the majority of the staff theyvare rude theybswear they are above everyone else . Thought I can say I love Mrs. Vasquez she is the greatest teacher in that school by far
Submitted by parent on May 20, 2015

I am giving Fairhaven 2 stars not because it is a bad school but because of the closed minded parents who hinder the progression of this school. Granted there are some great teachers in with the no so great teachers but a school can not grow without everyone working together. The office staff is helpful and with the new principle change is slowly happening.
Submitted by parent on February 26, 2015

This is one of worst schools.Alicia(secretary)is so rude.I would not recommened this school to anyone!
Submitted by other on June 10, 2014

It's a good school and some good teachers but some teachers get to involved in students and parents business to much. The secretary is very rude towards the parents she gives to much attitude. Also the secretary feels like if she was principal of the school and try's to do things that don't correspond to her and yells at the students way to much infront of the parents, which to me I feel it's very disrespectful.
Submitted by parent on June 10, 2014

To begin with the secretary is very rude. To many absences from the principal and mostly the secretary is just bad (Alicia) she yells at the students way to much like if they were some kind of animals. And has no education or respect towards other parents. Therefore I believe the school as a whole will be better off if the secretary would go elsewhere because she causes to much problems between parents and teachers.
Submitted by parent on January 09, 2013

the only reason why I gave Fairhaven 4 stars is because the Secretary is so RUDE , and no matter how much her behavior is brought up to the principal or the OCSD it does not change. She is also very loud to the kids while they are in their lunch break, I have been there when all this takes place there is no need to scream at the kids