Agoura High School

THis school is absolutely terrible. Half of the staff don’t do their jobs and are completely rude. The staff in the offices have no idea what they’re doing. This school constantly messes up their students schedules and screws kids over period. I don’t suggest ever sending your child here. The principal once has nudes of her sent out and the principal Mr. Foli is an unbearable tool who gets a kick out of harrassing his own students. Sound like a nice school? Not at all.

There is a reason so many kids HATE Agoura. Most Adults would say, «that’s because all teenagers hate school,» but not to the extent that some Agoura kids have. There is a lot more school pride in any other school such as Calabasas or Westlake. Any time I asked one of my non-​Agoura friends about their school, they would say that they love it, that their school is the best. Agoura students on the other hand might say, «I hate Agoura,» or, «Agoura is definitely a real shitty school, but the people who go here are homies.» Which is true, a lot of Agoura kids are cool. That’s not the point I am making though. Agoura High school needs to change immediately; because of Agoura’s blatant and gross negligence of the pleads of both students and parents, it has caused much agony, stress, and ultimately ruining peoples lives for the future. The system of Agoura is beneficial to a very small group of, but other than that, no one wins. Personally, I do not have the greatest grades, I know that, this lead me to believe that I am an idiot. The funny thing is about that is that I’ve taken numerous tests, proving that I am highly advanced in science and math, and proficient at most other fields. So clearly my brain has value, it just isn’t utilized in Agoura. One of my friends, Nathaniel, had all F’s to my knowledge, he dropped out of Agoura and has strait A’s. He’s a genius, but was not able to bloom in the obsessive system of teaching in Agoura.
Instead of a proper system of rewarding someone for doing their work, they only know to punish. This ethic only makes students less motivated. Most of the teachers and staff here are rude and quite lazy, they only show effort in getting their own students in trouble. Any time I would ask for help or guidance on something, the staff will simply try to avoid doing anything. «Mr. Foli, I have hours I need to do but I won’t be able to do them this week because it’s Christmas vacation, what should I do? Can I do all my hours today?» He replies with, «The school’s closed after 3 today.» «What should I do, I don’t want even more hours.» he rudely replies with, «I don’t know, It’s not my problem, you’ll just have to do more hours.» It’s truly disgusting. On the other hand, the school will turn the whole world up side down to get a kid busted. They have a planned patrol, and a list of students who have been caught with drugs or something they did. They’ll call in the troops, have detectives on the case, and even chase down students. they are like a pack of dogs. This would be normal for any school to show this much effort in stopping kids from doing bad things, but that’s all that Agoura shows effort for, and they do it to a whole new level.
Some teachers are also to blame for Agoura’s bad reputation. I will not call any names for this one, for this is a very serious issue, and I do not want to cause too much trouble. I have had a teacher who would throw away work of students whom she did not like, I was one of them. I thought that I was the only one, but I began to see a clear and distinct pattern in kids work going, «missing.» It’s more than a little suspicious, and I believe that Agoura is the only school with teachers like this.
The fact that Agoura claims to be one of the better schools is a farce at best. Nothing about this school deserves recognition. If I had to start over from Freshman Year, I would have gone to any other school, this has to be the worst school option. If there was any school more deprived as Agoura, I would throw up at the thought of it. This school is disgusting. Agoura either needs to change completely, or be shut down, because Agoura does a lot more people harm than any good.

I’m here for a baseball tournament. The varsity ballfield is beautiful. The parking is a bit of a challenge.

poor service, rude yard attendants, and they switched my third period teacher and gave me an undesirable teacher as her replacement. I’m not happy about it, and would not consider going back anytime soon.

It’s not too bad, basically just stay out of administrations way, do your homework, and don’t piss off the yard aids and you should be mostly fine. My parents and I have had a lot of problems with administration screwing up me and my sisters schedules. This usually happens yearly and gets fixed within the first week. Still a pain in the ass however. Not a bad high school, if you look hard enough it’s not that difficult to find a group of people you don’t hate.

Dear all readers:
I am writing this as a parent who desperately wanted to trust that the LVUSD school system was what everyone promised it would be — a gold star district. We have been incredibly disappointed. Our daughter is currently a Freshman at Agoura High and it has been a terrible semester for all of us. I want to say that out child has been an Honor’s student-​athlete for years and she is struggling to stay afloat due to the poor practices in place at AHS. Sadly, the teachers are jaded, angry human beings who seem to be taking their frustrations with school politics out on the kids attending their school. There is no sympathy whatsoever for student athletes — rather they are punished for missing class to attend sporting events. Moreover, there is a pervasive philosophy of teaching to the state tests rather than teaching to learn. There is an absence of creativity and striving for independent thought in the students and some teachers are simply vested in failing students. Direct quote: «Kids need to learn that life is hard, that lesson starts in my class.» This was said to our faces as parents of a student on back to school night. WOW! Find a different job and please stop taking out your frustrations on the students who are attending their local public school. We have been trying to schedule meetings with the teachers and the principal with no success — they either refuse to call back or simply state, my favorite line, «there is nothing I can do, my hands are tied.» If that is the principal’s interest imagine the rest of the staff. If I had to do it all over again I would either apply to a private school (which we are currently doing) or apply for a permit to a school like Oak Park.

I was at this campus and people kept on picking on me a lot I was in a class that helped me find a job and I hated it as hell so I suggest stay away from this school Calabasas high was better for me mostly that why I’ve dropped out

Um, wow. The previous review seemed an oddly exuberant ode, especially from someone who never went there, and much more importantly, doesn’t AT ALL reflect what it’s really like to spend four formative years there.
The vast majority of teachers I had «taught to the test,» without encouraging much by way of independent or creative learning. Most hadn’t overhauled, modified or even tweaked their curricula in years. (One history teacher read monotonously from a thick pile of yellowed paper, for an entire godforsaken year.) I would say a substantial majority had serious cases of burnout. I can honestly say I only had one teacher who conveyed a genuine enthusiasm for the material.
It was clear that many faculty and staff didn’t actually like us kids very much either. Yes, numerous limits need to be set for teenagers. However, many of us were good, smart, well-​raised young people trying to figure ourselves out, and it would have been nice if adults there were actually interested in us as people, or attempted to mentor us in some way. But no. This alumna, at least, wouldn’t find that till college.
Socially, the environment was downright toxic since I wasn’t wealthy, gorgeous and/​or a cheerleader. Bookworms, goths, potheads, fat or ugly kids, music and theater geeks: all are doomed at this painfully homogenous school. I can’t overstate how central the tyranny of LA wealth and beauty is in this area, a prosperous bedroom community filled with industry people (not to mention tanning salons). If I found it awful as just a socially average sort of person (not inept, just did my own thing), I can’t even imagine how dreadful it must be there for someone really troubled or without resources at home.
Apparently there are more clubs and such since I graduated eight years ago, which is good. But frankly, AHS will always bring a bad taste to my mouth. It wasn’t until college that I found any sort of opportunity to learn independently, or other people — classmates and professors — who spoke my language. I still look back on my time there as a highly unpleasant experience and I suspect I always will.

I have a deep love for and relationship with Agoura High School. And oddly enough, I never attended the school. Yet, I’ve ventured often on campus, my boyfriend attended, several friends have attended, my favorite band, etc.
Sitting on a sprawled campus in the Old Agoura neighborhood on the Calabasas border; Agoura High school has several buildings, outdoor courtyards, a pool, baseball/​football fields, and handicapped facilities nestled amongst charming, green mountains/​hills. Best known for its music program and several famous rock band graduates (members of Hoobastank, Incubus, and Linkin Park to name a few); Agoura High students enter to learn and go forth to serve. Academically, students score in the top 6% of all California schools on the SAT/​ACT tests; proving the teaching methods and passion of the staff. Recently, Agoura High has expanded and added new buildings and lockers, constantly meeting the needs of the growing student body.
A terrific school both academically and within the arts. A wonderful public school aiming high and readying students for the «real world».