San Juan Hills High School

As my daughter finishes her Senior Year I reflect on our family experience at San Juan Hills High School.
The newly built campus is beautiful but is it built in a gulf like area, there is one way in and one way out. On many hot days the odors from the dump linger in the air.
The security is an enormous positive for this high school. Students are not allowed to leave campus without permission. There is usually an adult in the parking lot to make sure the student has the authorization to leave.
My daughter has experienced some terrific teachers and several horrible teachers. It makes me wonder why are they teaching. There appears to be a need for additional teacher accountability.
The number of students to counselor is in the high hundreds. I have been told by dozens of students that counselors do not seem to provide enough college guidance– if any.
We found if we wanted our child to have a successful experience at San Juan High School we needed to help her navigate her academic goals.
At the end of the day, San Juan Hills has fulfilled my daughter’s needs. Like many things in life– you receive what you place in.
Go Stallions!

While having a newer campus and beautiful facilities, this school is lacking. Teachers spend most of their time on the internet and the block schedules are tedious. Mr. Salter in the administration office is terrible and plays favorites with students and parents. My daughter hates this school and thankfully she only has one more year before she’s done, I say «before she’s done» because this school’s focus is to get you to graduate. Those they consider «lucky» get recruited to Saddleback Community College. As a parent you have to research and do all preparation for a four year university because this school just doesn’t have it. Wish I could transfer her but with one more year, it just seems pointless.

Man I haven’t been to high school in over 20 years. This school was pretty awesome looking. Everything was brand new, awesome pool, football stadium, basketball courts. Pretty state of the art for a school.
I was here for little visit but I am sure I won’t come back, it is in the middle of nowhere.