Santa Catalina School

Most Important Review of Santa Catalina Lower and Middle School:
Dear neighbors, please be advised to NEVER send your child to this school. The advertisements will tell you that they are focused on inclusion and a welcoming atmosphere. BUT we have experience the exact opposite! My child was bullied, shamed, and excluded by the other children from the very start of the school year. The other children spread lies about my child that the administration did nothing about. Instead of helping my child, the administration tried to keep it a secret by taking my child out of class many times to have private meetings with my child, which were very intimidating and made my child terrified and distrustful of adults. We, the parents, were not informed about these meetings. The administration put a restraining order and gag order on my child, telling her she was not allowed to be anywhere near her bullies or talk to any of the other kids about the bullies! This caused my child to experience extremely high anxiety and depression and damaged her self esteem. We, the parents, were not told about these restrictions. When we tried to talk to the administration about our concerns for our child, they decided it would be easier to just force our child out of the school than to deal with the bullies, who's families were long time supporters of the school. The school saw my child as an outsider that did not fit their perfect mold, so they used the rumors of the bullies to concoct ridiculous lies about my child and intimidate us into leaving the school. The things they said about my child were hurtful and discriminatory. It was terrible! Our family has been massively traumatized. I was, and still am, shocked by how they mistreated my child just to appease long time attendees. Please please do not be fooled by the commercials you hear on the radio. DO NOT send your child to this school!