[quote=CDMA ENG][quote=UCGal]I see a migration of school obsessed families migrating from Carmel Valley and 4S to San Marcos in the near future.

Pleasantly surprised to see UCHS is third in the district, 66th in the state, 371st in the nation by the criteria of US News… I’m not planning on moving so it’s good to see that by at least some criteria the local school doesn’t totally blow chunks.[/quote]

I heard some bad things about UCHS from a neighbor. He was very down on the school citing bullying, gang activity, and mediocre academics. He was also very down on the magnet school too so I am not sure if he was just anti-UC or if it was an individual issue. What would your comments be UCGal?

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We have a neighbor who’s also really down on UCHS because her daughter got beat up, more than once, by some girl gang and the administration did nothing about it. This happened a few years ago. But the issue is real. Not sure how widespread it is.

Since we’re not planning on moving it looks like UCHS is in our future. Because they’ll both (hopefully) be attending a seminar program in a different cluster next year, I could let them continue on to i-Middle and Madison… but I don’t think that’s better than Standley and UCHS. At this point I’m in full denial.

I have friends who’s kids have thrived at UCHS… but like you, I’ve also heard about gang issues at UCHS. I’ve also heard that the problem may be lessoning, ironically due to budget cuts. This may sound racist, or socio-economic-classist… but the reduced funding for busing will change the makeup of the school. Standley and UCHS have a lot of bussed kids. Not saying the white-bread UC kids are all angels… I suspect there are home-grown thugs in UC too.

But I’ve got another year before I have to figure it out for middle school. My 5th grader didn’t make it into High Tech Middle (lottery to get in), but should be allowed to continue in the seminar program till 6th… so I’ve got another year before panic sets in.