jg – regarding public schools on the west side of LA …
In general there are a number of very fine elementary schools. Decent middle schools and high schools are more difficult to find. Santa Monica’s school district is considered very good/excellent. But even there they have some problems.
As for us …We attended a public school in San Diego, but when we moved we had a dilemma … our elementary school was excellent, but the middle school option really sucks. our choice was to send our kids to one of the finer Catholic schools.
