Pacific Springs Charter

Posted: July 14, 2026

We spent three years at Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts, and the warning signs were there from year one. During our first year, a teacher walked my daughter to the car to report she had pushed another child off the bleachers. When I asked my daughter what happened, she explained she acted first because the other child was about to push her off. The teacher's expectation that a child in that moment should call a "time out" and run and tell him instead of defending herself showed a fundamental lack of common sense.

The principal repeatedly failed to protect my daughter from serious harassment When two older boys bullied her, the administration did nothing despite multiple reports until the situation became physical on the playground and I was forced to send the police to intervene-an inaction that violated the state's anti-bullying mandates and demonstrated deliberate indifference. My daughter was not the only victim of these students, yet the school protected the aggressors instead of the victims.

The final straw was the Title IX violation involving the girls' bathroom. The school's policy allowed a biological male student to use the girls' restroom, compromising my daughter's privacy and safety. When my daughter simply asked what hew as doing there- a completely reasonable question- she was removed from class and dragged into the vice principal's office. Rather than correcting the policy to protect female students, the principal chose to shield staff and the school's legal liability, and the retaliation only intensified after I filed complaints.

The school offered a bathroom some distance away as an "accommodation", which was completely impractical being located too far from her classroom. We ultimately filed a federal Title IX complaint with the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

Beyond these safety failures, the school suffers from poor leadership and resource management Despite a large park directly behind the school, our children were confined to an asphalt playground nearly all year and were allowed to touch the grass exactly once-on the second to last day of school. The neighboring school has no such issue. This is the same school that was featured on Fox 5 San Diego for placing children in tents during extreme heat.

The only reason this school remains open is a handful of truly excellent, caring teachers. But good educators cannot compensate for an administration that endangers children's safety.

Posted: July 14, 2026

Posted: July 14, 2026

Posted: July 14, 2026

Posted: July 14, 2026

Posted: July 14, 2026

Posted: July 14, 2026

Posted: July 14, 2026