Angelo Rodriguez High School

Vary good for students.

Against my beliefs, I let my two daughters choose where they wanted to go for high school and they both decided on Rodriguez. I was skeptical. They had gone to Green Valley Middle school and had an amazing time there, but I wanted them to attend a private high school. My husband and I talked it over and he thought that our girls should go to Rod because 1) it's in the same distance as GVMS 2) because we already knew some teachers at Rod 3) That's where all of their friends were going 4) Rod had a good selection of AP classes. I told my husband that it should just be about friends when it came to school. They should be focused on making their way to college. But then, my husband made an excellent point. Well, did you ask them what they want? And it turns out that no, I hadn't. I feel like as mother's we believe what's best for our kids but we should always listen to their thoughts and options. We looked at reviews online comparing it to the other schools and talked to some of my friends who's children attended Rod and they said that so far they've been doing great. Point is: Always check in with your kids and let their voices be heard.

The school would be wonderful if science teachers weren't teaching P.E., if they had paper towels and soap in all restrooms, and most important clean toilets and doors in the boys' bathrooms that lock. The food is absolutely horrendous. I guess all FSUSD FOOD is the same. Unedible. Better quality and a new menu.

This school is okay... not all that... I would rather go to a school in Vallejo/American Canyon, but I guess I would recommend it.....

I have had two sons attend RHS, and cannot say much positive about this school at all. RHS has unprofessional staff, ineffective and inexperienced teachers without appropriate boundariesfor the students and non-responsive administration who are afraid to discipline delinquent students for fear of being sued....this school has serious issues and if you have other choices, I would NOT recommend this school.

RHS in my opinion is a lousy school. The administration does not check student boundaries and seemingly doesn’t care who goes there. The school is great looking, but fights are constant and teachers don’t protect the kids. They are also so distant from teaching that most should find different careers. The football team is good this year, but that is an exception to all other sports. The new principal is likable but has an up-hill battle with the seemingly disinterested teachers. Bottom line, all this school cares about is how the STAR score are and not about the kids success.

I am a student at RHS going into my sophomore year. I'll give each category a letter grade and then explain why I did so. Keep in mind that I am a very hardworking student who is placed in all honors classes. 1.) Quality of academic programs: Grade - C. Honors classes and AP classes are offered to students wanting to take them. However out of the six teachers I started off with this year only three have remained the same which needless to say provided some inconsistancies. I feel like I really only learned something from my english teacher most of the rest I felt like just coasted their way through this year without teaching us material. This is esspecially true for my math class. They have this math course called CPM. You are placed into it unless you specifically ask not to be. It is a totally bogus course. Mainly you are supposed to learn the material in groups of four and only ask the teacher if no one in your group knows the answer. It always ends up that only one person out of the four ends up doing the work while the whole the rest just sit there and copy. The teacher also just sits at her desk all day and doesn't teach us anything. 2.) Availability of music, art, sports and extracurricular activities: Grade: A - All of these things are offered and are pretty good from what I have seen. The only thing is we had to play all our football games at FHS because our stadium has not been built. However next year it will be used. 3.) Academic or athletic award: Grade A - These award ceramonies occur at least twice a year and are good for the people that deserve them. 4.) Facilities: Grade A- - The school is pretty clean and nice. It definitely looks the best out of all the high schools. The only reason I gave it an A- is because of the football field as I mentioned before. 5.) Level of parent involvement: Grade A - I really don'r much about this. I know a few kids whose parent is a yard duty and I've seen some that help with different projects and stuff. I know my parents always are aware of my grades and work load. In my opinion RHS is a good but not great high school. Qualified staff is severly lacking. We have all the right courses and if we could find smart qualified teachers to teach them then this school's academic performance would be off the charts. We've got all the right stuff we just have to use it right.

This school has been a big disappointment. It is probably fine for some kids, but our 11th grader needs accelerated learning opportunities which are not available. Under the new Principal, most programs have dramatically deteriorated, so that it is at best mediocre. The caliber of all Administration staff has been shockingly poor. It has therefore given none of the advantages of a huge school. I give this RHS an F grade

I have had two children at RHS and am disappointed in many ways. The administration oversteps it’s bound with illegal searches and violation of students right to privacy. The new principal lacks integrity and leadership. Any decent teachers are few and far between. The school policy is not balanced and is applied inconstantly depending upon who you are. They claim to be the best HS in FSUSD, however, they are stereotypical of why the parents are nervous about sending their child here. I would look elsewhere for my child if I had to do it again.