Burbank High School

Great school if you kid is an over-achiever. If your kid is not, neither is the school. I found the teachers to be very nice but completely unaccommodating to a 504 plan. I found that the Counselors were completely uninterested in their job and unresponsive (and were only motivated to take a minimal action after months and months once I cc'd the principal on communications). Unlike other schools - this school (I was told) has a policy of not accepting a student for a repeat. The only reason my kid needed a repeat was because they refused to let me register on time. There was a 5-week delay due to them on the start of the semester. Because of that delay - the entire semester was discounted and the grades were thrown out by them. We were unable to use summer school for two of the 3 years due to budget cuts - the class we needed had been discontinued. More than once they tried to assign a class that had already been taken and passed. If your kid is a minority - please check the statistics before enrolling here. African-Americans in particular don't graduate well at this school. I wish I had checked first. Any other school would probably have been a better pick for us.
--Submitted by a parent

Burbank High School really is a great school. The administration has worked hard to improve the academics, and it has definitely payed off. There are a lot of AP and Honors courses for advanced students, but most teachers still care about average and below average students. It has a good learning environment compared to many other schools nearby, and a ton of extracurricular activities. there are succesful sports teams, tons of clubs, and a great arts program. Whether a student is an athlete, overachiever, or just average, I would recomend this school to anyone
--Submitted by a student

My son has been a student at BHS for 2 years. I have found most of the teachers to be caring and concerned with student progress, although I do sometimes feel like my son is just part of the crowd. Teachers do make themselves available to students for tutoring. If there are opportunites for parent involvement they are not well-promoted
--Submitted by a parent

Great teachers and administrators, wonderful resources, excellent curriculum. Important extra activities are being slashed, like arts and music programs, but Burbank High School continues to excel in these areas, as well as others. Because of cutbacks, driver education has been eliminated which I find inexcusable. Corporate America receives mega millions in bonuses while our schools and education - the single-most important factor for any country - are cut back to less than third world standards. Unacceptable and another inexcusable. Overall, Burbank High School is an excellent educational institutes which deserves to continue to excel. Too many are struggling...
--Submitted by a parent

burbank high school is a great school for me espically since i have known sign language for nine years i can continue with it too and plus im a freshman even though ive only been there for 2 weeks it has so many opportunites for everyone like learning new languages to a new sport and the campus is always very clean and i just cant wait to learn more about the school
--Submitted by a student

The administrators and teachers here, for the most part, are poor communicators. The district as a whole is behind the times in technology and in getting information out to parents and students via the Internet. It is a safe school. I can give it high marks for safety. But it does not have an atmosphere of innovative, creative, or visionary thinking to prepare students for the careers of tomorrow. The fact that the school and the district do not have modern websites is indicative of the old-fashioned educational design that exists at Burbank High. Old-fashioned, in my opinion, isn't good enough anymore. It would also be great if all the teachers and administrators could return phone calls. This lack of communication is such a serious problem that if a parent asked me if I would recommend this school I would say 'no'. Parents should be partners with the schools, not ignored.
--Submitted by a parent

Both of our children went through Burbank schools from K-12. During their high school years, Burbank High went through numerous changes in principals and other admin. staff. Both children were gifted but had ADHD. The Gifted program ended with middle school, and all Burbank High provided was honors or AP courses. We had to continually fight the administration to obtain needed accommodations (i.e. extended testing time) The school, in general, did not encourage true academic achievement, however we did have an excellent guidance counselor and a handful of dedicated and caring teachers. Fortunately, our children were able to enroll in college courses concurrently and thus supplement the Burbank High education, which probably made all the difference in their college acceptance. I would recommend Crescenta Valley or La Canada High.
--Submitted by a parent

Burbank High School a good school that has a lot to offer, but one thing that really bothers me is that transfer students from other states and countries are made to go to summer school to 'make up' high school credits because previous schools 'may not be approved'. Some advice... brfore you transfer make sure that your high school credits are approved by Burbank High because the whole summer school process can be very tiresome.
--Submitted by a student

Burbank high school is the best school I have ever seen. the music program is the best. I recently transferred to a specialized high school for vocal music and the vocal department is not as good as it was in burbank
--Submitted by a student

It has good enivorment like the stores, food stores, and mall near the high school. It has really good eduaction, and good deaf program, better than other high school. It also has mainstream , good for students to learn other cultures include deaf culture. Sports is great program there also. There [are] different kinds [of] sports avaiable for most students to do like soccer, dance..If some of them dont like sports, they can do band and other thing instead. Also their parent are really great supporters for student and helped high school with the fundariser.
--Submitted by Jade Tipton, a student