Options Secondary School

Options Secondary School (SAILS) still refuses to acknowledge that their alternative students are continuously being harassed by the CVPD when they are in public places during the AM hours before their school starts. The police know that these students are NOT TRUANT and yet they continue to arrest, cite, or otherwise relocate them based on a misinterpretation of the city's daytime curfew ordinance. You've been fairly warned; enroll your child in this school and he/she will be subjected to 3,258 hours of "house arrest" during their upper grade studies. Please act now to stop this practice by calling your Chula Vista City Council to complain!
--Submitted by a parent

My child is currently attending this school and has successfully maintained a high grade point average and has successfully passed the CASHEE on the first try, thanks to all the practice study preparation given by teachers before the exam. The teachers communicate well with parents regarding student classroom progress. Tutoring service is made available before school for all school subjects. School Councelors are informative and helpful and have a open door policy. I personally know of students who've attended/graduated and moved onto Universities and are doing very well. Students at SAILS get all the same education as regular High School in the area; but without all the extra electives and the over crowded classrooms. A majority of the students that get enrolled into this school half way through the semester are the "last resort or your not passing" students from local High Schools around town. The teachers at SAILS seem to get students focused and back onto track. All in all, this is a great school! Students who work hard, stay focused and respect them selves and others will be successful and will go onto to big and better futures.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is horrendous. There are a few good teachers, but for the most part students attending will get nothing out of it. I was a good student and I was told not to bother going to college since I was coming from here. There isn't even currently a principal at this school and there is no discipline. You want to send your kid where they'll be safe and be able to learn? Then sadly, like many other schools nearby, this isn't the right school. The best option to go to this school is if your failing elsewhere and this is the only way for you to get a diploma. Don't come here and expect to go to college.

This school's unique 3-class a day schedule is made possible by requiring that each student's daily physical education be conducted as an off-campus independent study during non-school hours, and the logical time to accomplish this is during the A.M. hours before school begins each day. Sadly, the city of Chula Vista has a daytime curfew between 8:30 A.M. and 1:30 P.M., and your student risks being arrested if seen in any public place. This school seems unconcerned about this risk, and the impact on their students. The local police will arrest your child and do not care if truancy is not an issue.
--Submitted by a parent

I am greatly impressed with our Principle and I do feel the school overall has my daughters interests at heart. Some of the students leave a bit to be desired but all schools have their problems with some students, and I know my own daughter has her off days as well. The cirriculum is outstanding and my daughter has flourished here compared to Mar Vista Middle School. I wouldn't want my daughter any where else. This is a number 1 top quality school in comparision with all the rest, I feel very fortunate to have this school as an option for my daughter. Thank You for being available to my student all the others who attend here. You are doing an excellant job, keep up the outstanding work both staff, teachers and principle :-) Sincerely, Theresa Sandoval Greatful Parent
--Submitted by a parent

I would definitely recommend this school to any parent whose child might be struggling in a regular public school. sails academy brought my daughter to her full potentials, from straight F's to straight A's. Staff is always polite and willing to assist the students as well as the parents. Sails is the best school here in SD, this is why I remain in San Diego, so that my two daughters can finish their school and continue in SDSU, just like I'm doing at this point after almost 15 years without attending college. Please be aware that this is not a school where problematic kids end up, this is a school that works with kids who have good behavior, no truancies, and over all willingness to succeed in the future.
--Submitted by a parent

This school needs to get everything straight because students are having a hard time here and don't really like some of the teachers.To have extra activities you have to pay a large sum of money each month.The parents are involved in some ways because they know that this school is alot different from others and they need to keep an eye on it to make sure the teachers are doing what they should be doing.
--Submitted by a student

My son attends COLS ( Centers for Learning by the Sea) and I could not ask for a better enviroment. He is a happy, eager and a well adjusted young man and student. He wants to go to school and looks forward to his time there. As a mother of a 13 year old boy I could not be happier. He wants to be there! I never go to pick him up and see a sad or lonely face on one of the kids. There is a sense of calm and friendship. It is a place of comfort and the kids all seem to love learning there. The staff is all very helpful and seem to actually care about these young people and their education; that in itself is a gift! I am extremely glad that I have this school to send my son to.
--Submitted by a parent