Bullis Charter School

This is an amazing school. Our son loves learning and his progress in First grade is incredible. The teachers are the best I have ever experienced and I am from the east coast, from a very competitive public school system. BCS is a wonderful choice in public education. The enrollment and lottery are very fair I have never heard of anyone who was involved who did not understand the process and consider it unbiased. If only LASD wouldn’t feel so threatened by this excellent program.

Wow. I am just amazed every day at our teachers and our program. We have incredible art, drama, music, PE, and Mandarin teachers who work at BCS. Our kids have these classes year round. In other public schools, art/​music/​PE have been cut or cut back to being offered a fraction of the year. I am so thankful we have these classes year round. Those teachers are just involved in our school as our regular homeroom teachers. How fun it is to see our Music Teacher, Mrs. Beese attending our Assemblies and helping with school wide events. Even our office staff are involved in our play productions. Love it. We have an amazing community of parents. I love our class sizes. Around 20 for K-​3 and no more than 25 for 4 – 6. We also have Assistant Teachers who are fabulous. BCS offers PBL’s (project based learning) which is one of the pieces that makes BCS a more «progressive» public school. They are thinking outside of the Common Core cookie cutter curriculum. In 2^nd grade this year, we studied Sea Turtles, Ancestors, Animals, and Nutrition. We take fieldtrips that incorporate the PBL’s in some way. The 2^nd graders are also writing about their PBL’s. No, our facilities are not great and our kids have to play on the black top. As a charter school, we have to rely on what the district will give to us. The teachers and parents tolerate a lot of inadequate facilities because we all believe in what BCS is doing. Hooray for public school choices in Los Altos.

School does not make much effort to accept students outside of Los Altos. Have applied for 4-​consective years for my child and no luck. Strange that they allow for open enrollment and do not accept anyone that I am aware of who has applied outside of the district. The process should be investigated!

An amazing school!
Our daughter couldn’t be happier with the amazing teachers and rigorous curriculum